Some art I'm grateful to be working on.
Current & Upcoming
- January thru April — Taos, NM — Artist in Residence at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation.
- Monday, March 25 — Sony Hall, NYC — Catch a song from Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria at Maestra's Amplify!
Ongoing
- Clare Fuyuko Bierman and I are developing a concept EP for VISARE, an immersive circus fantasia.
- Brandy Hoang Collier (book), Clare Fuyuko Bierman (lyrics), and I (music) are writing Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria. This new musical was commissioned by the 5th Avenue Theatre (2021-22) and is being developed with the Civilians' R&D Group (2022-23), the NAMT Frank Young Fund (2023), the Orchard Project (2023), the O'Neill National Music Theater Conference (2023), and the NAMT Festival of New Musicals (2023).
- The folks at the New Music Theatre Project have commissioned me to create a new piece of music theatre. untitled quartet project explores the tension between the vibrant self and the powerful collective through the interwoven voices of four musician-storytellers.
Late Fall 2023
- Brandy, Clare, and I are winners of the Vivace Award, one of the Bret Adams & Paul Reisch Foundation's IDEA Awards for Theatre, alongside Grace McLean. A huge honor to be celebrated with Grace, Jesse Jae Hoon, and Beth Henley.
- Talkback panel for Classic Stage Company's production of I Can Get It For You Wholesale with Jennifer Ashley Tepper.
- Conductor, Vocalist, and Pianist with Khorikos for CIVITAS. Highlight: conducting a movement from one of my favorite choral pieces, Herbert Howells's Requiem.
Early Fall 2023
- Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria presents 45 minutes at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) Festival of New Musicals.
- Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria is developed at a workshop sponsored by the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, WA.
- Key 2 Sub for Kimberly Akimbo on Broadway. MD: Chris Fenwick, AMD/Key 2: Brian Ge.
Summer 2023
- Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria is developed and presented at the O'Neill National Music Theater Conference in Waterford, CT.
- The Gloria writers are artists in residence at the Orchard Project Performance Lab in Saratoga Springs, NY.
- Composer Residency at the KHN Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, NE to work on the concept EP for VISARE.
- Key 2 Sub for Kimberly Akimbo.
Spring 2023
- Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria has a 29-hour reading at the National Opera Center in New York, NY, sponsored by The Civilians, 5th Ave, and NAMT's Frank Young Fund.
- STARSONG, a light puppetry work created with Andrew Strano, is produced at SOUND BITES X.
- Original Score for in her memory, a short film by director & cinematographer Mia Hagerty.
- Key 2 Sub for Kimberly Akimbo.
- Artist Residency at Aunt Karen's Farm with the Civilians' R&D Group.
Winter 2023
- Key 2 Sub for Kimberly Akimbo on Broadway. MD: Chris Fenwick, AMD/Key 2: Brian Ge.
- Artist Residency at the Butterfly House in Joshua Tree, CA with Clare, Mikey Rose, and Dahlak Brathwaite.
- Music Team for The Shrinking of Treehorn (Netflix). Music Producer: Marius de Vries.
Fall 2022
- Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria has a 29-hour reading at Playwrights Horizons in New York, NY, sponsored by the 5th Avenue Theatre.
- Brandy, Clare, and I join The Civilians' R&D Group to develop Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria.
- LUNEVÁL—an evening of reflection and collective ritual guided by artists Mikey, Brandy, Alex, and me—takes place.
- Conductor and Soloist for KHORIKOS ORTUS concert selections.
Summer 2022
- Clare and I join the 2022 Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project.
- Artist Residency at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle for Yoko's Husband's Killer's Japanese Wife, Gloria.
- STARSONG is selected for the Chain Theatre Play Festival.
- Music Director for Mammelephant with Superhero Clubhouse. Dir: Nana Dakin.
- Music Team for Dicks: The Musical (A24). Executive Music Producer: Marius de Vries.
Spring 2022
- Artist Residency at the Mutual Aid Society Catskills for the development of a new community ritual with Mikey Rose, Brandy Hoang Collier, and Alex Becker.
- Vocalist with KHORIKOS for forthcoming studio album.
- Vocals and Additional Lyrics with Davey Maglione for tinydesk-esque live session in Wood-Ridge, NJ.
- Music Team for workshop of new musical by Irene Mecchi. MD: Jason Michael Webb.
Winter 2022
- Composer & Music Director for Playmaking at the 52nd St Project.
- Music Director for Then She Ran and For Show at 54 Below.
- Vocalist with KHORIKOS for New Amsterdam Records at (le) poisson rouge.
- Copyist for workshop of Show & Tell by Max Vernon.
Fall 2021
- [untitled hat project], a tiny immersive experience created by Clare and me, premieres at an eclectic hatmaker's studio.
- Singer-Songwriter for From Story to Song, collaborating with Kelly Bachman. Keepsake House founders Jay & Hailey asked me some thoughtful questions here.
- Associate MD for workshop of Invincible by Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo and Bradley Bredeweg. MD/Arranger: Jesse Vargas.
- Music Director for reading of Twelve Kinds of Ice by Ben Steinfeld. Dir: Rebecca Martinez.
- Accordion & Keys for Mikey Rose & The Dumb Americans.
Summer 2021
- Music Director for the inaugural production of Scarlet Night, an immersive show that transforms Virgin Voyages's Scarlet Lady into "a menagerie of delights and euphoric exaltation" for 3,000 guests. Dir: Asher Young, Ellie Heyman.
- Assistant MD & Keys for Pippin, She Loves Me, and Man of La Mancha at the Mac-Haydn Theatre. MD: Davey Maglione.
- Music Team for workshop of The Tattooed Lady by Max Vernon and Erin Courtney. MD: Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh.
- "Night Time Snacks" is presented at the Hidden Gems Gala, which raises over $250K for the 52nd Street Project.
Spring 2021
- STARSONG, a light puppetry work created by Andrew Strano and me, premieres Off-Broadway at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.
- "Space" is presented at Broadway's Future Songbook at Lincoln Center.
Winter 2021
- Clare Fuyuko Bierman and I are winners of the 2021 New Voices Project for songs from our immersive circus fantasia, VISARE.
