CREATOR/DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION
• World Wide Meow (Owner/Producer) Belleair Bluffs, FL 2015-current. Created theatrical music concerts and vignettes designed for site specific venues including the Florida Aquarium (produced “Ocean Sounds”), Busch Gardens (produced solo and duo music performances for the Food and Wine Festival, Summer Nights and Christmas Town) , Vertical Ventures St. Pete (produced “Open Mic Social”), The Fashion Movement The Vault of Souls (solo cellist for a special event), CW’s Gin Joint (music curator/coordinator), Gin Joint Collective (creator/cellist) and more.
• 2nd Species (Co-Owner/Producer/Director) New York, NY, 2003-2014. Created national and global theatrical concerts as a collaboration for ESPN, Red Bull, Lady Gaga/iTunes Music Festival, New York Rangers, Usher, Seal, Diesel, Guru, Mia Lin, Milan Fashion Shows and many more.
• America’s Next Top Model (Aerial Stunt Coordinator) New York, NY, 2008. Created an aerial stunt segment for model contestants hosted by Tyra Banks at the Daryl Roth Theatre.
• International Rigging (Project Manager) Los Angeles, CA, 2005-2009. Managed IATSE teams to build large scale set designs under OSHA regulations for the film and television industry. Clients include Shark Tank, Britney Spears, Spike TV’s Video Game Awards, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader and Dancing With The Stars.
• Creation (Assistant Aerial Director) Los Angeles, CA, 2005. Assisted AiRealistic’s Aerial Director, Gwyneth Larsen, during the research and development stages through open night of the Crystal Cathedral’s theatrical spectacle titled Creation. The show implemented Hollywood’s leading aerial artists, puppet masters, film makers and composers and operatic singers for a live stage production.
• Miles Davis (Director) Atlantic Theater Company, New York, NY, 2002. Written by Jacqueline Wade and starring Franklin Westin Brooks. As Director, the show received awards in Best Direction, Best Actor and Best Play at several New York stage festivals.
• Off-Broadway’s De La Guarda (Assistant Director / Workshop Coordinator / Captain) New York, NY, national tour and world tours, 1998-2004. Hired as an original North American cast member to open the show in New York, NY and promoted to management roles months later. Duties included hosting auditions under Bernard Telsey Casting Director, Heidi Marshall, training new cast members, writing the daily “track” for each performer and assisting the creators and directors around the world as new shows opened in new cities and countries.
CELLO PERFORMANCES (solo, duo, trio, quartet, bands and orchestras)
NEW YORK VENUES:
Shape Shifter Lab, Brooklyn, NY
D-Lounge at the Daryl Roth Theatre, New York, NY
INTERNATIONAL VENUES:
Casa de Peppernova, Ferrol, La Coruna, Spain
Iglesia Católica de Gallegos, Galicia, Spain
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City
St. Francis Basilica, Assisi, Italy
St. Ignatius Basilica, Rome, Italy
FLORIDA VENUES:
Tampa River Center, Tampa, FL
Tampa Garden Club, Tampa, FL
Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, FL
Art Fusion Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Fox Sports, USF, Tampa, FL
The Fashion Movement at the Vault, Tampa, FL
Sydonie Mansion, Mount Dora, FL
Casa de Solana, St. Augustine, FL
Vertical Venture’s St. Pete’s Open Mic Social, St. Petersburg, FL
freeFall Theatre’s The Tempest, Esta Isla es Mia, St. Petersburg, FL
Drip Orlando, Orlando, FL
Florida Aquarium, Tampa, FL
Busch Gardens’ Food and Wine Festival, Tampa, FL
Busch Gardens’ Summer Nights, Tampa, FL
Busch Gardens’ Christmas Town, Tampa, FL
Lowry Park Zoo’s Sunset Celebration, Tampa, FL
Lowry Park Zoo’s Christmas in the Wild, Tampa, FL
Erica DiCeglie Band, Largo, FL
Kasondra Rose Band, Tampa, FL
Iron Mike Norton Band, Tampa, FL
Bliss Street Duet, Clearwater, FL
Bliss Street Band, Tampa, FL
4 Cellos & a Piano, Tampa, FL
CW’s Gin Joint & the Gin Joint Collective, Tampa, FL
The Vault of Souls, Tampa, FL
Dunedin Music Society, Dunedin, FL
Creative Pinellas, Largo, FL
Suncoast Symphony Orchestra, Tampa, FL
Richey Community Orchestra, New Port Richey, FL
Spain Restaurant and Toma Bar, Tampa, FL
Callaloo, St. Petersburg, FL
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church’s Music Ministry, Largo, FL
MICHIGAN VENUE:
University of Michigan’s Youth Symphony Orchestra, Ann Arbor, MI
LIVE AERIAL AND DANCE THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES (national and international)
Lady Gaga’s Art Pop album release at iTunes Festival, Roundhouse Theater, London
Off Broadway’s Fuerza Bruta, original cast & world tours
Off Broadway’s De La Guarda, original cast & world tours
Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular, Rockette
The Great Radio City Spectacular, Rockette
VH-1/Vogue Fashion Awards
Trinity Repertory’s Peter Pan
Late Night with David Letterman, De La Guarda cast as special guest
Disney’s Countdown at the Neon Armadillo
Reebok City Jam
Santa Monica Civic Light Opera’s The King and I
Paris by Night
Mercedes 360
New Year’s Eve with the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes on the Las Vegas Strip
FILM & TV (acting and dance)
Mars Attacks! directed by Tim Burton
Fools Rush In, directed by Andy Tennant
Get a Little Freaky with Me, directed by Antoine Fuqua
In Cane for Life, segment direction by Amanda Boggs
Syntax, directed by Joe Whall
Disney’s Countdown at the Neon Armadillo, choreographed by Shaba Du
Mercedes Benz 360 Promo, choreographed by Wayne Cilento
Cathay Pacific Airlines commercial, choreographed by Keith Young
Reebok City Jam, MTV
Carson Daly Show, MTV
GLOBAL PRINT AD CAMPAIGNS (modeling)
Sebastian Professional, photographed by Robert Lobetta
Reebok
Apple Inc.
Hotel LaChapelle, book by David LaChapelle
Harper’s Bazaar editorial
ART INSTALLATIONS
The Wedge at Burning Man
Reflecting the Stars by the Windmill Factory
LED Balloon Chandelier by the Windmill Factory
EDUCATION
State University of New York, Empire State, Business Major
California State University, Long Beach, English Literature
Santa Monica College, Associates of Arts Degree in General Studies, Theater & Dance
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Orchestral Repertory Program
CELLO TEACHERS
Luis Bernardo Castro, Caracas, Venezuela
Mike Block, Artist Works
Trevor Exter, New York, NY
Kirk Aengenheyster, New York, NY
Ana Lenchantin, Los Angeles, CA
Tom Kersey, Tampa, FL
Eduard Teregulov, Baton Rouge, LA
Teduse Biscupski, Detroit, MI
Paul Wingert, Detroit MI
Daniel Garcia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lien Violin, Taipei, Taiwan
VOICE, PERCUSSION AND PIANO TEACHERS
Alfred Sheppard, Piano, Los Angeles, CA
Rachel Sterns, Voice, New York, NY
Gaby Kerpel, Voice & Percussion, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Katy Pfaffl, Voice, New York, NY
Santa Monica College, Piano & Voice, Santa Monica, CA
DANCE TRAINING
Magic Dance Ballroom, Largo, FL – ballroom tango, salsa, bacchata, rumba
Swing Time, Gulfport, FL – east cast swing
Peridance Capezio Center, New York, NY – modern, esp. Horton & Graham
Third Street Dance Academy, Los Angeles, CA – commercial dance & ballet
Jimmy DeFore Dance Academy, Orange County, CA – all styles
Tremaine Dance Center, Los Angeles, CA- commercial dance & ballet
First City Dance Theatre, Pensacola, FL – modern
Gus Giordano Dance Center, Evanston, IL – modern
Broadway Dance Center, New York, NY – all styles
Masters of Dance Arts, Canton, MI – all styles (ballet, tap, jazz, modern)
AWARDS, NOMINATIONS & RECOGNITION
2019 & 2016 FINALIST (Runner-up) for Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay award for “Best Local Classical Musician” in Tampa Bay
2016 Nomination for Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay award for “Best Local Instrumentalist” in Tampa Bay
2016 Nomination for Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay award for “Best Experimental Act” in Tampa Bay
2016 Nomination for Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay award for “Best Open Mic” – Open Mic Social, Vertical Ventures St. Pete (event producer/coordinator) in Tampa Bay
2016 First Electric Cellist to play inside St. Peter’s Basilica during a papal mass, Vatican City, Vatican
2015 WINNER of BroadwayWorld’s “Best Professional Theater”, freeFall Theatre, Shakespeare’s The Tempest: La Isla es Mia (cellist/foley artist)
2014 Nomination for a STAR award as Tampa’s “Favorite Choreographer” in Steppin Out
2007 Nomination for NYC Obie Award’s “Best Experimental Performance” for Fuerza Bruta
2007 Honored as an Apple Mac Genius at Maria Shriver’s Women Conference, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Nomination for NYC AUDELCO award for “Best Play” and “Best Director”, Miles Davis
1999 Nomination for NYC Obie Award’s “Best Experimental Performance” for De La Guarda
WINNER of Dance Master’s of America : Top National Overall Soloist, New York, NY
SPECIAL SKILLS
Former Apple Mac Genius (certified at Apple HQ’s Bubb 8), current passport, willing to travel, vaccinated, eBike, rock climb (lead sport, boulder, trad climb), NAUI cert., driver’s license (can drive manual and automatic), love dogs.
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