artistic resume

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Peter Fernandez
peter@peterfernandez.net - http://www.peterfernandez.net

Theater Highlights

June 1999 to present: pianist, writer, composer, actor, Improv Asylum, Boston

  • wrote & performed all over the country with successful improv acting troupe
  • served as music director for 4 years from 1999 to 2003
  • designed and implemented extensive training regimen in improvised singing and song composition
  • managed musical staff & schedule, guided musical vision of the theater, various creative tasks
December 2005: Composer, Music Director, Sound Designer, Co-Producer, Special Video Effects co-producer, P. S., Page Me Later - Scenes Inspired by FOUND Magazine, Alarm Clock Theatre Company
  • co-producer and co-creator of the 2005 Elliott Norton Award winner for Best Fringe Production
  • wrote scenes and incidental music for a full-length original musical theater production
  • arranged and orchestrated score for three-piece pit orchestra
  • taught vocal parts to cast, and instrumental parts to band
  • composed and recorded sonic elements for stage production
  • composed and co-produced video presentation that complemented the action onstage
June 2005: Composer, Music Director, Sound Designer, Co-Producer - Duplex, Alarm Clock Theatre Company
  • wrote the book, lyrics and music for a full-length original musical theater production
  • arranged and orchestrated score for four-piece pit orchestra
  • taught vocal parts to cast, and instrumental parts to band
  • composed and recorded sonic elements for stage production
December 2004: Co-Producer, Sound Designer - An Evening of Israel Horovitz. Alarm Clock Theatre Company
  • composed and recorded original music, foley and special sound cues for BCA production
  • coordinated fundraising and publicity activities involving the production
January 1994 to June 1995: Musical Director, Pianist, Boston Baked Theater, Somerville MA Dodie Domino, producer. (617) 628-9575
  • Arranged and performed piano music for original childrens. theater productions
  • Composed music, lyrics and book for original adaptation of Ali Baba
November 1994 to February 1995: Composer, Pianist. Softbody Serenade by Mary McCarthy and Michael O.Halloran.
  • Composed incidental music and songs for original production at the Boston Center for the Arts
  • arranged and performed original and cover material during the show
December, 1993 to March 1994: Composer. The Wedding by Bertolt Brecht. UMass Department of Theater, Amherst MA 01003
  • composed, arranged, sequenced, recorded and engineered original incidental, vocal and dance music
August to December 1993: Composer. Pericles, Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare. UMass Department of Theater, Amherst MA 01003
  • Composed, arranged, performed and recorded incidental, vocal and dance music
January to March 1993: Composer, Musician. Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill. UMass Department of Theater, Amherst MA 01003.
  • Composed, arranged, performed, taught to cast and recorded incidental, vocal, preshow and dance music

Other Plays

Traps (composer), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Composer), Hair (Music Director), Tales of the Lost Formicans (Composer, keyboardist), Working (Castmember), Godspell (Music Director), Into the Woods (rehearsal & pit pianist), Sweet Charity (pianist), A Chorus Line (pianist), Evita (castmember), Schoolhouse Rock (music director, pianist)


Music Groups

April 2006 to April 2007: Bass, piano, The Rockmores - indie rock

  • performed original songs in Boston-area clubs
April 2003 to 2008: Bass, piano, Blue Tree - trippy folk rock
  • performed on 2 full-length albums, independently released 2003
July 2002 to present: Bass, Blue Horizon - country rock
  • recorded full-length CD .Locust Years., independently released 2004
November 2002 to July 2004: Bass, lead vocals - Los Encendidos - latin-inspired rock
  • performed in rock clubs around the Boston-area
  • engineered, mixed and mastered independently-released EP
October 2001 to January 2004: Bass, piano - Chris & Meredith Thompson - folk
  • performed on full-length live album, independently released 2004
December 2002 to July 2004: Bass, lead vocals, original songs, Los Encendidos - latin rock
  • recorded self-titled EP demo cd, independently released 2003
May 2000 to April 2001: Bass, vocals, original songs, Tobin Bridge - reggae / rock
  • also performed as jazz quartet the Hacks
June 1998 to April 1999: Bass, vocals, original songs, Luckydog - rock
  • recorded live demo CD on First Night Boston, 1999
April 1996 to June 1998: Bass, vocals, keyboards, original songs, Dabble - quirky hard rock
  • recorded full-length cassette .Anasthaesia Romanov., 1996
June 1992 to April, 1996: keyboards, lead vocals, original songs. The Electric Noodle Factory - jazz / rock
  • recorded self-titled 2-track demo, 1992

Film, TV, Radio & Multimedia

April 2006: Composer, musician - Phil the Dolphin, independently-produced musical short film

December 2005: Composer, musician - At it Again, entry into 48 Hour Film Festival 2005, dir. Marty Johnson

December 2004: Composer, musician - The Tinman, short film, dir. Karen Mae Black

November 2004: Composer, musician - My Fake Job, short film, dir. Karen Mae Black

April 2004: Composer, writer, musician - Sweeter by Far, entry into 48 Hour Film Festival 2004, dir. Sara Adelman

April 2003: Composer, musician - Let Nothing You Dismay, short film, dir. Karen Mae Black

November 2002: Composer, writer . Enter Asylum, DVD demo produced by Improv Asylum

April 2002: Composer, Elevator Dating, short film, dir. Marty Johnson

December 1994 to January 1995: Composer, musician Ensemble CD-ROM, produced for Chipcom Corporation, Southborough MA

January to October 1993: Composer, Music Director, Granny Applethorpe.s Fluid Hour of Power. WMUA FM 91.1. 102 Campus Center, UMass, Amherst MA 01003.

  • Composed and arranged incidental and theme music for original radio comedy
  • Recorded dialogue, foley effects and music, and edited several episodes

Education

  • BA, English. University of Massachusetts. GPA: 3.2
  • Currently pursing a Masters in Liberal Arts from Harvard Extension School


    Awards

  • Best Original Score, 2004, 48 Hour Film Festival
  • Nominee, Best Musical Adaptation. 1991 New England Community Theater Council. Godspell.
  • All-Star Cast. 1989 Boston Globe High School Drama Festival. .Joe.. The Shadow Box.


    Other Musical & Theater Skills

  • Board Member, Co-Producer, Music Director, Outreach Co-ordinater, Alarm Clock Theatre Company
  • Graduate, Improv Asylum Training Center, an intensive 2-year curriculum in improv acting
  • Sheet music transcription and notation
  • Computer-aided sequencing with Cubase, Reason and Reaper
  • Notation with Finale
  • Extensive home recording, mixing and mastering experience, using ADAT, Cubase, Reaper and Reason
  • Programming and synthesis on various keyboards, including Roland, Kurzweil, Ensoniq and Yamaha.
  • Band Management tasks, including booking gigs, publicity, creation and maintenance of mailing lists, recording production & financing, and many other skills


    My professional resume is also available.