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Jesse Wiener

Composer/Copyist/Music Director/Singer/Guitarist/Keyboardist/Arranger/Orchestrator

GUITAR / KEYBOARD / SINGING

•  GODSPELL ON BROADWAY
Guitar 3/Keyboard 2 Sub (associate chair)
Charlie Alterman, MD / Daniel Goldstein, Dir. Circle In The Square, NYC

• WHITE NOISE CHICAGO
Guitar 1, Guitar 2 / Keyboard 2 Sub (associate chair)
Whoopi Goldberg, Producer | Jesse Vargas, MD | Sergio Trujillo, Dir. | Royal George Theater, Chicago, IL

AFTER ROBERT HUTCHENS
Guitarist
Jesse Vargas, MD | Sheryl Kaller, Dir. | Book, Music & Lyrics by Nick Blaemire
Williamstown Theater Festival Fellowship Musical 2011, Williamstown ,MA
NEXT THING YOU KNOW
Guitar Sub, Matt Hinkley, Guitar | Kurt Crowley, MD | Cap 21, NYC
ESSENTIAL VOICES USA
Tenor | Judith Clurman, MD | Symphony Space, Carnegie Hall, NYC
THE HIDDEN SKY
Guitarist | Prospect Theater Company, NYC

• KATE TAYLOR BAND
Played Guitar and Bass to accompany Kate Taylor. Appeared on stage with Carly Simon, Jim
Belushi, Tony Garnier, Arlen Roth, Ben Taylor, Alice Ripley, Shannon Ford, Mindy Jostyn, Bill
Holloman.

MARBLE COLLEGIATE SANCTUARY CHOIR
Tenor 1 | Ken Dake, Organist & MD
• CHORAL FELLOWS OF THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY CHOIR
Tenor | Daily performances in Harvard Memorial Church morning prayer services (2005-2006)
• HARVARD UNIVERSITY CHOIR
Tenor 1 | Weekly performances at the Harvard Memorial Church for sunday worship (2004-2006)

MUSIC PREPARATION / ARRANGING

• BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
String Arrangements & Music Preparation for the E Street Band
• WHITE NOISE CHICAGO
Music Preparation Supervisor / Copyist / Music Associate
Whoopi Goldberg, Producer | Jesse Vargas, MD | Sergio Trujillo, Dir. | Royal George Theater, Chicago, IL
• AMERICAN SONGBOOK: GAVIN CREEL & STEPHEN OREMUS
Music Preparation Supervisor / Copyist / Music Associate
Whoopi Goldberg, Producer | Jesse Vargas, MD | Sergio Trujillo, Dir. | Royal George Theater, Chicago, IL
• AFTER ROBERT HUTCHENS
Music Preparation Supervisor / Copyist / Music Associate
Jesse Vargas, MD | Sheryl Kaller, Dir. | Book, Music & Lyrics by Nick Blaemire
Williamstown Theater Festival Fellowship Musical 2011, Williamstown ,MA
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATER AWARDS
Copyist, Orchestrations | Brett Macias, Supervising Copyist | Michael Moricz, Supervising Orchestrator & MD
• BEYOND THE MUSIC
Music Preparation, Transcription & Piano Arrangements from guitar / vocal recordings for P/V
Andy Sandberg, Producer / Book Writer | Fred Lassen, MD | NYC Readings

MUSIC DIRECTING

• CAROUSEL MUSIC THEATER
Music Director, 2010 Season, Boothbay Harbor, ME
• WELCOME TO SHOOFLY (READING)
New Jersey Playwrights Contest | David Alpert, Dir. | Wayne, NJ
• THE SPITFIRE GRILL
Music Director, Keyboard/Conductor, Synth Programming, Schaeberle Studio, NYC

• OUR GUY
First Workshop, Composer, Lyricist & Music Director, Schaeberle Studio, NYC

• SWEENEY TODD
Music Director and Conductor, Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, Loeb Drama Center Main Stage, Cambridge, MA
• CABARET
Music Director and Conductor, Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, Loeb Drama Center Experimental Theater, Cambridge, MA
• THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Assistant MD, Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players, Agassiz Theater, Cambridge, MA

RELATED EXPERIENCE

• SOAPDISH EQUITY READING
Music Director, 2010 Season, Boothbay Harbor, ME
• ROCK OF AGES ON BROADWAY
New Jersey Playwrights Contest | David Alpert, Dir. | Wayne, NJ
• PRIVATE VOCAL COACHING, GUITAR & PIANO LESSONS
Music Director, Keyboard/Conductor, Synth Programming, Schaeberle Studio, NYC

• FREELANCE MUSIC WORK
Piano and Guitar Accompaniment, Background Tracks, Music Production, Arrangements, Orchestrations, Transcription, Transposition, Music Preparation

Clients include La Cage Aux Folles on Broadway, Brian Lowdermilk, Bruce Springsteen, Larry O'Keefe & John Miller.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts, in Music (Class of 2008)
Received magna cum laude for thesis (Finding Danny, A Song Cycle for Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber
Orchestra)

     • Music Composition & Orchestration
     Nicholas Vines (2007-2008), Harvard University
     Elliott Gyger (2005-2008), Harvard University

     • Private Voice Studies
     Frank Kelley (2005-2007), Harvard Memorial Church
PRIVATE PIANO AND GUITAR STUDIES
William Luckey (1998-2004)

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