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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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