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Curriculum Vitae: The Course of Life

Experience

Bent Wit Cabaret

2010 – 2011

Roles

Musical Director

Bent Wit Cabaret was a monthly variety show at the American Repertory Theater’s Club Oberon. BWC featured the best of New England’s underground comedians, performance artists, musicians, & puppeteers. Brendan served as the musical director for each month’s performance.

Brendan's Notes

This series brought together a diverse group of artists and minds to create a new show, with a new theme, just about every month for two years.

As the musical director, I would spend four weeks preparing for each show. The first would be repertoire research (finding the right tunes for the show's theme and performer requests). The second and third were primary transcribing and arranging the repertoire. The final week was rehearsal & performance time.

Over its run, the band performed 173 different tunes/interstitials. Fun times!

Bent Wit Cabaret: Apocalypse

Show Themes

  1. Blue - Jan 2010
  2. Sin - Feb 2010
  3. Fantasy - April 2010
  4. Grotesque - May 2010
  5. Identity - June 2010
  6. Mystery - August 2010
  7. Freedom - September 2010
  8. Apocalypse - October 2010
  9. Revealed - November 2010
  10. Obsession - April 2011
  11. Adventure - September 2011
  12. Cult - November 2011
pre-show for Bent Wit Cabaret: Adventure
Fort Port Theatre Company
Elephant Tango Ensemble

Education & Skills

Berklee College of Music

1994 - 1998

Bachelor of Arts

  • Major: Professional Music with a focus on arranging & composition
  • Volunteer: Berklee's Music Mentoring program; teaching gifted High-School students in the Boston Community
Private Studies

1998 - 2009

Master Training

  • Jay Weik
  • Tim Miller
  • Charlie Banacos

Computer Skills

Software
  • Google Workspace
  • Microsoft Office
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Final Cut Pro X
  • iMovie
  • Logic Pro X
  • Garageband
  • Sibelius
Website Design
  • Craft CMS
  • Wordpress
  • Languages:
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • Twig