Jane Cardona

Location:

Ho-Ho-Kus
United States 07423

Contact:

janecatherinecardona@gmail.com

Additional Info:

MUSIC DIRECTOR & ACCOMPANIST ROLES
- St. Joan.....Associate Copyist.....The Public Theater, NY (MD: Kris Kukul, Composer: David Byrne)
- Misery.....Music Associate.....Broadhurst Theater, NY (Composer: Michael Friedman)
- The Golem.....Asst. Music Director/Arranger/Accompanist.....NYU, NY (Dir: Liz Swados, MD: Trevor Bachman)
- Late Night Cabaret.....Cabaret Intern/Arranger/Keys/Accordion.....Williamstown Theater Festival, MA (Dir: Cody Owen Stine)
- Unknown Soldier.....Music Assistant.....WTF, MA (Composer: Michael Friedman, MD: Marco Paguia)
- Poster Boy.....Music/Writing Assistant.....WTF, MA (Composer: Craig Carnelia)
- Late Night Cabaret.....Cabaret Intern/Arranger/Keys.....WTF, MA (Dir: Kris Kukul)
- June Moon.....Accompanist.....WTF, MA (MD: Kris Kukul)
- Cabaret.....Music Director/Conductor/Accordion.....Vassar College Drama Department, NY (Dir: Chris Grabowski)
- Hubcrawl: The Musical.....Music Director/Conductor/Accompanist.....Vassar College, NY (Composer: Ethan Slater)
- Next to Normal.....Music Director/Conductor/Accompanist.....Vassar College, NY
- 2023: The Musical.....Conductor/Accompanist.....Vassar College, NY
- The Drowsy Chaperone.....Accompanist.....Vassar College, NY
- The 25th…Spelling Bee.....Accompanist.....Pleasant Valley Productions, NJ (MD: Ilene Greenbaum)
- Company.....Music Director/Conductor.....Vassar College, NY
- Assassins.....Music Director/Conductor.....Vassar College, NY
- Into the Woods.....Accompanist.....Vassar College, NY
- Altar Boyz.....Accompanist.....Vassar College, NY

EDUCATION
- Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY — Bachelor of Arts in Music, May 2015; GPA: 3.64, Music GPA: 3.8

EXPERIENCE
Cabaret Intern, Williamstown Theater Festival; Williamstown, MA — Summers 2014, 2015
- Select/arrange songs, orchestrate parts for, and rehearse Late-Night Cabaret band and cabaret singers
- Play in all performances (piano and accordion); Attend weekly production meetings and schedule rehearsals for band and singers

Musical Director/Accompanist, Vassar College Theater; Poughkeepsie, NY — 2011 - 2015
- Oversee all aspects of music, transposing and re-orchestrating instrumental/voice parts when necessary
- Conduct pit orchestra for all rehearsals and shows, schedule all pit orchestra rehearsals
- Accompany and teach vocal music at all rehearsals; accompany auditions and assist in casting; attend weekly production meetings

Accompanist, Vassar College Music Department; Poughkeepsie, NY — 2011 - 2015
- Accompany Vassar College Women’s Chorus, Vassar College Choir, and Vassar Madrigals Singers
- Accompany all rehearsals and performances, stand-in conductor for rehearsals

Part-time/Substitute Accompanist,
- St. Catharine’s R.C. Church; Glen Rock, NJ — 2009 - Present
- St. Peter the Apostle R.C. Church; River Edge, NJ — 2011 - Present
- St. Luke’s Church; Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ — 2011 - Present
- Vassar College Chapel; Poughkeepsie, Ny — 2011 - 2012

HONORS AND ENSEMBLES
- Classical Piano — Lessons with Cosmo Buono (1999-2011) and Thomas Sauer (2012-Present)
- Recipient of 2015 Frances Walker Prize for displaying the greatest proficiency in the study of piano
- Pianist in Vassar Chamber Ensembles: Piano trio and quintet, 2013 - 2015,
- Winner of Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in both Solo (2006) and Duet (2005) Divisions
- Jazz Piano — Lessons with Peter Tomlison, 2013-2014
- Pianist in Vassar College Jazz Combos, Spring 2014
- Voice — Lessons with Drew Minter, 2014-2015

SKILLS
Piano, Accordion, Sight reading, Sight transposing, Orchestrating, Arranging, Transcribing
Proficient in Finale 2014, Sibelius 6&7, Mainstage 3, Protools, Audacity, Reaper, Max 6.1, Spear, and SoundHack

RELATED COURSEWORK
Composition I - III; Electronic Music; Tonal Counterpoint; Modal Counterpoint; Advanced Harmony; Analysis of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music; Music and Ideas I - III; Musicianship Skills I - III; Drama Senior Production Laboratory; Experimental Theater; Introduction to Theater Making; Introduction to Stagecraft

Fees

$ 50.00 Dollars Per Hour
Negotiable.

Instruments

Piano, Electronic Keyboard

Specialisms

Early Music, Contemporary Music, Jazz, Improvisation, Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Repetiteur, Musical Theatre, Musical Direction

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