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PERSONAL
STUDIO: 1507 NW 24th Avenue,
Portland, OR 97210
(503) 224-3766
kurt@soundfactory.com
MUSIC
- MUSICAL WRITING CREDITS - Produced
THE BOXCAR CHILDREN (play) music underscore Oregon Children’s Theater Co, Portland, OR - April 2001. CHARLOTTE'S WEB (musical) - music Oregon Children’s Theater Co, Portland, OR - April 2000. SUITE FOR CLAUS (symphonic work) orch. score Hillyer Festival Orchestra, Salem, MA - December 1999. ALICE IN WONDERLAND (in-school play) - music Tears of Joy, Vancouver, WA - September 1999 THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (musical) - music and co-lyrics Northwest Children’s Theater, Portland, OR - May 1998. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (musical) - music and co-lyric Oregon Children’s Theater Co., Portland, OR - April 1997 and 2002. THE RIDDLE OF THE DRUM, THE LEGEND OF LUCIA ZENTANO AND THE KING WHO WAS BORED (musical) - music Sexton Mtn. Grade School, Beaverton, OR - Feb.1997. CLAUS, Not Your Ordinary Christmas Eve (musical) - music Oregon Children’s Theater Co., Portland, OR - Nov - Dec 1995 and 1996. THE VELVETEEN RABBIT (play) - music underscore Oregon Children’s Theater Co., Portland, OR - April 1995. THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (play) - music underscore Oregon Children’s Theater Co., Portland, OR - April 1994, 1998 and 2003. JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (musical) - music and co-lyric Oregon Children’s Theater Co., Portland, OR - April 1993 and April 1999. PERFECTLY SAFE (Original Revue) - music Salem State College, Salem, MA - February 1992. ALL'S FAIR (musical) - music Portland Civic Theater, Portland, OR - June 1989. The following holiday corporate
musicals - music and co-lyric
THE TAMING OF THE SHOE - 1983.CINNAMON BEAR AND THE TOY ELVES - 1982. BENNY AND THE EASTER BUNNY - 1982. CINNAMON BEAR & THE ELVES THAT FORGOT CHRISTMAS - 1981. CINNAMON BEAR AND THE MAGIC JINGLE BELLS - 1980 SANTA CLAUS AND THE CHRISTMAS OGRE - 1980 & 2002 CINNAMON BEAR AND THE GIANT OGRE - 1979 Productions for Bambergers, Robinsons, Lipman-Wolfe, Frederick & Nelson Department Stores; IBM, Inc., Kodak Co.; and by regional and collegiate theaters. Productions in Oregon, California, New York, Hawaii, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Washington, Nevada and Wisconsin. THE BLUE KANGAROO (musical) - music and co-lyric Productions by regional, high school and collegiate theaters and/or theater departments in Oregon, Hawaii and Tennessee - premiered at La Salle High School, Portland, OR - 1980. CLOWNS, CLOWNS, CLOWNS (musical) - music and lyric St. Mary's Academy, Portland, OR - 1978. I LOST ME AT THE MOVIES (musical) - music and lyric Lake Oswego Community Theater, Lake Oswego, OR - 1977. MUSIC
- MUSICAL WRITING CREDITS - Unproduced
2006 SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (musical) - music book and lyric - Brad Beaver 2004 THE BISHOP’S BOTTOM (musical) - music book - Nurmi Husa lyric - Brad Beaver 1987 CHRISTMAS AT KINGS HEAD INN (musical) - music, book and lyric 1985 THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS (musical) - music book and lyric - D. Scott Marley 1984 THE BEST KIND OF CHRISTMAS (musical) - music, book and lyric MUSIC
- MUSICAL WRITING - In Development
CHATEAU JOYEUX (play) - music and sfx design Play and theme song lyric by William S. Gregory WILD SPACE a go go (musical) - music book - JP Linde lyric - Brad Beaver THE CANTERVILLE GHOST (musical) - book and music. lyric - Brad Beaver CHRISTMAS AT THE SPREAD EAGLE INN (musical) - music book and lyric - Brad Beaver EXPERIENCE
THEATER Theater music composer, arranger, producer and musical director. Past composer, lyricist and performer in Lilliput Players - a children’s theater troupe (1976-1980). Actor - singer, active in opera, dramatic and musical theater Composer, Arranger and Music Producer for regional McDonald’s “Ronald McDonald” program. FILM & VIDEO Current owner of MUSICWoRKS - a music composition and production house offering professional MIDI music production, digital recording, custom sheet music publishing and music production services. Composition, arrangement and production of music for film and video underscore: (SMPTE) dramatic, comedic or narrative underscoring, industrial or promotional underscoring, corporate musical identities, television theme, bumpers, credit rolls, radio and TV jingles, commercial underscores, theater and/or live musical events. Atmosphere music including: overhead and environmental source music, telephone ONHOLD music and messaging services, public events and trade show environmental source music and parade float music (Portland Grand Floral, Phoenix Fiesta Bowl and Pasadena Tournament of Roses parades). EDUCATION
Varied Film Scoring and
Orchestration studies at UCLA.
AWARDS
DRAMMY AWARD - Original Musical 1989-90 Portland Drama Critics Circle BEST OF FEST AWARD - Original Musical 1988 Northwest Playwright's Guild ASSOCIATION/MEMBERSHIPS
ASCAP American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers LEMTW Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop - Los Angeles |
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