AEA • SAG-AFTRA [email protected] (203) 216-7174 Website: kylebrenn.com Soundcloud: kyle-brenn composer, arranger, actor, musician, artist YouTube: Kyle Brenn New York City • Norwalk, CT

EDUCATION + TRAINING New York University Steinhardt — BM in Music Theory and Composition (2020) Private Instructors (*currently studying with): • Composition: Pedro da Silva (NYU), Beata Hlavenková (NYU), Ezequiel Viñao* (NYU) • Piano: Jim O’Mahoney, Mat Eisenstein, Hannah Hoffman, Alice Fiedlerová (NYU) • Drums: Ed Jarusinsky, Ed Murphy • Percussion: Dave Pelaggi, Sean Statser (NYU) • Voice: Cheryl Kemeny, Amelia DeMayo, Beth Falcone, Ryan Driscoll* • Dance: Janine Molinari (tap, jazz, ballet), Yuka Kawazu (ballet), Jimmy Locust (ballet), Ray Hesselink (tap)

SELECTED ACTING CREDITS (see complete professional acting resume on website) Next to Normal Gabe SoHo Playhouse (Tisch New Theatre) Sweeney Todd (w/ Emma Thompson & NY Philharmonic) Tobias Ragg Live from Lincoln Center (dir. Lonny Price) Leap of Faith (w/ Raul Esparza) Jake U/S Broadway (dir. Christopher Ashley) The Kid Who Would Be Pope Billy McPherson New York Musical Festival (dir. Gabriel Barre) West Side Story Kiddo Broadway revival (dir. Arthur Laurents) Fun Home Christian Bechdel Equity Readings (dir. Sam Gold) Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (w/ Martin Short) Charlie Bucket Equity Reading (dir. Sam Mendes) Pan Peter Pan Equity Reading/Workshop (dir. Jeffrey Seller, MD Alex Lacamoire)

MUSIC ASSISTANT, TRANSCRIBER OR COPYIST JAWLine Music Preparation (Jesse Wiener) Subcontracted music copyist/transcriber, multiple projects 2018 – present Eastbound (AEA reading through NY Theatre Barn, dir. Joe Barros) Music assistant: transcription, music prep, some arranging 2019 Healter Skelter the Musical (early development) Music transcriber, copyist 2018 Manhattan Camerata (Pedro da Silva, musical dir.) Assistant for concerts/sessions, performer in music video 2016 – 2017 Curiousities (Off-B’way immersive theatre piece, Anthony Logan Cole) Music assistant: transcription, arranging, music prep 2016

INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE Summer Theatre of New Canaan (CT Equity House) Drummer/percussionist: Kiss Me Kate, Singin’ in the Rain, West Side Story NYC Cabarets / Pit Orchestras SoHo Playhouse, ANT Fest, , Feinsteins/54 Below, Green Room 42, West End Lounge NYC Jazz/Pop Shows (C3) The Bitter End, Knitting Factory BK, Brooklyn Bazaar, Gold Sounds Ensembles NYU: Community Orchestra, University Jazz Band Norwalk HS: Chamber Choir, Wind Symphony, Jazz Orchestra, Marching Band • CMEA Western Region Jazz Band (2015, 2016) Recording (personal & other projects) Carriage House Studios (Stamford, CT), groundUP headquarters (Brooklyn), Grand Street Recording (Brooklyn), NYU Clive Davis School of Recorded Music, NYU Dolan Studio, Western CT State University

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE Pulsing & Shaking (new music festival at NYU) Co-organizer, co-artistic director 2019 Eugene (short film for Norwalk High School senior independent study) Co-writer, director, composer, sound designer 2016 Crystal Theatre Performing Arts Center (Norwalk, CT) Camp counselor, musical director, various other functions 2004 – 2018 Working with elementary/middle school-aged children • special projects: 2 original musicals, 12-piece orchestrations

AWARDS + HONORS Alan Menken Composition Scholarship NYU Steinhardt (personally selected by Mr. Menken) 2018 – 2020 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award Finalist 2016 BMI Student Composer Award Finalist 2016 Ilias Kementzidis Music Scholarship Norwalk High School 2016 Kevin M. Eidt Memorial Jazz Scholarship Norwalk High School 2016 Best Soloist Award Norwalk High School Jazz Festival 2014, 2016

AFFILIATIONS + COLLABORATORS Cisum Percussion (NYC-based percussion collective) Composer fellow for workshop (premiere) 2017 Washington Squared (NYC-based percussion duo) Selected for call-for-scores (performances) 2019 C3 (NYC-based progressive jazz/hip-hop collective) Co-founder, composer/arranger, drummer (2 EPs) 2016 – present S P H E R E S (composer collective from NYU, Juilliard & MSM) Co-founder, composer-performer (concerts) 2018 – present Amelia Murray (singer-songwriter) Collaborator on multiple projects 2018 – present

SPECIAL SKILLS Software Finale (10+ years); rudimentary skills in Logic, Pro Tools + Sibelius Musical strengths Transcription/ear training, improvisation, feel, complex rhythmic structures Skills/interests in the visual arts Drawing, painting, modelmaking, propmaking, woodworking, graphic design Miscellaneous skills/interests Cooking, close-up magic, video editing, Harry Potter trivia, Driver’s License (CT)

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