Nicholas Escobar 208 Hilldale Road, Villanova, PA, 19085 610-291-7163, www.nicholasescobar.com, [email protected]

Professional Experience Nicholas Escobar Music, Philadelphia, PA August 2012-Present Freelance Music Composer o Composed music for over thirty short films, over fifteen marketing commercials, five web series and six theatrical productions • “ei: emotional intelligence” (2016): Competed in 15 film festivals, accumulated over 1 million views online, Vimeo Staff Pick, Short of the Week • “Ezra” (2019) was selected for the 2020 National Student Drama Festival in the . The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA Art Team Associate April 2019-August 2019 o Engaged with guests to the Barnes Foundation, answering questions about the collection and sparking conversations. Gave "Pop Up Talks" about specific works in the collection. Gave orientation talks about Dr. Barnes and the history of the collection at least once a day to guest. Nexo Productions, Philadelphia, PA August 2015-March 2020 Music Composer/Director o Composed music for professional marketing commercials. Clients included: Compassionate Sciences, Neuroflow and The University of Pennsylvania Marc Platt Productions, Universal City, CA Summer 2016 Summer Intern o Read and did coverage of over three screenplays a week. Researched books, articles and historical events for film adaptation New Horizons Pictures Corp., Los Angeles, CA, Summer 2015 Summer Intern o Read science fiction short stories to make recommendations for possible film adaptation

Education , Edinburgh, UK December 2020 in Composition for Screen, With Distinction o Funded by the Thouron Award. o Master’s thesis involved composing an original score for Charlie Chaplin’s The Immigrant (1917). o Folk & Traditional Music Society, Argentine Tango Society

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA May 2018 Bachelor of Art, Summa Cum Laude o Major: English, Minor: Music, Global Medieval Studies o Thouron Scholar, Dean’s List, GPA 3.80, Sol Feinstone Undergraduate Award (May 2018), Semi-Finalist for the 2018 President’s Engagement Prize, English Honors Thesis, Independent Study with music composer Jay Reise Kings College London, London, England Fall 2016 o Penn in London English Major Study Abroad Program Radnor High School, Radnor, PA June 2014 o GPA above 4.0, high academic achievement in top-level honors and AP courses

Leadership Penn FilmAid Executive Board Fall 2017-Spring 2018 Co-President and Co-Founder o Club seeks to spark conversation and raise awareness about the global refugee crisis through collaborative film and media production, training and screenings o Affiliated with the organization FilmAid International

Skills / Interests Technical: Microsoft Office, Logic X, Sibelius, iMovie Language: English, Spanish (limited working proficiency) Interests: Music Composition, Film Composing, Short Story Writing, Screenwriting, Acting, Theatre