Allison Leyton-Brown
M.F.A., Tisch School of the Arts, NYU – Music Theatre Writing Program (Composition) B.F.A., Concordia University, Montréal – Interdisciplinary Fine Arts
F I L M / T V S C O R E S
. Episode score and songs for Peg + Cat for PBS. 2013
. Misc. music for 20/20, The Good Wife, Primetime, Good Morning America, ABC’s What Would You Do?, Nightline, Katie, The Nate Berkus Show, etc. Staff writer for 4 Elements Music. ’10 – present.
. The Bicycle (13 min.) Dramatic short. NY Film Festival, dir. Kari Riely. ’13.
. Rainy Season (25 min.) Documentary film. Screenings across the US and Europe, dir. Joan Widdenfield. ’11.
. Meet My Boyfriend (12 min.) Comedy short, dir. J. Ruocco, Manhattan Film Fest. ’11.
. Little Miss Perfect (series) for WE Network.’09 – ’10.
. The Cooking Loft (theme) for The Food Network. ’08.
. Custody (90 min.) Television film for Lifetime TV Network. Score selections. ’07.
. Millions: A Lottery Story (101 min) Documentary feature, dir. Paul LaBlanc, Palm Beach International Film Fest. Official Selection.’07.
. Head Case (85 min) Dark comedy feature, dir. M. Wakefield, Rio de Janeiro MIX Festival ’05 & New York City MIX Fest.’03.
. History of the Movies (1 min) dir. S. Donsky, Coca Cola Young Directors’ Competition National Finalist.’04.
. The Rest (10 min) dir. D. Franco, RIP Fest. NYC ’03.
. Dog’s Life (90 min) Dramatic feature, dir. J. Knapich, Telluride Film Festival, Brooklyn Underground Film Fest. ’02.
T H E A T R E S C O R E S
The Narrowing; recorded instrumental score for 2 pianos, cello & violin, produced by Archipelago Theatre, NC. (’13)
Bleached Blonde Betty; recorded instrumental score, Off-Broadway, produced by Workshop Theater, NYC. (’13)
Psycho Therapy; recorded instrumental score, Off-Broadway, produced by La Vie, Cherry Lane Theater, NYC (’12)
A Doll’s House; live instrumental score for theremin, piano, clarinet & upright bass, produced by Duke University Theater Dept. (’11)
Stealing Home; arrangements and orchestrations for 5-piece band, produced by Archipelago Theatre. (’11)
Out of the Blue; live instrumental score for string quartet, produced by Archipelago Theatre. (’10) 2
Blue Window; instrumental/sound score, for Atlantic Theater Company, NYC (’10) Exit the King; live instrumental score for 6-piece orchestra, produced by Duke University Theatre Dept., NC. (’09)
Mad Forest; sound score and songs, for Calhoun School, NYC (’06) Sake With the Haiku Geisha; recorded sound score, Gotham Stage Co./Perry St. Theatre (’06) The Snow Queen; recorded sound score and songs, Urban Stages, NYC (winter ’05/’06)
‘Tis a Pity, She’s a Whore; recorded instrumental score, Friendly Fire Prod., NYC (fall ’05) The Trojan Women; instrumental/vocal score, Duke University Theatre Dept., NC (fall ’05) The Woman in the Attic; live instrumental score, produced by Archipelago Theater. (’05) Hecuba; live/electronic score, at Culture Project, NYC (’04) The Laramie Project; recorded sound score, for Calhoun School, NYC (’03) Urban Tattoo; live percussion score, at Festivale de Théatre des Amériques, Mtl. (’01) The Bacchae; live score for 6-piece orch., Concordia University Theatre Dept., Mtl. (’01) The Seven Ravens; recorded score, Youtheatre/Shadowland Puppetry – tour to National Arts Centre, Montréal & Toronto (’01)
O P E R A / M U S I C T H E A T E R
. Desire Management, Incorporated, script/lyrics by S. Chapadjiev. Produced by the New Music Theater Collective (NYU-Tisch School of the Arts) @ Robert Moss Theater, NYC (’13)
. On Teeth and Longing, words by S. Chapadjiev. Produced by the New Music Theater Collective (NYU-Tisch) @ Robert Moss Theater, NYC (’12), and York Theater Co. and the University of California at Irvine, for the 4@15 New Musicals Festival, NYC (’10)
. Aloha Flight 243 (a one-act opera), libretto by S. Chapadjiev. Produced by NYU Steinhardt School @ The Player’s Theater, NYC (’09), concert reading by Nautilus Music Theatre, MN (’05), and Lincoln Center Directors’ Lab, @ HERE Arts Center, NYC. (’02)
. The Theory of Kiss, words by S. Chapadjiev. Produced by NYU Steinhardt School @ Player’s Theater, NYC (’09), and University of California at Irvine, 4@15 Festival, (’08)
. Last Days in Vegas, lib. by S. Chapadjiev. Concert reading @ Linhart Theater (’06), and NYU Tisch Black Box Theater (’03)
. The Trojan Women, lyrics by Stephen Tomac. Prod. By Duke University Theatre Dept., NC, @ Sheafer Theater, (fall ’05)
. The Woman in the Attic (music & lyrics) Prod. by Archipelago Theatre, @ Sheafer Theater (’05)
. How Many Annas (a short musical) words by A. Tolk. Produced by Raw Impressions Inc., for “Dreams This Way” @ Beckett Theatre, NYC (’04), and LaMaMa, TADA! Theater & The Culture Project – Women Center Stage Fest. (’02)
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. Selected participant for New Dramatists’ Composer-Librettist Studio, NYC (’04)
. The Dancing Monkeys (short) words by R. Chung. Produced by Calhoun School, NYC (’04)
. War of the Unheard (co-written with 40 New York teenagers) Produced by City at Peace NY @ The Public Theater, NYC (’02)
M O D E R N D A N C E S C O R E S
o Stiff / Gotta Go – for Neta Pulvermacher Dance Co.; electronic score, seen at Dance New Amsterdam, NYC and the American Dance Festival, Durham, NC (’06)
o Altar – for Thread Dance Theatre; electronic score, NYC, England, NC (’05)
o Din – Thread Dance Theatre; piano solo, at University Settlement, NYC (’05)
o Step Touch – Paul Matteson & Friends’ show; for piano/cello, performed live at Symphony Space & Joe’s Pub, NYC (’04)
o Rock Steady – choreo. P. Matteson; improvised piano score, at Dixon Place, NYC (’04)
o Fixed – choreo. J. Nugent; recorded sound & live guitar/voice, NYC (’03)
o Thirst - choreo. Sam Piperato; recorded sound/live score, at St. Mark’s Church, NYC (’02)
o Vibrations – choreo. J. Duval; recorded sound & live electric violin, NYC (’02)
o “How To” – choreo. Robin Harris; recorded score, NC State Dance Co. (’02)
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P E R F O R M I N G E N S E M B L E S:
SMITH & 9th WARD (piano/vocals) – New Orleans traditional jazz/funk combo. THE GREAT APES (keyboards/synths) – electro-funk dance band – original material. HOUSE OF STRIDE (piano/vocals) – ragtime/stride, blues, early jazz. THE OUTER BOROUGH BRASS BAND (piano/organs/vocals) – New Orleans second-line jazz, trad. Jazz and funk.
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T E A C H I N G:
• Private Piano and Voice Instruction – Private Studio – ages 6-72 yrs. (’96 – present)
• Faculty at NYU (Tisch) Playwrights Horizons Theater School (’04 – ‘14) o Music Composition, Music Performance, and Choral Music Courses
• Instructor at The Gym & The Rock/Pop Gym Actor’s Workshop NYC (’05 – ’12)
• Faculty Musician at The American Dance Festival, Durham, NC and NYC (’03 – ’07)
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M A S T E R C L A S S E S / L E C T U R E S:
• Springboard NYC for The American Theatre Wing (’05 – present) o Musical Theater & Audition Preparation Master Classes • York University, Toronto: Master Class in M.T. Performance/Audition Technique (’13 & ’14) • Selected to be a Fellow at Winters College (York University) • Calumet College (York University): Lecture on “Telling Your Story in Music” – Music in a dramatic context (’13) • Fordham University: “Song as Theater” guest instructor, Pop Song Master Class (’12)
M U S I C A L D I R E C T I O N:
Tennessee Williams: Words and Music (U.S. touring production with rotating bands, featuring Alison Fraser, and CD) (’12 – present) Faculty/Music Director at NYU Playwrights Horizons Theatre School and New Music Theater Collective (’04 – ’13) Stealing Home (M.D. & arrangements) Archipelago Theatre @ Man Bites Dog Theater (’11) The Lady’s Child/Rebuilding/Croatia (New Music Theater Collective @ Moss Theater (’11) You Can Go Home Again (solo cabaret by Alison Fraser) at Natick Arts Center (’11) Blue Window (Atlantic Theater School @ Atlantic Stage ’10) Cedar City Falls, an 8-week theatrical serial @ The Cell and Galapagos (’09) The Czar of Rock & Roll by Lewis Black & Rusty Magee @ Joe’s Pub (’09) Together Again: Alison Fraser & Mary Testa Live @ the West Bank (’08) Benefit concert for opening of the Rusty Magee Clinic @ Cherry Lane Theater (’06) Dreams This Way (NYMF ’04 @ The Beckett on Theatre Row) The Cosmic Calamities of Henry Noodle (NYC Fringe Festival, ’04) Love According to Luc (4 wk. run @ Greenwich St. Theatre, & workshops, ’04) New Voices Songbook Series (Musical Theatre Works, ’04) War of the Unheard (City at Peace NY, The Public Theatre, NYC ’02) The Clamorous Voice: A Gala (Monument Nationale, Montreal ’01)