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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) 3 . 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) * * * * * 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. * * * * * 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) 4 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) .