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JESSIE ROSSO MUSIC DIRECTOR | PIANIST | COPYIST [email protected] | www.jessierosso.com OFF-BROADWAY & NOTABLE KIMBERLY AKIMBO (dir. Jessica Stone)* Music Assistant Atlantic Theater Company (MD: Chris Fenwick) RATATOUILLE (dir. Lucy Moss) Music Associate/Ad. Pno. Arr. Actors Fund Benefit (MS: Dan Mertzlut) SOFT POWER (dir. Leigh Silverman) Music Assistant The Public Theater (MD: Chris Fenwick) ROAD SHOW (dir. Will Davis) Music Direction Apprentice‡ Encores! O-Center (MD: James Moore) PROMENADE (dir. Laurie Woolery) Music Direction Apprentice Encores! O-Center (MD: Greg Jarrett) WORKING: A MUSICAL (dir. Anne Kauman) Music Direction Apprentice Encores! O-Center (MD: Alvin Hough Jr.) READINGS & WORKSHOPS. (selected) LITTLE DUENDE (dir. Melissa Crespo) Music Director Eugene O’Neill Center (AD: Alexander Gemignani) SHOOK (dir. Maggie Burrows)* Assistant Music Director Northern Stage (MD: Rodney Bush) AGAINST WOMEN AND MUSIC! (dir. Sarna Lapine) Music Transcriptions The Civilians (Grace McLean/Kate Douglas) shAme (dir. Kathleen Marshall) Music Assistant Developmental Workshop (MD: Cynthia Meng) SAVED BY THE BELL: THE MUSICAL Music Assistant Developmental Workshop (MD: Brad Ellis) HALF THE SKY (dir. Desdemona Chiang) Music Assistant 5th Avenue Theatre (MD: Cynthia Meng) KIMBERLY AKIMBO (dir. Jessica Stone) Music Assistant‡ Developmental Workshop (MD: Chris Fenwick) REGIONAL THEATER A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE... (dir. Brad Carroll) Assistant Music Director‡ Pacific Conservatory Theatre (MD: Ilana Atkins) THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY Music Director‡ Pacific Conservatory Theatre OTHER THEATER (selected) SWEENEY TODD Reh. Accompanist College Light Opera Company PIPPIN Reh. Accompanist+ College Light Opera Company WONDERFUL TOWN Piano‡ College Light Opera Company GRAND HOTEL Keyboard 2‡ College Light Opera Company THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Keyboard 1‡ College Light Opera Company MY FAIR LADY Reh. Accompanist College Light Opera Company LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Music Director+‡ Boston University SPRING AWAKENING Music Director‡ Boston University THE LAST FIVE YEARS Music Director‡ Boston University THE 25th ANNUAL...SPELLING BEE Music Director‡ Boston University SEUSSICAL Music Director‡ Boston University HONK! Music Director+‡ Cambridge Rindge & Latin School ASSASSINS Keyboard 1‡ Watertown Children's Theater EDUCATION/TRAINING/OTHER. HARMONY HELPER Score Proofreader CAP21/MOLLOY COLLEGE Music Director (Dir. Azudi Onyejekwe) ENCORES! OFF-CENTER Music Direction Apprentice (MD: Chris Fenwick) PACIFIC CONSERVATORY THEATRE Music Direction Intern COLLEGE LIGHT OPERA COMPANY Accompanist BOSTON UNIVERSITY B.M. Vocal Performance, Voice: Sharon Daniels Magna Cum Laude SOFTWARE: Finale | MainStage 3 | Logic Pro X INSTRUMENTS/SKILLS: Piano | Keyboards |Voice | Transcription |Music Preparation | Arranging OTHER: Classical Voice/Opera Training | International Phonetic Alphabet Basic German/French/Italian |Relative pitch |Sight reading Member Local 802 AFM *upcoming | + keyboard programming | ‡ Rehearsal Pianist.

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