KLIMCHAK Composer and Performer 2504 Fernleaf Ct. NW Atlanta, GA. 30318 Phone: 404-350-8847 Email: [email protected] Web: klimchakmusic.com
EMPLOYMENT
1991-Present Emory University Dance Department, Composer and Accompanist
REPRESENTATIVE PERFORMANCE PIECES (not a complete compilation)
June 2010 Percussion Discussion 5x5 5 live percussion duets performed under bridges as part of ART ON THE BELTLINE, Atlanta
Feb 2010 Limitless solo music performance at the Bradley Observatory & exhibition of performance video & original musical instruments for Dalton Gallery art show, AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE, Atlanta
Jan 2010 Tales of Edgar Allen Poe live musical composition for adaptation of short stories by Poe, CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS, Atl.
Feb 2009 The Evolution Project, taped and live musical composition for choreography by Lori Teague, EMORY UNIVERSITY, Atlanta.
Sept 2008 Different Skies All-Stars, Group electronic music composers concert, ARCOSANTI, AZ
Aug 2008 The Ugly Duckling, taped and live musical score for play adapted by Michael Haverty, CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS, Atlanta.
Oct 2007 Macbeth, live musical composition for Shakespeare play directed by Eddie Maise, GEORGIA TECH, Atlanta.
July 2007 Pericles, Live musical composition for Shakespeare play directed by Richard Garner, GEORGIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Atl.
Jan 2006 Doors That Open, Taped score for choreography by Lori Teague, EMORY UNIVERSITY, Atlanta.
Oct 2005 Romeo & Juliet, Taped score for Shakespeare play directed by Richard Garner, GEORGIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Atlanta
Nov 2004 Are We Democracy?, Live musical composition for choreography by Jawole Zolar/ Urban Bush Women, EMORY UNIVERSITY, Atl.
July 2003 Cymbeline, Live musical composition for Shakespeare play directed by Nancy Keystone, GEORGIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL.
June 2002 Coriolanus, live musical composition for Shakespeare play directed by Kant Gash, SHAKESPEARE SANTA CRUZ, California.
June 2001 The Pirate Widow Cheng, live musical composition for original play by Puppetmongers of Toronto in collaboration with Jon Ludwig, CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS, Atlanta.
June 1999 Hamlet, Live musical composition for Shakespeare play directed by John Dillon, GEORGIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, Atlanta.
Jan-March 1999 Weather Rocks, composed all music for childrenʼs puppet musical with Jon Ludwig, CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS, Atlanta.
Feb 1999 States of Shock, live musical composition for play by Sam Shepard, Directed by Joe Chaikin, SEVEN STAGES THEATER, Atlanta.
April 1998 The Lion and the Jewel, live composition for play by Wole Soyinka, THEATER EMORY, Atlanta.
Dec 1996 Three Bagatelles for the Righteous, taped musical composition for choreography by Jane Comfort & Co, PLAYHOUSE 91, NY.
Oct 1996 The Misanthrope, live musical composition for play by Moliere, ACTOR'S EXPRESS, Atlanta.
June 1996 Frankenstein, live musical composition for performance by actors & puppeteers in work directed by John Ludwig as part of the Atlanta Cultural Olympiad, CENTER FOR PUPPETRY ARTS, Atlanta.
May 1996 The War in Heaven, live musical composition for play by Sam Shepard & Joe Chaikin, performed with Joe Chaikin, 7 STAGES THEATER, Atlanta.
May 1995 Malinche, live musical composition for an original dance/theater performance by Henriette Brouwers BOVENZAAL STADSSCHOUWBURG, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Mar 1995 Displaced in the New South, music for film by David Zeiger and Eric Mofford, GEORGIA PUBLIC TELEVISION.
Dec. 1994 No Exit, live musical composition for a play by John Paul Sartre (English version), LE NEON FRENCH-AMERICAN THEATER, Washington DC.
Dec 1994 Middle Ground, sound design for live accompanist and dance choreographed by Nicole Livieratos and performed by Gardenhouse Dance Company, ALLIANCE STUDIO THEATER, Atlanta. KLIMCHAK - PERFORMANCE PIECES (continued)
Mar 1993 Angelworks, live musical composition for plays by Sam Shepard & Joe Chaikin, directed by Joe Chaikin, SEVEN STAGES, Atlanta.
June 1992 Timespent, taped musical composition for dance choreographed by Sue Schroeder, DIVERSEWORKS ARTSPACE, Houston, TX.
May 1992 Dwelling, taped musical composition for dance choreographed by Dardi Mcginley, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, Ohio.
Nov 1991 Lamb on Fire, taped musical composition for play by Phillip Depoy, PLAYWRIGHT'S PREVIEW PRODUCTIONS, New York.
June 1991 Glide/Abrupt, composition for choreography by Nicole Livieratos performed by Terpsichore Dance Co., ALLIANCE THEATER, Atlanta.
Aug 1990 Montreux International Jazz Festival, musical performance with Phillip Depoy, 14TH STREET PLAYHOUSE, Atlanta.
May 1990 Haiti - A Dream, taped music / sound design for play by Karen Sunde, SEVEN STAGES THEATER, Atlanta.
Sept 1989 Klimchak and Co., percussion ensemble performance, ARTS FESTIVAL OF ATLANTA, Atlanta.
July 1989 Off The Beaten Path, solo performance, KINGFEST '89, Atlanta.
June 1989 Downtown Drummers, organized & supervised performance for 20 percussionists, STATE ARTS COUNCIL CONFERENCE.
Sept 1988 Macbeth, musical composition and performance for the Shakespeare play, SEVEN STAGES THEATER, Atlanta.
Jan-July 1988 Klimchak's Le Beato Lounge, solo percussion and text performances, various locations , Atlanta .
Apr 1988 White Dress in Winter Streets, live music for solo performance by Celeste Miller, DANCER'S COLLECTIVE, Atlanta.
Oct 1987 Burnt Offerings, musical performance with electronics, concrete blocks and sculpture by Ward Shelley, Arts Festival of Atlanta, regional site sculptures, Atlanta.
Aug 1987 Mistake Haikus, taped music for performance by Celeste Miller and Co., LOS ANGELES FRINGE FESTIVAL, Los Angeles.
June 1987 A War Story, revised taped music for performance by Zaron Burnett and Celeste Miller, PICCOLO SPOLETTO THEATER FRINGE FESTIVAL, Charleston S.C.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1994-2011 ASCAP Plus Award, annual cash award for performance of compositions in the non-pop/classical category given by the American Society of Composers and Publishers for ASCAP writer-members.
Jan, 2011 Klimchak's Lebeato Lounge, Idea Capital Grant to design & build percussion instruments & compose new works for them.
Nov, 2009 Winner Suzy Award, Best sound design for music composed for Titus Andronicus at GEORGIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL.
Nov, 2009 Finalist for Suzy Award, Best sound design for music composed for A Midsummer Nightʼs Dream at GEORGIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL.
Feb, 2009 Winner Loridans Artist Award, given to "accomplished artists who have made exceptional contributions to the arts life of Atlanta over a long period of time."
Nov 2007 Finalist for Suzy Award, Best sound design for music composed for Pericles at GEORGIA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL.
Nov 2001 Finalist for ABBY Artist Award, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce award for excellence and achievement in the Atlanta Arts.
May, 1999 Trust and Go, taped musical composition for dance choreographed by Gardenhouse Dance Company with Individual Artist Grant from the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, 14TH STREET PLAYHOUSE, Atlanta.
May, 1999 Theater Emory Most Valuable Collaborator, annual award given for sustained excellence in work in the Theater, Atlanta
April, 1995 Finalist for Helen Hayes Award, nominated by the well-known Washington DC theater organization for the music composed & performed in Sartreʼs No Exit at LE NEON FRENCH-AMERICAN THEATER.
June 1994 Cook Notes, Interdisciplinary solo music & theater performance at NEXUS CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, funded with an Individual Artist's Grant from Georgia Council for the Arts, Atlanta.
May 1992 Dreams, live music for performance by teenage mothers and their children with dancers Nicole Livieratos, Jerylann Owens, and puppetmaker Stephanie Kaskel, Fulton Co. Art and Human Needs Proposal, FRANK MCLARIN HIGH SCHOOL, Hapeville, GA.