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Brent Roman Professional Performing Experience Cirque Du Soleil “Dralion” Tour; Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico 4182 W. Barry Ave www.brentroman.com (919) 593-8252 / cell Chicago, IL 60641 [email protected] (919) 967-4370 / home Brent Roman Professional Performing Experience Cirque Du Soleil “Dralion” tour; Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico. Percussion, Drum Captain, lead Taiko drummer soloist character. (www.cirquedusoleil.com) Cirque Du Soleil “Alegria” tour; Brazil and Argentina. Percussion, on-stage djembe soloist, and character. (www.cirquedusoleil.com) Cirque Du Soleil “Dralion” tour; United States. Percussion and lead Taiko drummer soloist character. (www.cirquedusoleil.com) “Porgy and Bess” musical/opera. Chicago Court Theatre run. Drumset, mallets, electronic percussion, and African hand drums. On-stage featured musical soloist. Extended run by demand, box office records, sold out run. (www.courttheatre.org) “Hephaestus” circus-theatre show. Chicago Lookingglass Theatre run, Chicago Navy Pier performance, and television appearances. Percussion, Taiko drumming, stage character role (silver guy), juggling, and circus grip. Cast included members of Cirque Du Soleil, The Flying Wallendas, BlueMan Group, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, The Flying Griffin Circus, UniverSoul Circus, and Lookingglass Theatre Company. Additional performances added by demand, box office records, sold out run. (www.silverguy.com) (www.lookingglasstheatre.org) “Sita Ram” Indian Ramayana musical. Chicago Lookingglass Theatre run. Indian, Afro- Cuban, western percussion, and electronic percussion and programming (HPD-15). Features on North Indian tabla, and Punjabi Bhangra Dohl. Collaboration of Chicago Children’s Chorus, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Natya Dance Theatre. Original music by Jai Uttal. Box office records, sold out run. (www.lookingglasstheatre.org) Cheng Da Taiwanese Taiko and Percussion Players. Chinese traditional percussion and Chinese Taiko. Resident composer, arranger, instructor, choreographer, and featured special guest performer. Eleven original compositions to date. Performances throughout the Chicagoland area, American tours, and television appearances. Performance in Yo Yo Ma’s “Silk Road Chicago” series in Millennium Park, Chicago. (www.chengda-percussion.net) Silverguy Entertainment, circus-theatre productions. Percussion, character-roles, circus arts (stilts, juggling, fire-manipulation), Taiko drumming, circus-gripping, soloist. Private functions and “Hephaestus” theatre runs. (www.silverguy.com) (Professional Performing Experience cont.) Mucca Pazza. Circus-punk-funk-gypsy marching band. Performance-art based musical ensemble. Performances throughout Chicago, and coast-to-coast tours. Founding member. Various percussion and glockenspiel. Special guest performance on the nation- wide “Late-night with Conan O’ Brien” television show (glockenspiel soloist), opening band for Primus on east-coast tour, and featured band at Lollapalooza, Lincoln Center, and Pritzker Pavilion. (www.mucca-pazza.org) Trinity Irish Dance Company, tours; California, Kansas, Wisconsin, Missouri, Michigan, and Illinois. Drumset, percussion, soloist, and solo-act. (www.trinitydancers.com) Yellow River Performing Arts, traditional Chinese music ensemble. Chinese Yangqin and LuoGu performer. Various performances throughout the Chicago area and special recording project for Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Collaboration Project. (www.yellowriverperformingarts.com) Chinese Fine Arts Society of Chicago. Musical Director, composer, arranger, and performer on Yangqin, Paigu and Luogu for Qi Xi event; Millennium Park, Chicago. Featured composer with performances by Cheng Da for “Rhythms of China” event; Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago. (www.chinesefinearts.org) Sonispheres. Chicago-based ‘World-Lounge’ DJ and world percussion duo; founding member. World percussion, drumset, and electronic percussion and programming. (www.brentroman.com) KUBAAR, middle-eastern, classical, jazz fusion ensemble. Founding member, percussion. Performances include the Chicago Field Museum’s King Tut grand opening performance, Silk-Road Chicago performances, and opening for Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project performance at the Chicago Symphony Center in collaboration with Read My Hips. (www.kubaar.org) Read My Hips, American tribal bellydance troupe. Resident musician, percussion. Opened for Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project performance at the Chicago Symphony Center in collaboration with KUBAAR. (www.readmyhips.com) Redmoon Theater, theatrical spectacle troupe. Musician, character actor. Shows include “Oom-pah-pah”, “Winter Pageant”, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”, and various private functions. (www.redmoon.org) Dance Accompaniment Modern Dance and World Dance. Over fifteen years of experience. Various professional companies including Cirque Du Soleil, Hubbard Street Dance, Trinity Irish Dance Company, Alvin Ailey, Momenta, and Read My Hips. Private studios including Joel Hall and Lou Conte. University Dance programs including Academy of Movement and Music, Dance Center of Colombia College, North Carolina School of the Arts, Chicago Academy of the Arts, University of Chicago, and North Western University. International Tours South American tour with “Alegria”. US, Australian, New Zealand, and Mexico tour with “Dralion”. Cirque Du Soleil. European and American tours with the IMP Philharmonic. Classical percussion. Seoul, Korea Drum Festival in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup Tournament. Percussion in a steelband. Trinidad & Tobago World Steelband Music Competition. Placed 2nd. Steelpan and percussion. Featured soloist. Beijing, China – Ethnomusicological grant work in traditional Chinese music. Professional Recording Commercial recordings for Brazilian television promotions for Cirque Du Soleil’s “Alegria”. “Crossroad Journeys: A Silk Road Collaboration Project” – Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble’s Collaboration Project. Mexican and Chinese musical collaboration. Chinese Yangqin and Luogu. (www.silkroadproject.org) “Plays Well Together” – Mucca Pazza. Percussion and Glockenspiel. (www.mucca- pazza.org) “A Little Marching Band” – Mucca Pazza. Percussion and Glockenspiel. (www.mucca-pazza.org) “Caroline Glass and Friends” – EP, Caroline Glass ensemble. Percussion, electronics and drumset. (www.carolineglass.com) “We Are One: A World Anthem” – Didjeridoo, Yangqin, Taiko, and percussion. (www.aworldanthem.org) (Professional Recording cont.) Various recordings for choirs, dance companies, theater companies, and studios, including: Paragon Studios, Lookingglass Theatre Company, American Players Theatre, Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus, Dance Center of Columbia College, and the Neo Futurists Theatre Company. Education Northern Illinois University. Bachelor of Arts Contract Major in Percussion Performance and Composition with an Emphasis in World Music. Minor in International Studies. Minor in Southeast Asian Studies. Central Conservatory of Music – Beijing, China. Studies in Yangqin (Chinese Hammered Dulcimer) and LuoGu (Chinese Traditional Percussion). Musical Instruments Acoustic: Western Classical Percussion, Drumset, North Indian tabla, Punjabi Bhangra Dhol, Steelpan, Thai percussion, Chinese Yangqin (hammered dulcimer), Chinese Luogu (percussion), Chinese Bawu and Hulusi (reeded flutes), Irish bodhran and bones, Latin/ Afro-Cuban percussion (congas, bongos, etc), West African drumming (djembe, djun- djun, etc.), Zimbabwean Shona Mbira Dzavidzimu, Japanese Taiko, African balaphone, Australian didgeridoo, Flamenco and Peruvian cajon, Middle-Eastern percussion (doumbek, muzhar, riq, tar, udu), Brazilian samba instruments and berimbao, Javanese and Balinese gamelan, Javanese kendhang penca, frame drums, Tuvan throat singing and overtone singing. Electronic: Roland HPD-15 “Handsonic”, Roland V-drums, Roland SPD-20, Roland SPDS, BOSS RC-20, BOSS RC-50. Experience with ‘in-ear’ monitors, various mixing boards and consoles, Pro-tools and Logic software. Musical Styles Western classical, world, folk, pop, rock, funk, fusion, jazz, hip-hop, electronica, and marching. Organizations American Federation of Musicians / Chicago Federation of Musicians Local No. 10-208; Member Endorsements Endorsed Artist with LP Percussion. Special Skills Language skills in French and Chinese (Mandarin), basic Portuguese and Spanish. Makeup proficiency. Coachings in Montreal. Makeup styles on “Alegria” (White Clown), and on “Dralion” (King Bamboo). Cirque Du Soleil. Circus skills in stilting, balancing, juggling, fire-manipulation, movement, and gripping. Baffoon Workshop: 6 week course; Cirque Du Soleil “Alegria”; Brazil. Led by “Alegria” clown Pablo Lopez Acting Workshop: 6 week course; Cirque Du Soleil “Dralion”; Australia. Led by “Dralion” clown Hayden Spencer Character training: Cirque Du Soleil; “Alegria” - ‘White Clown’ & “Dralion” - ‘King Bamboo’ Character training and movement workshops for Circus-Theatre show “Hephaestus” Led by “BlueMan” performer and captain Johnathan Taylor Physique Age: 30 (8/14/80), Height: 6‘, Weight: 165 lbs., Hair color: light brown, Eye color: brown.
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