Frank Schiro (917) 664-5324 EDUCATOR • MUSICAL DIRECTOR • CONDUCTOR • PERFORMER(AEA) Instructor Adjunct Professor: New York University. Fall 2002 – present. The Steinhardt School of Music and Performing Arts Professions. Music Director/Supervisor for Graduate Showcase Instructor for Song Analysis class for Musical Theatre majors. Private vocal coach for recitalists of the Musical Theatre major. Master class series Instructor Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Instructor in a series of American Musical Theatre Master classes, Shanghai, China, 2012, 2013, 2014 Owner/Instructor Way Off Broadway School of Musical Theatre Private Musical Theatre Extra-curricular School, 5 locations, NYC and Long Island. 2003-2009. Various Many shows, educational programs, and Master classes at various schools and institutions in and around New York city, including LEAP, TADA! NY City School System, and many others. Private Studio: Voice teacher and coach. Students include: Melissa Hart (B’way: “Candide”, “Cabaret”; “Scarlet Pimpernel”); Peter Flynn (B’way: “Scarlet Pimpernel”, “Strike Up the Band”, “Parade” [Nat’l Tour]); AndrÉa Burns (B’way: “In the Heights”, “Beauty and the Beast”, “Saturday Night”, “Parade” [Nat’l tour]); Todd Thurston (B’way: “Ragtime”); Michael Mastro (B’way: “West Side Story”, “Side Man” [B’way and London]); many others. Conductor/Musical Director Musical Director/Conductor: Western Connecticut State University production of “Evita”, Recipient of 10 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Awards for Distiguished Production, 2017-2018. Musical Director/Conductor for NYU for 2016 Tisch RENT salute – Radio City Music Hall. Musical Director/Pianist: The depot Theatre, Westport, NY: “HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING” Musical Director/Pianist: The Yard Theatre, Martha’s Vineyard, MA: “THE FUN FACTORY” Musical Director/Pianist: York Theatre, New York, NY: “THE HAPPY PRINCE”, Developmental Reading Series (also Composer) Musical Director/Conductor: Pennsylvania Centre Stage, State College, PA: “Sweeney Todd” Pianist/Musical Director: TADA! Theater, New York, NY: “NEW YORK, NEW YEAR” Pianist/Musical Director: Bristol Valley Theater, Naples, NY: “BACK TO BACHARACH”, Pianist/Musical Director: TADA! Theater, New York, NY: “THE BELOVED DEARLY” (Also composed music) Conductor/Musical Director: Union Square Theater, New York, NY: “THEATER OUTRAGEOUS”, premiere benefit, Conductor/Musical Director: Colonial Theater, Westerly, RI: “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF” Associate Artistic Director: Bristol Valley Theater, Naples, NY: January, 1993 to 1996: Musical Director/"Man #3", “CLOSER THAN EVER” "Mark", “Oil City Symphony”, Composer, “COUNT DRACULA” Musical Director/Conductor, “GODSPELL” Musical Director/Conductor, “LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS” Musical Director/Conductor, “A DOG’S LIFE” Musical Director/Conductor, “EVITA”Musical Director/Conductor, “SNOOPY!!!” "Mark" in Oil City Symphony: Dodger Productions, First National Tour Dodger Productions, Goldenrod Showboat, St. Charles, MO Mt. Gretna Playhouse, Mt. Gretna, PA Musical Director: Palistage Theater, Tenafly, NJ “THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG” Musical Director/Musical Adaptation, Vocal Arranger: San Diego Civic Light Opera: “GOTTSCHALK!” (staged reading) Chorus Director/Pianist: Bronx Arts Ensemble: “THE JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY”, by Lukas Foss Musical Director/Pianist: West Bank Cafe: “THE MARRY MONTH OF MAY”, book by Katharine Houghton, directed by Charlotte Moore, New York, NY Musical/Vocal Director/Conductor: TADA!: “HOW TO EAT LIKE A CHILD” and various TADA productions and workshops Pianist: Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad: Opening Ceremonies, “Music of America, Rhapsody in Blue” segment, Los Angeles, CA, 1984 Pianist/Musical Director: various productions including “MAME”, “LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE”, “DAMN YANKEES”, “JACQUES BREL”, “GREASE”, and many others. COMPOSER Music & Lyrics: “Pryor Rendering”, a full-length musical based on the novel “Pryor Rendering” by Gary Reed. World Premiere Fall, 2016. Music: “Twice Upon A Birthday”, a one-act opera, commissioned by Connecticut opera company, Hartford, CT, currently touring with Tulsa Opera Company. Music: “The fun factory”, an original sketch comedy piece, presented at the Yard theatre, Martha’s Vineyard, MA. Music: “The Trip To Bountiful”, Stage one theatre, Wichita, KS. Music, lyrics, and book: “THE HAPPY PRINCE”, based on a story by Oscar Wilde, workshopped at the American Theater Company, Chicago; fully produced as part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, Becket Theatre, New York, NY; chosen for Developmental Reading Series, York Theatre, New York. Music: “PEPE AND PIERRE”, an independent short film, Rothschild Productions **Official Selection: Atlantic City Film Festival, Providence Film Festival Starring Tony Award© nominee Isabel Keating. Music and lyrics: “DORIA” (working title), in development, based on events in the life of Puccini Music and sound design: “DOG AND HIS MASTER”, Lark Theater, New York, NY; **Composer in Residence: Lark Theater Co.** 1994 – 1996. Music: “ALL IN THE TIMING”, Pittsburgh City Theater/Northlight Theater, Chicago. **Recipient: Best Show of 1994, Pittsburgh Post- Gazette****Recipient: 2 Jefferson Award Nominations, 1995** Music and lyrics: “COMMEDIA TONITE!”, Lark Theater, New York, NY; **Composer in Residence: Lark Theater Co.** Music and sound design: American Globe Theater, New York, NY: “TWELFTH NIGHT”, **Recipient: Meet the Composer Grant** “WILD PANTALETTES OF VERONA”“A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM” Music: “COUNT DRACULA”, Bristol Valley Theater, Naples, NYMusic, lyrics, musical adaptation, arrangements: “GOTTSCHALK!”, based on the life and work of Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1990-1993 Training Alumnus, Advanced BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop (Composer/lyricist), New York, NY Twenty five years of piano study, composition, and instrumental conducting. Students of: Vincent LaSelva, The Juilliard School, 1994-2002 Françoise Regnat and Charles Fierro, Cal. State University, Northridge, CA Leonid Hambro, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, 1977 Paul Gleason, LA Civic Light Opera Musical Theater Workshop, 1983 Bachelor of Arts, Music, 1985, Cal. State Northridge, Northridge, CA Master of Business Administration, 1979, American Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, AZ Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, 1976, University of San Francisco Diplôme du Premier Dègré de la Langue Française, 1973, Université de Grenoble, Grenoble, FRANCE .