2023
2022
Marine Science is Cool - Music Video
November 2022
Composer
Collaboration with Marine Scientist and Choreographer Dr. Jamie McCray. A Celebration for Black in Marine Science week.
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Ableton Live and Pro Tools
"A Decade Above Water"- Theatre Performance
Sound Designer
October 2022 Flamboyan Theatre at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Education Center Newyork, NY
3 year creative fellowship for a group of neighbors from the Lower East Side of Manhattan to build community resilience to climate impacts and envision a thriving future for the LES through performance-making
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Sound Design of Foreground and Background Elements
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Tik Tok Dance Song and Original compositions.
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Editing in Pro Tools, Programming into Qlab
Rainy Days (Short Film)
September 2022
Assistant Score editor: Arrangement for David Sardy
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Arrangment of cues in Pro Tools
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Music Editing
THISTLE(band)
Cellist/Performer
June21, 2022- Present
SOUNDTHINKING NYC
Sound Educator
June21- August 12 Newyork, NY
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Teaching basics of Music Production, Sound recording, Composition in Pro Tools
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3 week ciriculum construction.
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Aiding young children ages 15-17.
MuKuRo- Choreographed piece for RenGyoSoh
Composer, Sound Designer
May 21 at Grace St. Pauls Church Newyork, NY
Taking an existing piece to remix for a Japanese Butoh piece.
Work includes:
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Cello recording and mixing
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Original composition
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Sound FX
Sans Patrie 'Unplugged' Album Debut Performance filming and recording
Live Recording Engineer
May 7
Live recording of one band and some hope.
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2 guitarists, 1 bassist, 1 Drum kit
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Pro Tools
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Micing
Originally a devised theatre performance. Many unfortunate events lead to the adaption of this play taking place on zoom and turning into a table chat about food and heritage that meets once a month on Zoom.
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Cello recording and mixing
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Original composition
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Sound Design
Wu Wei- Conversations on food and healing for the AAPI community
December 2021-Present
Composer, Sound Designer
2021
In Our Hands- Devised Theatre Production at Long Island University
(Composer, Sound Designer, Music Director)
September 15- Dec. 4
Guest composer at Long Island University, Working closely with 10 students over the course of 3 months to sound design and compose original music for production related to social action. Gender Identity, Domestic Abuse, Class Division, Mental health and Well Being.
Work includes:
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Audio Dialogue editing.
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Cello recording and mixing
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Original composition
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Sound FX
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Theatre Tech
AUDIO ENGINEER ASSISTANT at Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema
December 2018- May 2021
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Assisted with the upkeep and handling of the 3 main studios at Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.
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Troubleshooting problems in Pro Tools and signal flow with students.
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File Management of Studio and Lab computers (Mac)
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Supervised students and young adults with the handling of studio equipment, microphones and mixing boards
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Euphonix 6 and Avid S6 consoles Supervision of job duties was overseen by Audio Engineer and Recording Professor Angela Piva.
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Assisted with micing and recording in Foley, Audio Dialogue replacement and Music ensembles settings
SOUNDTHINKING NYC
(Sound Educator Assistant Remote)
June 28- August 13
Due to the tough times of the pandemic. Soundthinking NYC went online for the very first time. AT and Sound teams oversawthe challenges to aid students in a constructive and safe online environment for the summer intensive. Duties included, aiding the
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Sound Educator with assistance to Projects on free DAWs
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Demonstrating basic DAW function on Soundtrap.com
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Constructing lesson plans with lead sound educator.
The World of 'En' 2021 Unique Zoom performance
(Composer, Sound Designer, Audio Editor)
Janurary 25- March 8th
A Collaboration with Butoh Japanese Dancer and Choreographer, Yokko Sienkiewicz. Exploring the world of emotions for individuals new normal in a world of zoom, news media and quarantining. This was an live zoom performance exclusively created to be meant for the zoom audience.
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Audio Editing
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Original compositions
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Cello Recording
2020
NPR- Latino USA
(Contracted Engineer)
August 20th- October 16th
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Working closely with audio engineers of Latino USA to edit and chop previous podcasts of Latino USA and exported to the desired specs
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Audio Editing in Pro Tools
SOUNDTHINKING NYC
(Sound Educator Assistant Remote)
July 13-August 7
Due to the tough times of the pandemic. Soundthinking NYC went online for the very first time. AT and Sound teams oversaw the challenges to aid students in a constructive and safe online environment for the summer intensive. Duties included, aiding the
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Sound Educator with assistance to Projects on free DAWs (Normally the students would learn on ProTools on site at CAT or Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema) and having a knowledge of Music and technology to supplement the lessons with the students option to use any DAW available to them during the course of the intensive.
2019
SOUNDTHINKING NYC INTERNSHIP
(Sound Educator Assistant)
June 21-July 31
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Assisting the Sound Educators, Leah Shaw and Teo Blake with lesson plans and exercises
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teaching basics of Pro Tools, Song-structure, Musical Collaborations and Recording session etiquette.
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"Our goal is to nurture a student-centered and immersive experience that honors the balance between those “hard skills” in music and technology needed to thrive in the industry, as well as the social emotional learning that applied theatre provides to promote opportunities for seamless engagement with a plethora of topics including leadership skills, professionalism, self-advocacy, community-building, and equity using play and drama" -Ah Keisha Kent (Founder)
PLAY BEAUTIFULLY - Live debut of Leah Shaw's album at Brooklyn College
(Session Cellist, Performer)
Alyssa has accompanied Singer, Songwriter, Engineer and Composer, Leah Shaw in the making of her album "Play Beautifully" a lovely tribute to her mom who passed away with Alzeihmers Disease. This was a few years worth of collaborations with other musicians over time evolving into one recorded album of memorable songs written and produced by Leah Shaw and dear friend Teo Blake.
Long Island University Winter Dance Concert
(Composer, Sound Designer)er)
A Collaboration with Butoh Japanese Dancer and Choreographer, Yokko Sienkiewicz and dancers of the MFA modern dance class at Long Island University
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original composition
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Cello recording
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Sound FX
The World of 'En' at Triskelion Arts Center
(Composer, Sound Designer)
July 13-September 15
A Collaboration with Butoh Japanese Dancer and Choreographer, Yokko Sienkiewicz. With 4 dancers, sound design and 4 original works. The World of En tells a narrative about the effect of human impacted earth and it's polluted oceans.
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original composition
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cello recording
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Sound FX
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Music Editing
2018
The Goddess Project at The Coney Island Cabaret Festival
(Cellist, Performer, Sound Designer)
A Collaboration with Butoh Japanese Dancer and Choreographer, Yokko Sienkiewicz. With 4 dancers,
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The World of En tells a narrative about the effect of human impacted earth and it's polluted oceans.sound design and 4 original works.
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Solo Cellist as the Goddess, Kali
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Sound Designer
Body Concert at Puppet Palooza, St Anne's Warehouse
(Cellist, Performer, Collaborator)
A Collaboration Kevin Augustine (puppeteer) Mark Bruckner (Sound Designer) and Butoh Japanese Dancer and Choreographer, Yokko Sienkiewicz.
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Solo Cellist
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Sound FX (with cello) for puppets
2017
Antigone- Brooklyn College Theatre Production
(Cellist, Performer, Sound Designer)
April-May
A Collaboration with Director Polly Noonan
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Solo Cellist/Improviser
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Sound Design under dialogue with live cello
2016
FEN- Brooklyn College Theatre Production
(Cellist, Performer, Sound Design Assistant)
August 31-October 15 2016
A Collaboration with Director Mary Beath Easley and Sound Designer Mark Bruckner
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Solo Cellist/Improviser
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Improviser with Jam Man loop pedal.