Freelancers : Port Orange, Florida

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www.sansoniamusic.com http://youtube.com/michaelsansonia SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Proven experience in every phase of music production. Versatile professional with expertise in all aspects of music production and performance. Creative, critical thinker with record of success spanning diverse settings. Resourceful and analytical problem solver. Outstanding leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills. Technically savvy. Insightful, innovative, and diligent. CORE COMPETENCIES Musical Director Instrumentalist Lyricist Arranger Composer Recording Producer Vocalist Sound Designer Audio Engineer Conductor Writer & Editor Comedy Writer Corporate Manager Forensic Sound Enhancement Event Producer Sound System Designer Teacher Entrepreneur & Inventor HIGHLIGHTS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Invented MIDI Dance Floor, device that enables dancers to trigger musical sounds by movements. • Acted in role of Musical Director, Contributing Writer, Creative Consultant, and Performer for numerous corporate and private events for companies such as: AT&T, Bayer, Bell Atlantic, Chase Manhattan, Chemical Bank, Hallmark, KPMG, MCI, Merck, Nike, and Woman's Day. • General Manager of Tecx/Ex Event Force, a full-service event production company. • Wrote, directed, and performed in point-of-purchase presentation for Hallmark; after only 2 days, store sold out of products being promoted. • Musical Director, conductor, pit musician, creative contributor, or performer for numerous Broadway & off-Broadway shows. • Designed and executed sound systems for audiences of 5,000 people. • As adjunct professor, deliver classroom instruction, develop curriculum, supervise recording and editing sessions; cover subjects including: Acoustics, Computer Basics, Audio Devices, Advanced Mixing, Electronic Systems, and MIDI & Synthesis. • Arranged, conducted, and taught all music for theatrical and corporate productions; provide accompanying performances, and oversaw musical aspects of casting performers, sound FX production, and synthesis programming. • Designed, engineered, executed, and operated audio/visual systems; managed digital imagery, from photography through retouching, editing, and archiving. • Planned major events, including budgeting, staffing, marketing, client relations, and musical production. • Producer/Emcee, series of fundraising concerts for charitable causes (10/2005 – Present) • Arranged and Produced #1 song on mp3.com • Served as Company Manager of Shadow Box Theatre touring show. • Music Director for Manchester Dance Festival • Team Leader for “Exploration of the Link between Creativity and Self-study,” CCS • Managed all administrative and business functions for Sansonia Music and Sound Michael Sansonia/Page 2 of 4 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF CENTRAL NASSAU Musical Director (9/2005 – Present) NUMEROUS FUND-RAISING CONCERTS FOR VARIOUS CHARITIES Producer/Emcee (10/2005 – Present) DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY, FBI, DEA, AND U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Forensic Enhancement of Surveillance Recordings (4/2005 – Present) TOURO COLLEGE Professor of Digital Audio, Acoustics (9/2003 –Present) TECX/EX EVENT FORCE, INC. General Manager (8/2007 – 7/2009) TROPICANA CASINO HOTEL Musical Director (1/2003 – 7/2003) CHUCK PRENTISS POLITICAL SONGBOOK Producer/Musical Director/Arranger/Engineer (10/2003 – 9/2004) KEN LONGERT PRODUCTIONS Head of Audio/Visual Department (3/2002 – 12/2002) SANSONIA MUSIC AND SOUND Owner/Operator COMPUTER SKILLS SONAR, Pro Tools, DC Live Six, Sound Forge, Band-In-A-Box; MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint; Overture, Sibelius, Finale, various image editing applications AFFILIATION Member, American Federation of Musicians and American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers PUBLICATION Arranger for The Second Spring by Joseph Bottum (St. Augustine’s Press) Contributing Writer: Children’s Music Journal, National Lampoon Profiled in book, Your Own Way in Music, by Nancy Uscher (St. Martin's Press) AWARDS AND CERTIFICATION American Song Festival Kurzweil Award for Excellence in Music Certified in Forensic Audio Enhancement CREDITS Musical Director/Creative Consultant/Performer Firesign Theatre Reunion Concerts/Live Webcast National Lampoon’s Class of ‘86 (TV special and Off Broadway show) A Misty Christmas Forever Motown Manchester Dance Festival Chicago City Limits A Backer’s Audition Anatomy of a Triangle Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, and Me Fandance, The Life of Sally Rand Arthshow Bourbon Street Naughties Michael Sansonia/Page 3 of 4 Misty’s Magic Mootown The Bernie Fleshkin Radio Show Marble Collegiate Church Composer/Music Producer/Engineer #1 song on MP3.com (“Rockabye Baby” – Magicdance) FANDANCE – The Life of Sally Rand CNN Travel Series PBS Biography Series PYST (CD-ROM game) Sacramento Music Circus Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous The Belle of Amherst A Life Together (independent film) Throb (Sitcom with Jane Leeves) Protest Warrior (several films) Numerous Educational and Corporate Videos Scholastic Inc (Audio recordings of Children’s Books) Clever Jack and the Magic Beanstalk (CBS Special) Keyboardist/Composer/Arranger Bad Boy Records 10th Anniversary CD (Platinum) Musical Director/Conductor (various venues & locations) Pump Boys and Dinettes The Gifts of the Magi High-Heeled Women Pirates Of Penzance Always Patsy Cline Smokey Joe’s Cafe The Wizard of Oz The Starblasters Forever Motown The Apple Tree South Pacific Guys & Dolls George & Ira Oliver The Temptations Pit Musician Hair, I Do I Do, Peter Pan, Pajama Game, Paint Your Wagon Lyricist Good Day New York (Fox) Talk Live (MSNBC) American Comedy Network Bayer AG International Theatre for Learning Long Wharf Theatre Numerous others Michael Sansonia/Page 4 of 4 Conductor/Musician Little Shop of Horrors (Original Production) The Robber Bridegroom (New York City Revival) Steve DePass, America's Singing Poet (Asian Tour) Instrumentalist/Actor/Singer Pump Boys and Dinettes (Original Broadway Run; National Tour) Song of Singapore (Original Off-Broadway Run) Instructor Touro College Kaufman Center Center for the Media Arts The New Catholic High School Bank Street School for Children Circle in the Square Theatre School NYC Afterschool Enrichment Program Visiting Musical Director/Instructor Pace University (New York, NY) Greenwoods Theatre (Norfolk, CT) Long Trail School (Dorset, VT) Children's Theatres: First All-Children's Theatre, Shadow Box Theatre, and Theatre in a Trunk. Music Consultant New York City Youth Bureau New York City Department of Parks Band Leader The Citybillys (1st US Country band to tour Africa) Conspiracy to Commit Music (eclectic, modern) The Old Country Refugees (early styles of jazz) Sansonia Orchestras (Club dates, weddings, etc.) Elite Music & Entertainment Cliff Hanger Entertainment Solo Performer Numerous clubs, concerts, festivals spanning USA, Europe, and Africa Accompanist, Producer, Arranger, and/or Conductor Numerous, including: Diddy, MA$E, Richard Gere, Constantine Maroulis, The Temptations, Shawn Colvin, Michael Feinstein, Mary Fahl, Deodato, Maria Muldaur, Nicolette Larson, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Marcus Simeone, Annie Golden, Misty Rowe, Jimmy Dean Songwriter Songs performed/recorded by numerous artists, such as: Annie Golden, Misty Rowe, Tom Chapin, Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Jonathon Edwards, Mary Birdsong, Marcus Simeone, Freebo, Brian O’Conner, and Peter Dinklage Instruments: Piano, accordion and all electronic keyboards, guitar (many styles, excellent fingerstyle), acoustic & electric bass, mandolin, banjoes, harmonica, trombone, percussion, functional knowledge of many more. BA in Music from Empire State College

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Angela D. Rogers-Wells Objective To obtain an entry- level opportunity in the Paralegal field with an organization that offers opportunities for advancement. Related Skills •?Real Estate Sales Education ITT Technical Institute, Cordova, TN Associate of Applied Science, Paralegal Studies March 2013Graduate, GPA 3.63 Northwest MS Community College, Oxford, MS Certificate for Surgical Technology Itawamba Community College, Fulton, MS Basic Courses Core Courses Completed Psychology, English Comp. I and II, College Math, Problem Solving, Survey of Sciences, Real Estate Law, Tort Law, Contract Law, Legal Research and Writing I and II, Civil Litigation, Family Law, Wills, Trust and Estates, Constitutional Law, Technology in the Law Office, Ethics for Paralegals, Criminal Law, Introduction to Personal Computers, Strategies for the Technical Professional Work History October 2006-December 2009 Century 21 Sue Gardner Real Estate- Real Estate Agent July 2004-Januray 2005 North Mississippi Medical Center- Surgical Tech