Katie Down
Composer/Performer
www.katiedown.com

Education:
M.A. Music Therapy, NYU (pending)
M.M. Third Stream Studies & Composition, New England Conservatory of Music
B.A. Jazz Performance, Berklee College of Music
Instruments:
Flute, Voice, Ukulele, Guitar, Homemade Instruments, Glass Percussion


Original Music, Sound Design, Music Direction

"Palace of the End"
Judith Thompson
Original score. Director, Daniella Topol. Epic Theatre Company. Playwrights Horizons. (2008)
"Cecilia's Last Tea Party"
Russell Davis
Sound design and original music. Director, Will Pomerantz. Passage Theatre, New Jersey (2008)
"Water"
Sheila Callaghan
Sound design. Director, Daniella Topol. HERE Arts Center. Culturemart. NY, NY (2008)
"Wasps or buzz buzz in your eardrum"
Ken Urban
Sound design. Director, Jose Zayas. Target Margin Theatre On The Greeks: Aristophanika festival. HERE Arts Center, NY, NY (2007)
"Good Heif"
Maggie Smith
Original music and sound design. Director, Sarah Cameron Sunde. Produced by New Georges. The Ohio Theatre, NY, NY (2007)
"Ridiculosity"
The Glass Contraption
Original music and live performance. Director, Virginia Scott. Grahamstown National Arts Festival - Grahamstown, South Africa. NY Clown Festival (2007)
"Serendib"
David Zellnik
Original music and sound-score. Director, Carlos Armesto Ensemble Studio Theatre (2007)
"365 Days/365 Plays"
Suzan-Lori Parks
Original Music for "Where is the Well?" Director, Elyse Singer Hourglass Group, The Public Theatre (2006-07)
"Machinal"
Sophie Treadwell
Sound design. Director, Ruth Childs (2006) SUNY, Brockport - Rochester, NY.
"Redevelopment"
Vaclav Havel
Sound and original music for the Havel Festival. Director, Grant Neale - The Ohio Theatre (2006)
"Death in Vacant Lot"
Terayama Shuji
Musical Direction and performance. Swing Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Director, Kameron Steele (2006)
"The Rivals"
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Sound design for the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Director, Gia Forakis (2006)
"Trouble in Paradise"
Adaption by David Simpatico
Sound design for the stage play based on the original film by Ernst Lubitch. Director, Elyse Singer Hourglass Productions - Hudson Guild Theatre (2006)
"The Eyes of the Beloved"
Adelantre
Music direction and arrangement of traditional Sephardic songs as part of the "Leading Ladies' series, OBjectobJECT - Dance New Amsterdam (2006)
"Faust"
Goethe
Original Score and Songs. Director, David Herskovitz.
Target Margin Theatre – Classic Stage Company (2006)
"Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights"
Gertrude Stein
Sound and Original Score. Director, Noel Salzman.
The Butane Group - University of Rochester (2006)
"Wet Road"
Kate Weare
Sound and Original Score. Choreographer, Kate Weare.
Dance Theatre Workshop (2006)
"And then suddenly, they came up from the floorboards..."
A collaborative installation with sound, light, and set design at the Ohio Theatre Gallery, NYC (2005) Tyler Micoleau, lights; Susan Rogers, set
"Innocents"
Ripe Time
Sound Design and Original Score for theatrical adaptation of Edith Wharton’s, “The House of Mirth.” Director, Rachel Dickstein. Ohio Theatre, La Ma Ma; Clark Studio Theatre (2003-05)
"Ondine"
Giradaux
Original Live Score and co-musical direction. Director, Jill Samuels.
a Deep Water Production - SoHo Rep. NYC (2004)
"The Loneliness of Noam Chomsky"
Butane Group
Sound design for multi-media piece. Director, Noel Salzman.
a chashama co-production, HERE Arts Center, TIXE, NYC (2004)
"Henry VI parts I, II, III"
William Shakespeare
Original Live Sound Score. Director, Ivanna Cullinan. Judith Shakespeare Company, Jose Quintero Theatre (2003)
"The Trojan Women"
Adaptation: Ellen McLaughlin
Original Live Score for live performance. Director, Rachel Dickstein
Fordham University Theatre Co., NY (2003)
"Sheva B'harahot"
Tap Fusion
Original Live Score for multi-media dance theatre piece. Choreographer, Barry Blumenfeld. David and Mary Alper JCC, Miami (2004); The Duke at 42nd, (2003); WAX, Brooklyn, NY (2002) University Settlement, NYC (2000)
"Vision Whisper"
multi-media installation
A collaborative exhibit with visual artist Janusz Jaworski. Sound scores for 30 paintings. chashama Gallery, NYC (2002-03)
"The Caucasian Chalk Circle"
Bertolt Brecht
Original Live Score and Music Direction. Director, Robert Castro.
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Program (2002)
"Without Sentience"
Janusz Jaworski
Original Sound Score. Choreographer, Janusz Jaworski. Dance Commission, Kansas State University (2002)
"The Holy Mother of Hadley, NY"
Barbara Weichmann
Sound and Original Score. Director, Rachel Dickstein. co-produced by New Georges, Ohio Theatre, NYC (2001)
"The Secret of Steep Ravines"
Rachel Dickstein and Barbara Wiechmann
Sound Design and Original Score. Director, Rachel Dickstein.
PS 122, Ohio Theatre, Clark Studio Theatre, NYC (2001-2002)
"Dusk"
Lenora Champagne
Sound Design and Original Score. Director, Rachel Dickstein.
HERE, Ohio Theatre, NYC (2001)
"Outsider"
Original Live Sound Score. Choreographer, Brendan McCall.
Danspace at St. Marks (2000)
"The House Not Touched by Death"
Janna Goodwin
Sound Design and Musical Director/Arranger for live radio play with Pilgrim Theatre. Director, Kim Mancuso. Boston Center for the Arts, Ko Festival (Amherst) (2000)
"Gauntlet"
Original Live Score for dance theatre piece. Choreographer, Brendan McCall. St. Mark’s Danspace, NYC (2000)
"Lysistrata"
Aristophanes
Original Live Score. Mt. Holyoke College Artist-In-Residence (1999)
"A Girl Joan"
Erica Stuart-Berg
Original Live Sound-Score for theatre piece based on the life of Joan of Arc - DTW, HERE, The Culture Project (1999-2004)
"The Tibetan Book of the Dead"
Jean-Claude van Itallie
Original Sound Score and Music Director. Director, Kim Mancuso.
Pilgrim Theatre - Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama (1997-1999)
"Letters from Sarajevo"
Anna Cataldi
Musical Director/Composer and co-script adaptation of “Letters from Sarajevo: Voices from a Besieged City.” Director, Kim Mancuso.
Pilgrim Theatre - Boston Center for the Arts (1995-96)
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Performing Ensembles
Adelantre (Sephardic music ensemble)
The Ukuladies (Ukuleles and tap dancing antics)


Producer/Promoter
Curator - "Uke Night" at Biscuit BBQ
Curator - "BIG BANG" at Cornelia Street Café
Curator - "Galumping Festivals", NYC
Co-Producer - "Aliens Took My Mom" - a CD of improvisations by 3 - 9 year olds on Mulatta Records (1999)
"SKIF2" - festival of international improvisers honoring Russian composer Sergey Kuryokhin (1998)
"Boston Musician's Festival for Bosnian Relief" - fundraiser for Convoy Bosnia, Berklee Performance Center (1996)

Teaching/Administrative
Faculty ­ Makor Artist in Residency Program (2006)
Voice workshops for: NACL Catskill Festival of New Theatre (Summer, 2006); South Wing Theatre Co. Theatre workshops in vocal and instrumental improvisation - Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, NYC
Education Director - Amas Musical Theatre ('97-'05)
Teaching Artist ­ (1998 ­ 2007) City Lore, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Roundabout Theatre Company
Professional Development Workshop Leader - NYC Dept. of Ed.; City Lore, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, BAM

Residencies/Grants/Festivals
Watermill Artist Residency (Sept., 2006)
Makor Aritst-in-Residence (Sept. 2005 ­ Jan. 2006)
AREA Grant ­ chashama (May, 2004 ­ Feb, 2005)
Trn Festival, Ljubljana,Slovenia (Aug., 2004)
Ohrid Summer Festival, Macedonia (Aug., 2004)
Zadar Snova Theatre and Music Festival, Croatia (July - August, 2003)
Malta Experimental Theatre Festival, Poznan, Poland (July, 2002)
Fellow ­ Music/OMI Arts Colony (August, 2003)
New Dramatists Composer/Librettist Studio (April, 2000)