Recent Shows
Banff Centre Artist Residency November, 2017
1 hr Photo by Tetsuro Shigematsu. Produced by VACT at the Cultch. www.vact.ca October 2017
Ireland and Scotland tour with Viper Central Aug 1st- Sept5th 2017 www.vipercentral.ca
European tour with the Fugitives. May 2017. www.fugitives.ca
Research trips to Cuba and North Carolina with www.karlamundy.com
Moonlodge by Margo Kane produced by Urban Ink. Feb 2017
Charlie Brown Christmas at Carousel Theatre December 2017 (PIGPEN)
Othello. Set in the civil war using live Appalachian music.www.bardonthebeach.org
Miss Shakespeare by Tracey Power at the Firehall Theatre 2016 www.escapeartists.ca
GALALA on TV Unis, 2ieme saison. Produisé par Médiathéque and Red Letter films. J’ai fait la direction musicale et j’ai composé et arrangé 80 morceaux pour les jeunes talents. Une tournée de deux mois de cote l’est à l’ouest. Voir www.galala.ca
Chelsea Hotel 2015/16 tour. (Sept-Feb.) MD and actor. Victoria, New West, Vernon, Ft.Mac, Edmonton, Toronto. Written by Tracey Power, produced by the Firehall Theatre. www.firehallartscentre.ca
Love Bomb, written by Meghan Gardiner, produced by www.shamelesshussy.ca , at the Firehall Theatre
I wrote the music and recorded some of it with the wickedly talented Mike Southworth and singer, Sara Vickruck. www.collideentertainment.com
Empire of the Son by Tetsuro Shigematsu. I’ve been working on sound designing this show for a couple years with Donna Yamamoto and Richard Wolfe and www.vact.ca. What a journey- sold out at the cultch in October and a cross Canada tour for 2016.
Viper Central tour of Ireland. Aug 10th-Sept 10th.
I played upright with Black Gardenia for Jazz Festival 2015. www.blackgardenia.com
Pascal Saunier’s “Le Destin du Jazz Club” writing, arranging and MDing the recording Sept-Dec. 2014 Show for Jazz fest 2015 and for the fest d’été 2015. Featuring these slouches:) Victor Noriega, Miles Black, Nino Dipasquale, Adam Thomas, Andre LaChance, Jon Bentley, Chris Davis, Geeta Das, James Danderfer, Rod Murray, John Raham, Éléa Saunier, Steve Maddock, Judy Niemack, Karin Plato, Tyson Naylor, Chantal Gosselin, Patrick Olafson, Michel Duran, Rebecca Shoichet, Jaclyn Guillou, Karin Plato and recorded by the ineffable John Raham.
www.scalpaprod.wordpress.com/jazz-club/
In-Tune conference with Touchstone Theatre. I did a workshop and reading with the Shameless Hussies for a piece I’ve been working on with Meghan Gardiner over the past year about sex trafficking in Vancouver. “Love Bomb” is set to premier at the Firehall Arts Centre in October 2015. www.shamelesshussies.ca
Pacifique en Chanson 2015. Encore une semaine incroyable avec trois artistes emergentes et Marie-Jo Thério. Chaque année on s’améliorer comme équipe et le show cette année était vraiment spéciale. Félicitations a Ingrid Rondel et Samuel Sixto, Ella Ozz, et Jérôme DePascuale.
Our company “The Escape Artists” produced two shows running in repertory: Miss Shakespeare and J. Caesar. I’m very fortunate to co-produce and write with the tirelessly creative Tracey Power on a regular basis. This ambitious project has been years in the making and featured an all star cast: Susinn McFarlane, Medina Hahn, Pippa Mackie, Erin Moon, Caroline Cave and Amanda Lisman, directed by James Macdonald and SM Angela Beaulieu. I co-wrote and arranged the music and played the show with Bonnie Northgraves. I used Ableton to create a live electronica sound design for our post-apocalyptic take on Caesar.
“Galala” est un compétition artistique et un télé-spectacle suprenant qui va à les jeunes francophones de 5 à 15 ans avec des passionnés au talent formidables. On est allé d’un bout à l’autre du Canada avec une équipe des vedettes incluant: Jocelyn Forgues, Nathalie Nadon, et Danièle Caloz. J’ai fait la direction musicale et composer et arranger presque 80 pièces pour les jeunes talents. Voir et écouter içi:
Chelsea Hotel. Winter tour 2014/15 including 5 sold-out shows at Calgary’s High Performance Rodeo.
“Urinetown” I got my piano chops up to MD this amazing musical at the Firehall Oct/Nov 2014. Featuring a 17 member cast and 5 piece band to perform this Brechtian script and clever and ironic score.
Summer Tour with Petunia and the Vipers across Canada and some shows in the US. Got my upright slap bass chops together for this great band playing western swing, rockabilly and honky-tonk.
Chelsea Hotel. Winter tour 2013/14 Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon, PTC in Winnipeg.
Vancouver Island tour with John Reischman and Eli West. Oct 2013 Virtuosic and gracious musicians.
“Chant Ouest” au Mcpherson Théâtre à Victoria, B.C. Sept. 2013. Belle équipe pour notre diffusion radio national. Les artistes; Cristian Murillo, Aude Ray, Mario Lepage, Kelly Bado, et les invitées; Joëlle Rabu et Shawn Jobin. Merci à Daniel Roa et les musiciens; Adam Thomas, Tyson Naylor et Shawn Soucy.
Patrick Keating’s show “Inside Out” about doing jail time. Upright Bass and Sound Design. We did several incarnations including a presentation at the PUSH festival.
“Avenue Q” at the Arts Club. Great cast and show. It was a pleasure to work with these actors and play in the band for our sold-out and three times held-over summer run.
“Salmon Row” an outdoor spectacular produced by Mortal Coil. Amazing, amazing cast and a really cool historical perspective. Got a chance to work with Tobin Stokes. (Aug. 2011 and Aug 2013)
“Chelsea Hotel” at the Firehall Theatre. I arranged the music of Leonard Cohen with Tracey Power to create this magical and heartfelt show. (Feb./Oct. 2012) Fall Tour: Saskatoon at Persephone, Oct 29th-Nov 17th, Winnipeg at the PTE, Jan. 21st-Feb 10th, Lower Mainland Arts Club tour, Feb 18th-Mar. 31st
“Dance Marathon” in Norwich, May 2013. Bluemouth Inc. This company has serious artistic vision and integrity and I learn so much working with them and it’s so much fun. Previous incarnations; Toronto 2012 at the Harbourfront Centre, Festivals in Melbourne-Australia and Launceston-Tasmania 2011, London-England at the Barbican Centre 2011, Vancouver at the Roundhouse 2010.
“The Matchmaker of Montreal” directed by the lovely Sarah Phillips. I did sound design using some of Duke Ellington’s “Such Sweet Thunder” for this farce by Shaul Ezer. At the Firehall Theatre, May 2013.
Workshops in Vancouver, Edmonton and Vancouver for Tracey Powers’ new show “Miss Shakespeare”
I’m very excited to be part of this project which features an incredible script and lots of new music.
Played Banjo and Bass for the Fugitives on their latest record “Bigger Than Luck” I also wrote the horn parts for a couple tunes. Good times with Jon at the Green Door studios. Toronto, Jan 2013
Theatre Conspiracy’s Obstructions project at the Progress Lab called “Save More”. This wacky and wonderful team rocked out with seniors in Wal-Mart! (December 2012)
“Pacifique En Chanson” au Waterfront Theatre. Événement annuel au mois de mai pour les artistes emergentes francophone. Belle équipe, belle semaine et depuis quatre ans les marraines sont incroyables: Tricia Foster, Guillaume Arsenault, Daniel Boucher, Gaële, Daran, Marie-Jo Thério. (May 2010-2014)
Annual UK/European tour with “Viper Central” Love these musicians. May-July 2009-2012
Sound Design for “Traces” by Anita Rochon and Craig Holzschuh at Theatre La Seizieme. An interesting show reflecting on Art and Death. (Jan. 2012)
Music for “Goblin Market” produced by Musical Theatreworks I got to hang out with three incredible women on Granville island playing creepy music for the Fringe. (Sept. 2011)
“Brief Encounter” at the Vancouver Playhouse and MTC. Created by Kneehigh and based on Noel Coward’s work. A very creative show and some incredible actors. (Dec 2010, Jan 2011)
www.vancouverplayhouse.com (sniff..) try www.kneehigh.co.uk
I’ve been so lucky to work on these fabulous projects...please see my resume for more details.