Curriculum Vitae
Performances of Note:
2011 - 2010
"The Peter Yarrow Singalong," with 40 Mustard Seed school children airs Spring 2011 on PBS
Haitian Instrument Exhibition & Music Workshops", The Music Instrument Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, August 12-14, 2010
Outdoor Free Summer Concert Series, Levitt Pavilion, Pasadena CA, August 6, 2010
Vodou Ceremony, Bobo Culture Center, LePlaine Haiti, July 16, 2010
Urban Tap, Le Havre, France June 2010
Clearwater Festival, a Hudson River Revival in Croton-on-Hudson, NY June 20, 2010
"Haiti: Red Cross Benefit" at Tarrytown Music Hall, NY, March 22, 2010
Target Free Thursdays at Lincoln Center, March 18, 2010
"A Celebration of Haitian Culture" a Partners in Health benefit, St. Mark's Church in the Bowery, NYC, March 14, 2010
2009 and earlier
Aug 2008 Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors "Heritage Sunday", New York NY
Aug 2008 American Folk Festival, National Council Traditional Arts Bangor, Maine
Aug 2008 Rutgers Mason Gross Performing Arts Center, New Brunswick, NJ
July 2008 Vietnam Tour w/Peter Yarrow, Fund for Reconciliation & Development
July 2008 Les Nuits Atypiques Langon, Bordeaux, France
Aug 2007 Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
Aug 2007 Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors "La Casita", New York NY
Jan 2007 Governor's Inauguration, State of NY (Natalie Merchant)
July 2006 New Jersey Center for Performing Arts (NJPAC), Newark, NY “Sounds of the City”
June 2006 Clearwater Festival, Hudson River Revival. Croton-on-Hudson, NY
July 2005 Summerdance, Santa Barbara CA (Urban Tap)
July 2005 Wave Hill Botanical Gardens, Bronx, NY
June 2005 Prospect Park Alliance, Members Benefit at The Boat House, Brooklyn, NY
June 2005 Empire State Park, Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, NY
May 2005 "Dance Africa" performance at BAM Café. Brooklyn, NY
April 2005 Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. (Urban Tap)
April 2005 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY - First Night performance for "Basquiat” exhibt
Aug 2004 Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Cochuate, MA
May 2003 Brooklyn Museum of Art - Haitian Flag Day, Brooklyn, NY
June 2002 Central Park Summer Stage, New York, NY (Grace Jones Paradise Garage 25th Anniversary)
Feb 2001 New Victory Theater, New York, NY (Urban Tap "Caravane" tour premiere)
July-Aug 2001 Tempodrome Berlin, Germany (Jean-Paul Bourelly)
July 2000 International Jazz Festival of Montreal, Canada
Feb 2000 Haitian Spiritual Wind Japan Tour
Jan 2000 Studio 54 New York, NY (Grace Jones)
Dec 1998 Victoria Dock, Melbourne, Australia (Grace Jones)
Oct 1998 Museum of Natural History, New York City: “Ritual & Secular Dances of Haiti”
1994 Festival de Louisiane International, Lafayette, Louisiana (Foulà)
1989 The Rolling Stones "Voodoo Child" World Tour Openter, Shea Stadium, New York
Education
Souvenance, Gonaive HaitiFilmwork
Taking Woodstock - Director: Ang Lee, 2008
Licensing
Composition: "Creativity"- Agency: Grey World Wide Client: Ethan Allan Global Inc.
Broadcast Campaign (2005/2006)
Publishing
Track: "Panama" - Dan Zanes’ Father Goose (2008)
Featured Performer/Accompnist
Peter Yarrow
Dan Zanes
Bethany & Rufus
Grace Jones
Urban Tap
Pat Hall Dance & Movement
Boukman Eksperyans
Boukan Guinen
Rara Machine
Papa Jube & the Jubelation Band
Foula Martha
Jean-Claude
Teaching Experience
National Council For the Traditional Arts, 2008 American Folk Festival, Bangor, Maine
Chenano Summer Music Festival, 2008 Syracuse, NY
Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Jersey
Maine Children’s Museum - Geography Day Bangor, ME
APAP Conference – The Rubin Museum, New York, NY
New York Dept. of Education:
P.S. 133 and P.S. 58; International School of Brooklyn (2007-2008); Grant Residencies, Brooklyn, NY
New Jersey Center for the Performing Arts (NJPAC) Newark, NJ
Traditional instrument making
YWCA of Tarrytown, Westchester NY 2006-2008
Artist Residency - teaching drum, dance and song workshops Grade 3-5
Westchester County Westchester School District New York
Residencies
Bronx Charter School for Arts; Hutchinson School; Prospect Hill School
Montessori School Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, NY
Lake Placid Centre for the Arts New York
Interactive Drum Circle - facilitated drum circle for over 50 participants
Columbia University – Haitian Students Association Master Class
Prospect Park Alliance Public Programs, Audubon Center, Prospect Park Brooklyn NY
Brooklyn Museum – 2006
Westchester Arts Council – Grant Residencies for Schools and Human Services Agencies
Music workshops, movement and folklore for pre-K; K-5; special populations
New York City Board of Education, Liberty High School
Lecture /demo and participatory performance in Haitian Drum Dance and Song
South Orange School District and Educational Foundation, New Jersey
Participatory performance and lecture on Haitian musical arts and culture
Blanche Brown's Petit La Croix, San Francisco, CA, Advanced Haitian Rhythm & Song
New York University School of Education, Division of Performing Arts Professions
Technical Demonstration and Lecture on Afro-Haitian Polyrhythm and Drumming Rites
Artists Collective, Hartford, CT, Instructor - Haitian Drum
Djoniba Dance & Drum Centre, New York Haitian Drum Dance & Song Workshop - all levels
Camp Discovery, Croton-On-Hudson, NY Teacher/Specialist K3-15
Central Park Conservancy Public Programs, New York City
Traditional Music Workshops Open to Public
Caribbean Cultural Center, New York City "Legba in Haitian Vodun " Lecture/Demo
Center For Science and Technology Education Unit, NYC Board of Education Workshop Leader
" Unity Through Diversity" Performing Arts Division, Community School District 17
United Way of Greater Connecticut: CCI Community Center Black History Month Workshop
Petit La Croix, San Francisco Workshop Leader, Haitian Drum, Dance and Song
Professional Associations
Center For Traditional Music and Dance, NY
Young Audiences New Jersey
Westchester Arts Council 1998-2005
Recordings/Productions of Note
2007 "Father Goose" - Dan Zanes Festival Five
2007 "Puff & Other Family Classics" - Peter, Bethany & Rufus
2006 Bonga & the Vodou Drums of Haiti "Ayiti Afrika"
2006 Bethany & Rufus "900 Miles"
2005 Dan Zanes "All Around The Kitchen" Festival Five
2001 "Caravane" Urban Tap
2000 Bonga "Kanzo"
2000 "Zinga"- Eddy Francois
1999 Voyage of Dreams" Jephté Guillaume" Spiritual Life/Chrysalis
1997 Salif Keita "JuJu" remix, Island Records
1996 Wyclef Jean Presents "The Carnival" Sony/Rough House
1996 Raw Material: "Kote Moun Yo" DJ Hiro & Masabumi Kikuchi
1992 "Foula" Island/Mango