Frank Perri
Tel: 917-361-4158 / Fax: 718-845-9252 /
Email: ionian@earthlink.net / Website: www.frankperri.com
Work Experience
March 2004 - Present :
Playing keys for
Daphne Rubin-Vega in her band, DRV.
May 2003 - Present : Currently employed by the Omnipop talent agency as a
substitute keyboardist for Peat Moss and the Fertilizers, The Zoo and The Gyst.
May 2003 - Present :
Currently employed by the Omnipop talent agency as a
Cocktail pianist for the band The
Touch.
August 2003 - Present : Playing keys for Sony/Epic recording artist Kim Sozzi
and her band Creations.
May 2001 - Present :
Employed by the MME talent agency as a cocktail pianist.
April 2001 - Present :
Employed by the L.I. Paramount talent agency as a cocktail pianist.
February 2001 - March 2004 :
Employed by wedding band Prime Time Live as a cocktail pianist.
December 2000 - Present :
Employed by wedding band Heart and Soul as a cocktail Pianist.
February 1999 - October 2001 : Employed by the Omnipop agency for bands Vybe Trybe, Neptune's Neighbor, Radiowave, Simon Sez, Powerplay, Fokis and BS Watson as a keyboardist.
July 1997 - Present : Piano
Teacher for Kathryn Brickell Music School
September 1997 - September
1998 : Piano Teacher for Floral Park Music School, Floral Park, NY.
June 1996 - 1997 : Worked as
a keyboardist for the Tommy Donato Orchestra.
May 1995 - Present :
Employed by the Frank Wayne Wedding agency as a fill-in keyboardist for his
various bands.
Accomplishments
Wrote the arrangements for Bacardi's 50th anniversary celebration
Finale Notation Software Beta Tester since 2009
Arranged for and led the Duke Ellington Orchestra at the Roseland Ballroom, July
2012
Music Director, Bandleader and Pianist/Keyboardist for the 2nd Annual Dance Awards at the
Beacon Theater, July 2012
Provided Music for the Dance Teacher Summit Fashion Show in NYC, July 2012
Appeared in the ABC Television show,
"Pan-Am" as a Pianist accompanying a stewardess who sings the German
national anthem.
October, 2011
Arranged for and led the Duke Ellington Orchestra at the Roseland Ballroom, July
2011
Provided Music for the Dance Teacher Summit Fashion Show in NYC, July 2011
Music Director, Bandleader and Pianist/Keyboardist for the 1st Annual Dance Awards at the
Beacon Theater, July 2011
Led
Finale clinics for New Jersey High School
district Band teachers, 2010.
Arranged for and led the Duke
Ellington Orchestra at New World Stages, August 2010.
Provided Music for the Dance Teacher Summit
Fashion Show in NYC, July 2010
Prepared and arranged music,
contracted and led a 12 piece orchestra at the Hammerstein Ballroom for Break
the Floor's Finale Show 2010.
Keyboardist for the International Dance Music Awards in Miami, Florida, April 2010.
Led Finale
clinics for New Jersey High School district Band teachers, 2009.
Keyboardist for a joint
Justin Beiber / Kim Sozzi concert at Hofstra college, 2009.
Prepared and arranged music, contracted and led a 12 piece orchestra at the Gibson Amphitheater for Break the Floor's Finale Show 2008.
Worked as Orchestrator and did the music preparation work for Matt Prager's
musical, "She Can't Believe She Said That"
Prepared and arranged music,
contracted and led an 18 piece orchestra at Radio City Music Hall for Break the
Floor's Broadway Finale 2007.
Musical Director for Michael Minery's "Slide" appearing at the New World Stages
2007.
Musical Director for the MARS corporation's annual awards presentation show at
the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, November 2007.
Prepared and arranged music, contracted and led a 14 piece orchestra at the
Hammerstein Ballroom for Break the Floor's Finale Show 2006.
Prepared music and charts for Bette Midler's Fall
2003-2005 "Kiss My Brass" tour.
Performed live on the Howard Stern radio show for over 6 million people.
Performed at the United Nations.
Performed for the Aventis Pastuer Corporation's POA I event in Phoenix, AZ.
Performed for the MARS Corporation's annual awards event in the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, 2005.
Prepared charts and music
for the VH1 Save the Music/American Express Grammy party at Madison Square
Garden hosted by Whoopi Goldberg and run live and concurrently with the Grammys
on Sunday, February 23, 2003.
Has prepared and copied
leadsheets for Bette Midler.
Prepared full Big Band
charts for Bette Midler and the New York Restoration Project, a fund raising
event for Manhattan.
Copies for Bette Sussman
(Pianist for Bette Midler, Whitney Houston).
Performed and worked with Machan Taylor (Hiroshima, Sting, Aretha Franklin, George Benson), Daphne Rubin-Vega (RENT), Pia Toscano, Stevie Wonder, Marty Thomas (Wicked), Antonique Smith (RENT), Ty Taylor (Rockstar INXS), The Morris Brothers (Once Around the Sun), Joe Passaro (Beauty and the Beast), Stefan Held (Mike Stern, Fathead Newman), Dave Matos (Everyone!), Kevin Bryan (Tito Puente, Duke Ellington Orchestra), Kim Sozzi, Eran Asias (Scandal), Robyn Lobe (Enrique Iglesias, Billy Joel), Renny Xosa (Mark Wood, Benny Mardones), Tim Newton (Duncan Sheik), Jon Bivona (Celine Dion, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Andrea Valentini (Blood, Sweat and Tears), John O'Reilly (Blue Oyster Cult, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), and a bunch of other musicians who are way more talented then me, whose names unfortunately escape me at the moment.
Worked on the soundtrack for the
PC Game “Macross - Balance of Power”.
Currently providing
sequences for bands with the Frank Wayne Wedding Agency.
Regularly performed at
Nassau Coliseum for the N.Y. Islanders Hockey Team for the 1999-2000 Season.
Contributed to the
soundtrack of independent film "Ninja Mission" (4 U Productions).
Underscored independent
horror film, "The Bloody Ape" (Cinefear Productions).
Private Studies
Current private piano student of Garry Dial, Grammy nominated Jazz pianist and former pianist of the Village Vanguard Orchestra.
Former private vocal student of Machan Taylor, frontwoman for Hiroshima and background singer for Sting, George Benson and Aretha Franklin.
Private studies in Composition and Orchestration with Rich DeRosa, orchestrator and conductor.
Former private student in Orchestration with Richard Boukas, Master Brazilian musician and orchestrator, arranger and transcriber for Yanni.
Former private student in Arranging with Rich Shemaria, Arranger for Natalie Cole and the Airmen of Note.
Former private student in Orchestration with Darko Velichkovski, formerly President of the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra.
Abilities
Extremely dedicated and
dependable.
Fluent with sequencing and
sampling.
Fluent with Arranging and
Orchestration.
Fluent in Pro Tools, Cakewalk, Cubase, Sound Forge, Acid, Vegas, Cool Edit Pro.
Fluent in Finale™ and Sibelius™ Software and can quickly produce anything from professional
looking leadsheets to full-blown orchestrations and big band arrangements.
Fast learner with good
chops.
Good Personality / Works
well with others.
Knows how to listen to other
musicians.
Available to work weekends
and weeknights and willing to travel.
Languages Spoken
Fluent and Literate
in:
English
Italian
Chinese
Korean
Education
September 1999 - December
2002 : Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Performance at Mannes School of Music., New
York City, NY
January 1993 - July 1993 : Studied Composition at Five Towns College, Dix Hills, NY
September 1991 - June 1993, September 1993 - June 1995 : Majored in Chinese at Queens College, Queens, NY
References
Available upon request
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