Ed Kliman
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Summary: Audio designer, composer and bandleader for theatrical, musical and video productions; Writer, producer and publisher for audiodrama, audiobook and Internet magazine productions; Recording studio producer; Composer and arranger; Composer in residence and musical director for the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival; Music educator; Composer in residence and musical director for the Austin Shakespeare Festival; Voiceover artist for audiobooks, children's books, corporate communications and ad campaigns; MC/announcer for live events for fashion, TV, awards shows and charity functions.
Areas of Expertise
Experience
Hilights
Theatrical Credits
Radio/TV/Media
Discography
Teaching
Instruments/Audio Software/Musical Performance
* Musical performance
* Sound design and composition for theatre and video
* Historical and international music consulting
* Teaching and mentoring music students
* Recording studio production
* Voiceover for audiobooks, commercials and video games
* Recording and production of professional loop and sample libraries
* Musical direction/contracting for events, groups and recording
* Scoring and songwriting for video and theatrical productions
* Copy writing and editing for websites, marketing and technical communications
* Expert witness and legal consultant for music and intellectual property issues
* Scoring and songwriting for video and theatrical productions
* Musical director/composer in residence, Kentucky Shakespeare Festival
* Musical director/composer in residence, Austin Shakespeare Festival
* Creation of beds, loops and sample sets for professional music
libraries and broadcast
* Produced cast albums for "As You Like It" and "The Glass Menagerie"
* Featured performer at Mardi Gras and Kentucky Derby events
* MC for fashion shows, fundraisers and special events
* Austin Critics Table 2007 Addition Of Note award for theatrical work
* Best of 2002 award by Revolver magazine in Scandinavia
* Invited to sit in with the Duke Ellington Orchestra
* Performance experience ranging from TV to turkey shoots
* National ad campaign voiceover and musical work for clients such as
Stop'N'Go Stores, Dell Computer and the City of Detroit
It Ain't Nothing But The Blues" Zachary Scott Theatre - Austin, TX (cast member)
"Marvin's Room" play! Theatre - Austin, TX (musical director)
"God's Favorite" CrossOver Theatre - Rockdale, TX (cast member)
"The Gospel at Colonus" CrossOver Theatre - Rockdale, TX (cast and musical director)
"Fully Committed" CrossOver Theatre - Rockdale, TX (musical director)
"As You Like It" Austin Shakespeare Festival - Austin, TX (musical director)
"Katrina" University of Texas Brockett Theatre - Austin, TX (cast member)
"Floyd Collins" Zachary Scott Theatre - Austin, TX (orchestra member)
"Big River" Paramount Theatre - Austin, TX (orchestra member)
"365 Days/365 Plays" - Austin, TX (musical director)
"Travesties" - Austin Shakespeare Festival/University of Texas - Austin, TX (musical director)
"The Glass Menagerie" Austin Playhouse - Austin, TX (musical director)
"Will Power" Austin Shakespeare Festival - Austin, TX (cast, featured vocalist and musical director)
"Voices" FronteraFest 2007 Hyde Park Theatre - Austin, TX (sound designer)
"Words by Shakespeare, Music by Austin" Curtain Theatre - Austin, TX (cast member, sound designer)
"The Twelfth Night" Central Park - Louisville, KY (musical director, composer-in-residence)
"Pericles" Central Park - Louisville, KY (musical director, composer-in-residence)
"Julius Caesar" Central Park - Louisville, KY (musical director, composer-in-residence)
Worldwide radio play and sales
Music licensed for use by NPR, PBS and Canadian TV
Publisher of a monthly Internet audio magazine
Numerous musical performances for radio and TV
National NFL football columnist
Newspaper feature writer
National editor for a prominent Mp3 website
Substantial on-air experience with live radio and TV
* A Matter Of Time/self released/1979
* Abilene/Criminal Records/1990
* Memphis By Midnight/Criminal Records/1992
* New Orleans To Austin/Criminal Records/1993
* Resonator/Texas Music Forge/2001
* Download These Blues/Texas Music Forge/2002
* Bedrock/Texas Music Forge/2005
* As You Like It/Texas Music Forge/2006
* The Glass Menagerie/Texas Music Forge/2006
* Love And Whiskey (with the Thunder Chiefs)/M-Media Records/2007
Music educator for grade school through adults
Experience teaching special needs students
Mentoring for teenage students going on to college and professional levels
Acoustic and electric guitars, electric bass, diatonic, chromatic and bass harmonicas, mandolin, voice, slide guitar, hand percussion, keyboards and banjo. Comfortable with most audio production software. Particular experience with ProTools, Sonar, SoundForge, Acid and related audio plug-ins. Writing, arranging and production credits in most Western and many international musical styles. Loop and sample creation and production a specialty.
