AREAS of EXPERTISE
Music Performance, Promotion and Management

1. Host of internet radio show Down Home Radio playing vernacular music of the world
2. Singer and performer of American folk and other music on guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, harmonica, panpipes, autoharp, washboard
3. Musical performance negotiations and tour management
4. Compose and arrange original and traditional folk music

Music Knowledge

1. Extensive knowledge of music history with a focus on 19th and 20th century American folk music styles, artists and repertoire
2. Extensive multidisciplinary, historical research in the field of “American Folk Music Revivals of the Past 100 or so Years.”
3. Knowledge of world music including contemporary and historic African, Indian and Indonesian music
4. Accomplished at teaching and explaining music history and performance skills

Organization and Communication Skills

1. Skilled at personal and telephone communication for sales, business development, organizing and handling travel and other details
2. Adept user of Word, Excel, Internet Explorer and other software for creation of well-constructed documents, web pages and presentations

EXPERIENCE

Host of Weekly Internet Radio Show                                     2006- Present
Down Home Radio @ www.DownHomeRadioShow.com
Conceived and founded with co-host Prof. Henrietta Yurchenco, internet radio program devoted to the promotion and dissemination of local and vernacular musics of the world.  Conducted interviews with musicians and scholars and recorded live on air performances.  Used editing software for preparation shows each week.  Did extensive research for the preparation of each program.

Audio Engineer                                                                        2006-Present
Air America Radio, New York, NY
Operated the sound board for radio programs broadcast on a national radio network.  Used audio recording and editing equipment and software for the production of broadcast material. 

Fund Raiser, Board Member and Promoter for African Cultural Center
2006-Present
The Akonting Center for Senegambian Folk Music, Mandinary, Gambia
Obtained 501c3 status, collected and distributed funds for cultural center.  Wrote, compiled and distributed informational packet and CD for cultural center containing field recordings and photographs.  Booked radio appearance on WBAI 99.5 FM in New York for primary field recordist and researcher.
                                                                                               

Retail Sales Clerk                                                                        2005
Down Home Music, El Cerrito, CA
Sold CDs and vinyl records in a wide variety of music genres to the general public, advised customers on selections and did research into obscure titles.  Operated cash register and handled cash transactions.  Filled mail orders; organized stock.           

Still Photographer for Short Documentary                        2004
International ACTION Center
While in Venezuela took still photos in the production of a short documentary composed of interviews with people local to one neighborhood.

Manuscript Transcriber and Editor                                      2004 summer
Gilbert Kudrin, author
Transcribed into MS Word a 320-page book from author’s rough draft for presentation to publishers and agents.  Edited for grammar, punctuation, spelling and content.

Independent Study Researching and Writing Paper Series 2004

Intensive independently undertaken college course.  With only general faculty sponsorship, extensively researched and wrote a series of papers on Woody Guthrie as a public intellectual, the Popular Front, and aesthetics.  Interviewed Harold Leventhal, Jim Longhi, and spent time at the Woody Guthrie Archives in New York City.

Founder and Co-Manager of Jug Band                                    2001 - 2005
Jug Free America
Founded a 7-piece jug band, playing historically researched and original music in the styles of traditional jug band, blues, old-time country, reggae and New Orleans jazz. 

Developed performance engagements in a wide variety of venues in Ohio, New York, California, Oregon, Massachusetts, Virginia, and in Poland and the Czech Republic.  Managed tour details including transportation, housing, publicity, finances and recording.

Performed as singer and instrumentalist on banjo, guitar, harmonica and mandolin.
           
Conference Organizer                                                            2003 – 2004
Oberlin Alumni Folk Music Conference
Organized a reunion of more than 200 Oberlin alumni involved in the folk music field, including 20 seminars and workshops and several performances.  Raised more than $7000 for initial funding, organized media attention, booked travel and lodging for speakers and performers, assisted in collating the program content. 

Construction Laborer                                                            2002 summer
Cal Kampff Construction
Assisted in rural residential construction in carpentry, concrete and insulation.  

Music Director                                                                        2001 summer
Camp Kinderland, Berkshires, MA
Lead groups of 5-25 children ages 8-16 in singing folk and popular music.  Taught guitar, drums and banjo to 12 individual students, preparing them for solo and group performance.

Retail Sales Clerk                                                                        2000 summer
Subterranean Records, New York City
Sold CDs and vinyl records in a wide variety of music genres to the general public, advised customers on selections.  Operated cash register and handled cash transactions.  Filled mail orders; organized stock.

Folk Festival Organizer, Radio Disk Jockey and Genre Director                                                                                                                        2000 – 2004
WOBC 91.5 fm, Oberlin, OH
Selected content and presented weekly 2-hour radio broadcasts of live and recorded music as the “Country Bluegrass & Blues Show.”   Booked and interviewed guests including Mike Seeger, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Dave Honeyboy Edwards and local musicians. 

Coordinated the cataloguing, scheduling, evaluation and presentation of newly-arrived folk, country and blues CDs for the station archive. 

Music Teacher                                                                        1999 - Present
Provided private music lessons to nine children, ages 10-19, and adults in guitar and banjo, with an emphasis on folk, blues and country music styles.

EDUCATION

B.A. in History                                                                        2004
Oberlin College, Oberlin OH
Major in American history; minor in ethnomusicology

REFERENCES

Roderic Knight
Proffessor of Ethnomusicology
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Bibbins Hall 215
Oberlin, OH 44074
r.knight@Oberlin.edu
(440) 775 8259

Cal Kampff
Kampff Construction
Wyncoop Rd.
Kerhonkson, NY 12446
(845) 626 7830

Gilbert Kudrin
701 N. Main St. #30
Wellington, OH 44094
(440) 647 0352