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Monica Fernandez Date of birth: July 19, 1992 20 Charlesgate W Boston, MA 02215 Phone. 617-­‐982-­‐8576 E-­‐mail: [email protected] February, 2015 Career Goals
I’ve been a singer, pianist and songwriter, but my biggest dream is to become a film composer. I’ve always admired how music can tell stories and all the emotions that it provokes when played with a visual scene on the screen. I would love to work in Hollywood, scoring for big motion pictures projects. Why Hollywood? Because of the tremendous variety of projects and stories being told in all kinds of genres. I look forward to continue developing my skills as a musician and composer to become successful in this field. Musical Education
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August 2008 to June 2013. Undergraduate student for the career in Piano Performance, being student of pianists: Delia de la Torre, Gerardo Gonzalez, and Nargiza Kamilova. Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey August, 2010 to 2011 Diploma in Music Production and Audio Engineering with the engineers and producers Gerardo Rocha and Jheiva. Audio Experts studios March, 2012 Film Scoring intensive course with composer Walterio Pesqueira Cinema Digital studio August, 2012 Summer Songwriting Workshop Berklee College of Music September, 2013 to date Student at Berklee College of Music. Berklee College of Music -­‐
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Film Scoring Major English Minor (Literature Track) Dean’s List: -­‐
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FA13 – GPA 4.0 SP14 – GPA 3.9 FA14 – GPA 4.0 Experience
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January 2012 to September 2013 Production and recording of my EP Condemned to Dream featuring original songs both in English and in Spanish. The EP is now available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, CD Baby, SonGroove and many more. January 2012 to date Began the production and composition of the instrumental collection Orchestral Stories: https://soundcloud.com/monica-­‐lyrae/sets/orchestral-­‐
stories July, 2012 to date Music teacher giving piano and solfege private lessons for beginners at Monterrey, Mexico. October, 2012 Composed music for the short film Alma Corruptible that participated in the contest Haz Corto con la Corrupción from the organization ACI (Accion Civica Interuniversitaria). The short film won third place and it was presented at some local cinemas along with the other winners. June, 2013 Solo classical piano recital at the Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza de Monterrey. September 2013 Songs Sepia and Snowglobe Memories from my EP Condemned to Dream were used as part of the underscore of the short film Daniel in Space & Time directed by Patryzzia Castañeda. (continued on next page…) September FA13: Became member of the Audire Soundtrack Choir performing as Soprano and 2013 to Soloist: date o Caf Shows: A Tribute to Danny Elfman, Snow and Fire. o Soloist performing Hannah Hoyt’s arrangement of the song Deliver Us from the movie Prince of Egypt: o http://audiresoundtrackchoir.bandcamp.com/track/deliver-­‐us-­‐
the-­‐prince-­‐of-­‐egypt-­‐hans-­‐zimmer-­‐stephen-­‐schwartz o Nintenshow! at the Middle East Upstairs in collaboration with the Video Game Music Choir. o Loft show: Duel of Heroes o Recording collaboration for Album Harmony of Heroes o Video recordings: Ø The Avatars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttlPKHIWeJQ Ø Stargate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9hCre30IC8 FA14: Co-­‐director of the Audire Soundtrack Choir with William Brenner and Victoria Vitti: Halloween Loft Show: Night of Fright Elaboration of arrangements for choir a capella and for choir with orchestra: -­‐ Teen Titans: Chasing Titans -­‐ Trouble in Tokyo -­‐ Teen Titans: Main theme -­‐ Spirited Away -­‐ Davy Jones -­‐ Coraline Performance at Faneuil Hall *Recording session with choir and orchestra for the arrangements: -­‐ Teen Titans: Main theme -­‐ Spirited Away *(currently in post-­‐production process) o
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SP15: Director of the Audire Soundtrack Choir & Orchestra Elaboration of arrangements for choir a capella and for choir with orchestra: -­‐ Lilium from Elfen Lied -­‐ Interstellar September Scholarship Assignments: 2014 and -­‐ Keyboard player for R&B Pop/Rock and Jazz Ensemble January directed by professor Lenny Stallworth. 2015 -­‐ Keyboard Player for Directed Studies Pop/Rock ensemble directed by professor John Paul. o
March 2014 Song Sepia from my EP Condemned to Dream won a place in the Women Musicians Network 17th Annual Concert. April 2014 Performed in the choir with the Berklee Opera Imaginarium on the performance of the opera Hansel & Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck. April 2014 • My composition Athshe’s Forest along with other selected works of my classmates from the literature class Other Futures, Other Worlds were sent to the writer Ursula K. Le Guin, author of The Word for World is Forest (novel we were assigned to read for class).
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My song Sepia was the winner of the BMI Foundation Peermusic Latin Scholarship. July 2014 •
to date Began the production and recording of new solo album at Estudios DMY at Monterrey, Mexico. Music, lyrics, production and direction by me. August •
2014 Assistant of composer Walterio Pesqueira at the inauguration of the cultural project Nuevo Leon: Polo Cultural, where he debuted the composition he made as the theme representing this event. November Release of videos for the songs recorded in August 2014 for my new solo album: 2014 o Lyric video for the song Sorrow o Music video for the song Unexpected Ways made in collaboration with director Patryzzia Castañeda. December 2014 My ballad arrangement for the song “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” is being performed by my Berklee college and singer Tania Balcazar in her series of concerts around Mexico. January 2015 Composition made for Final Project of my Tonal Harmony & Composition 2 class was selected to be performed in the concert Harmony Too! A concert where faculty members will perform the best compositions from the Spring 2014 through Fall 2014 semesters. Sequenced Recording:
https://soundcloud.com/monica-­‐lyrae/nocturne-­‐in-­‐e-­‐flat-­‐major February 2015 to date Became a columnist for Berklee’s FUSION Magazine. Published article: http://www.fusionmagazine.org/ceci-­‐nest-­‐pas-­‐un-­‐titre/ February 17, 2015 Singing in the choir for the New England Conservatory’s concert “Hildegard: Order of the Virtues” at the Jordan Hall. Skills
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Music Notation: Finale Digital Audio Workstation: Reason, ProTools, Garageband, Studio One. Arranger Songwriter Composer Producer Choir Director Recording Studio Assistant Singer and Pianist