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Brent Roman
Education
1998-2002
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
Bachelor of Arts Contract Major in Percussion Performance and
Composition with an Emphasis in World Cultures
Minor in International Studies
Minor in Southeast Asian Studies
1995-1998
North Carolina School of the Arts
Winston-Salem
High School Diploma with a Focused Emphasis in Music, Percussion
Professional
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Percussion and Drum Captain for Cirque Du Soleil’s “Dralion” and “Alegria”
tours. US, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico.
Accompanying acrobats, athletes, and dancers. 2003, 2008-2010
African dance accompaniment classes for Cirque Du Soleil’s “Dralion” tour.
2009
Percussion for Lookingglass Theatre’s production of “Hephaestus”.
Accompanying acrobats, athletes, and dancers. 2007
Percussion for Lookingglass Theatre;’s production of “Sita Ram”.
Accompanying members of Natya Dance Theatre (classical Indian) 2007
Percussion for Trinity Irish Dance Company. (precursor to Riverdance)
US
tours. 2003-2007
Percussion for Read My Hips – tribal belly dance company. Performances at the
Aragon Theater, Evanston Arts Festival, and the Old Town School of Folk
Music Folk Festival. 2004 – 2007
Commissioned choreographer, composer, arranger, instructor, and guest
soloist for Chicago’s Cheng Da Chinese Taiko and Percussion Group.
2001 – 2007
Commissioned work “Dao Qing” for Taiko ensemble with erhu to accompany
traditional Chinese dance solo as a part of Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Chicago
Project. 2006
Commissioned work “Fire” – in Three Movements. Dance Center of
Columbia College Faculty Dance Recital. 2006
Dance accompaniment for CRUNCH Gyms in Chicago. “Cardio-Striptease”,
“Zumba”, and “Madonna’s ‘Sol’ Workout”. 2006-2007
Dance accompaniment for Hubbard Street Dance Company. 2006 – 2007
Dance accompaniment for Melissa Thodos Dance Company. 2006 – 2007
Dance accompaniment for Momenta, at the Academy of Movement & Music.
2003 – 2007
Dance accompaniment for Joel Hall Dance Studio. 2004 – 2007
Dance accompaniment for Northwestern University. 2005 – 2007
Dance accompaniment for the Dance Center of Columbia College.
2003 – 2008, 2011
Dance accompaniment for Chicago Academy of the Arts. 2005 – 2007
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Dance accompaniment for Lou Conte Dance Studio. 2003 – 2007
Dance accompaniment, regular sub, River North Dance Company.
2005 – 2007
Dance accompaniment, regular sub, Chicago Moving Co. 2004
Self-composed music and performances of modern dance productions
Identically Dissimilar and Resonates. Links Hall and Chicago Moving
Company spaces. 2004 & 2006
Percussion accompaniment for Northern Illinois University Theater Arts and
Dance Dept. & Physical Education and Kinesiology Dept., full-time, staff.
2000 – 2003
Percussion accompaniment for North Carolina School of the Arts Modern
Dance Department, Faculty appointed contract, Summer Series. 1999 – 2000
Accompanist for Belly-Dancing clinic at NCSA, traditional African Dance at
UNC Greensboro NC, traditional Irish dance at NIU, traditional Central
Javanese dance at NIU, and traditional Thai dance at NIU and Chicago
Accompanied for: Joel Hall, Alvin Ailey 2, Paula Frasz, Molly Shanahan,
Sandra Kaufmann, Randall Newsome, Diane Markham, Sean Sullivan,
Brenda Daniels, Michael Cole, Judith Chitwood, Charles Carter, Jan Erkert,
Carrie Hanson, Karen Williamson, Trish Casey, Krenly Guzman, Margi Cole,
Erica Wilson-Perkins, Rebecca Hutchins, Pam McNeil, Beth McNeil, and
Anom Kassumasari.
Self-composed percussion dance accompaniment CD;
“The Lester Horton Fortifications”
Hired for the following musicals: “Purlie”, “Chicago”, “Into the Woods”,
“Romeo and Juliet”, and “Decades”.
Techniques
Worked with the western techniques of Horton (including all of the
fortifications, dimentional-toneness, deep-floor, advanced triangle stretch,
hinging, and preludes), advanced Graham, Limon-based, Humphrey, Ailey,
Cunningham, Hawkins, Laban, Bartenieff Fundamentals and release-recovery
techniques.
Instruments &
Styles
General western classical percussion, drumset, North Indian tabla, steelpan,
Thai percussion, Chinese yangqin (hammered dulcimer) and drumming,
Irish bodhran and bones, Latin and Afro-Cuban percussion instruments,
Middle Eastern percussion (doumbek, muzhar, riq), Australian didjeridoo,
African drumming (djembe), Brazilian samba instruments and berimbao,
Javanese and Balinese gamelan, Japanese taiko, frame drumming, and
Tuvan over-tone and throat singing.
Directing
Instructor, composer, arranger, choreographer, and guest soloist for the Cheng
Da Chinese Taiko and Percussion Group, Oakbrook, IL. 2001 – 2007
NIU Percussion Ensemble; Chinese Luogu, spring semester. 2001
Registered Instructor with NIU Community Music School. 2000 – 2003
Classical percussion, djembe, and general music theory, private instruction.
DeKalb, IL. 2001
References
Dr. Randall Newsome
Director of the Comprehensive Dance Department
Northern Illinois University
Gable Hall, 815-753-5502
Richard Woodbury
Music Director, Professor of Dnance
Dance Center of Columbia College
Chicago, 312-663-8322
Mrs. Sandra Kaufmann
Dance Instructor, Graham specialist
Academy of Movement and Music; Momenta
Oak Park, 708-848-2329
Mrs. Lynn Messik
Director of Dance Accompaniment
North Carolina School of the Arts
Workplace, 336-761-3210
Mrs. Trish Casey
Professor, Modern Dance Department
North Carolina School of the Arts
Workplace, 336-761-1434