Download here - Claudia Hommel

Patricia E. Spaeth
Actor, Accompanist on Piano, Guitar and Accordion,
Composer, Arranger, Music Director, Rehearsal Coach
773.267.2676 home 773.575.4573 cell
[email protected]
SELECTED CREDITS
The Indian Princess (1808 melodrama)
Schlock Entertainment, Chicago
Powhatan, accordion
The Omega Men
First Rate Third Rate, Chicago
Actor (Jester), signing
Lost In Yonkers
Belfry Theatre, Noblesville IN
Actor (Grandma Kurnitz), costume, props,
A Christmas Carol
(2001, 2002, 2006, 2007)
American Drama Group
touring 12 countries in Europe
Actor, singer, accordionist, costume,
rehearsal coach
Hard Times
Book-It Theatre, Seattle WA
Composer, actor, accordionist
Into The West
Seattle Children’s Theatre
Actor, guitarist, accordionist
Vilna’s Got a Golem
Artswest, Seattle WA
Actor, singer, arranger, accordionist
Radio Gals
Taproot Theatre, Seattle WA
Actor (Mabel Swindle), singer, pianist
A Christmas Carol (Radio Drama)
Eastside Musical Theatre¸ KING-FM
Kirkland WA
Actor (multiple roles), arranger, pianist
Miracle on 34th Street (Radio Play)
State Door Productions, Enumclaw WA
Actor (multiple roles), costume
Other Credits
MUSIC STYLES
International Folk
Klezmer
Contra Dance
Victorian/
Ragtime
Ballet Class
Other Styles:
SPECIAL PROJECT
Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, 42nd Street, Yeomen of the Guard, The Madwoman of Chaillot, You’re a Good Man
Charlie Brown, Seussical, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Stinky Cheese Man And Other Fairly Stupid Tales,
Washington Coalition of Sexual Abuse Programs, Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit (Pacific Science Center, Seattle WA)
Chicago French Market; Allspice Folk Dance Band; International Folk Dance Camp, Port Townsend WA; Stockton Folk
Dance Camp, University of the Pacific, Stockton CA (house band, 1990, 1996); Tanhuajat (Finnish); Katrilli (Finnish);
Baba Balkanettes (Balkan); Polanie (Polish); Ethnic Fest Port Townsend (Hawaiian); Cast Offs (English)
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band (Chicago), Mazeltones (events, touring, 5 recordings); Ungepotchket Klezmer, Band;
Sean’s Kugel; Freylakh Klezmer Band; Klez Kids; KlezFest, (Seattle); Klez Kamp (New York); workshops,
Tumbleweeds, Music Festival, Richland WA
Salmonberry; Pleasures of Home; Phil and Vivian Williams, (recording, touring); Festival of American Fiddle Tunes,
Port Townsend WA; work with Dudley Laufman, Bob McQuillen, Frank Ferrel
Port Townsend Victorian Festival; Mazurka workshop, Berea KY;
Heliotrope Ballroom Orchestra; Volunteer Park Conservatory Orchestra; Charles Dickens Christmas Fair, San
Francisco CA
Joffrey Ballet, Ballet Chicago, Lou Conte Dance Studio, Northwestern University, Columbia College, Chicago Ballet
Arts, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Emerald City Ballet
Principal accordionist for Claudia Hommel (cabaret & jazz); Gardenia Tango Orchestra; the Fabulous ‘S’ Curves; the
Filucy Hootchie Kootchie Band (2 recordings); liturgy (Blessed Sacrament, Beth Am, Lutheran)
Before The Fire, performing in costume at Centennial events of 1906 San Francisco Fire and Earthquake, including
Survivors’ Breakfast, Presidio Refugee Camp Re-enactment, Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association; produced
CD with music, singing, readings, artwork, liner notes; excerpts included on DVD, “Centennial Alliance Showplace”