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Whether you are booking entertainment for an on- or off- campus event, ABD has access to a network of many talented, professional artists available to perform at weddings, anniversary parties, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, company picnics, and many other events. Our Artist Directory includes musicians, photographers, writers, dancers, and more.
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Click here for an ALPHABETICAL LISTING by last name. BY CATEGORY THREE-DIMENSIONAL (sculpture/pottery) JEWELRY
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Alecia Batson, film, television, radio, print, voice Description: A classically-trained singer and actress, Alecia works in a variety of media, including film and TV, voice-over and printwork. She also sings regularly with various ensembles in the greater Boston area. email: publicrelations@aleciabatson.com web: www.aleciabatson.com Ken Pierce, early dance specialist Description: Ken Pierce has specialized in early dance (especially late-Renaissance and Baroque) for over twenty years as choreographer, reconstructor, performer, and teacher. tel: 617-258-7656 email: kpierce@mit.edu web: http://web.mit.edu/kpierce/www Jen Schoonover, dancer/choreographer Description: Jen performs and teaches Scottish and modern dance styles. She enjoys fusing modern and traditional dance styles and has worked with dance and theater groups in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia. tel: 617-253-0820 email: highcut@mit.edu web: http://www.jenschoonover.com Annie Abbondante, fiction Description: Annie Abbondante's poems and short stories have been published in the Los Angeles Journal, Void Magazine, Farmhouse Magazine, the Any Dream Will Do Review, and Dyingwriters.com. Recently, she also began taking freelance writing assignments for the national music publication Skope magazine. She enjoys the finer things in life, such as Court TV, black eyeliner, nesting dolls, and cheese sandwiches. tel: 617-253-8306 email: aca@mit.edu Angela Ambroz, fiction Kevin McLellan, poetry tel: 617-258-0472 email: poet@mit.edu Valarie Poitier, poetry, short stories, women's histories Description: Along with writing, Poitier enjoys performing and speaking about the stories older women tell and sharing their wisdom with her audiences. tel: 617-252-1388 email: vpoitier@mit.edu Angelique Scarpa, poet Description: Inspired by the writing of Syliva Plath and Louise Gluck, Angelique has enjoyed writing poetry for ten years. She equally enjoys reading and listening to other literary artists and frequents the local poetry slams and open mics tel: 617-253-3197 email: ascarpa@mit.edu Lee Smith/The Composer Lee Description: Berklee College of Music graduate cum laude, B. of Music, Composition, writes music for any occasion, any medium, and any combination of instruments. Smith writes for film, orchestra, string quartets, piano. He will also write songs for weddings or other special occasions. In addition, Smith is available to perform (piano) at your event. tel: 617-253-8962 email: leesmith@mit.edu B J Magoon & Driving Sideways Description: Six-piece band featuring a dance-priority mix of swing blues & jazz, country boogie woogie & roots, rhythm & soul. tel: 617-253-2809 email: bjmagoon@mit.edu web: www.bjmagoon.net In Choro Novo Description: In Choro Novo is a mixed-voice choral ensemble, which explores a bold mix of a cappella and accompanied pieces ranging from renaissance to jazz, and from classical masterpieces to show tunes. Our members, who draw from an equally broad range of professions and backgrounds, come together through our shared love of singing. tel: 617-253-5455 email: marmar@mit.edu web: www.inchoronovo.com Thousand Days Description: If Coldplay, Tool, and Mazzy Star had a love child, it might sound something like Thousand Days. This Boston-based alternative rock band has written over 40 songs together, and they just finished their latest five-song EP, Headlight Waves, produced by Paul Kimble (Grant Lee Buffalo, David Gray, Velvet Goldmine) at Rear Windows Studio, mastered by Joe Gastwirt (Pearl Jam, 311). They have played numerous venues in the New England area. email: info@thousanddays.com web: www.thousanddays.com Bonnie L. Cochran, flute and composition Description: Bonnie L. Cochran is a Boston area flutist, composer and teacher. As a flutist, she performs regularly throughout the Boston area. An avid chamber musician, Bonnie founded The Amaryllis Chamber Ensemble in 2000 and performs regularly with that ensemble. In addition to performing at concerts and functions around Boston, Bonnie teaches private flute lessons and enjoys composing music. email: bcochran@mit.edu web: http://web.mit.edu/bcochran/www/flute.html Cindy Woolley, flute/soprano (voice) Description: Flutist/soprano (voice) with Classical music concert group, The Silverwood Trio (flute/soprano, cello & piano). Woolley also performs receptions with a quartet (flute, violin, viola & cello); she sings at church services (mostly Catholic), weddings, and funeral services. tel: 617-253-4722 email: cwoolley@mit.edu Bob Cunkelman, guitar Description: Guitarist for "Carry the One," a nine-piece band with three-piece horn section, specializing in classics with a driving beat. tel: 617-253-6371 email: rpc@mit.edu Francis Doughty, guitar Description: "This is fingerstyle guitar up there with the best of the best. If you've ever heard Michael Hedges or Leo Kottke, then you won't be disappointed with Francis Doughty." - Derek Sivers, President, CD BABY tel: 617-324-2283 email: doughty@mit.edu Kelli Eagan, singer-songwriter Description: Boston singer-songwriter and guitarist Kelli Eagan has been singing her entire life and playing guitar since she was 14. She has been performing in venues and coffeehouses in the various cities she has lived in over the past 10 years, including Los Angeles, New York and Boston. She is also pursuing the study of Classical Hindustani voice due to her passion for learning about Indian culture. tel: 617-258-0385 email: keagan@mit.edu web: www.myspace.com/kellieagan Keith Hampton, singer-songwriter Description: A classically-trained musician with roots in musical theater, opera, classical, and folk music from around the world, Keith brings his diverse influences to the art of acoustic guitar-based songwriting to create moods and tell stories filled with the passion of life's challenges and successes. Originally from Wisconsin, today Keith is making his home in the Boston area, where he has opened shows for national touring acts such as Cosy Sheridan, Rachel McCartney, and Deb Pasternak. tel: 617-253-4003 email: khampton@mit.edu Kurt Winikka, singer-songwriter Description:
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Kurt Winikka performs locally at coffeehouses, cafes and open mikes, as well as the occasional regional (”The Perch” in Brooklyn) or far flung (”The Bottleneck” in Lawrence, Kansas) venue. Based in Cambridge, the cosmic center of the folk universe, he writes songs and plays whenever and wherever he can. His first CD, Lost in Love, was released in 2009. web: kurt.winikka.com Patrick Battstone, pianist Description: Currently working as a duo with piano and vibes in a very creative setting. Also skilled at providing traditional music for a variety of settings, functions and parties. tel: 617-258-2423 email: pbattstone@gmail.com web: www.bats-tones.com Chelsea Ashton, soprano and pianist Description: Classically Trained, Belt-Trained, and a wide musical theater resume- Chelsea enjoys the wide range of Opera to Broadway that she can perform. She has performed roles such as the Narrator in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" and Rizzo in "Grease." Chelsea has her BA in Vocal Performance, and performed in several musicals in college, was selected to solo in "The Messiah," and has toured the parts of the U.S. a number of times with BYU-Idaho's Collegiate Singers- her college choir. She currently accompanies the MIT Women's League Chorale. She enjoys performing a wide range of music: classical, musical theater, jazz and pop. tel: 617-324-2584 email: cashton@broad.mit.edu Alecia Batson, soprano Description: A classically-trained singer and actress, Alecia works in a variety of media, including film and TV, voice-over and printwork. She also sings regularly with various ensembles in the greater Boston area. email: publicrelations@aleciabatson.com web: www.aleciabatson.com Elaine Chow, soprano Description: Elaine is a classically-trained sopreano who has appeared locally as a soloist with Chorus Pro Musica, Braintree Choral Society, and Nashoba Valley Chorale. She completed a professional apprentice program with PORTopera and recently portrayed the character "Kim" in the Turtle Lane Playhouse production of Miss Saigon. Elaine is a regular cantor for weddings and masses at St. Julia Parish in Weston. tel: 617-413-8134 email: ekchow@sloan.mit.edu Christina English, mezzo-soprano Description: Classically trained, with an extensive background in musical theater and dance, mezzo-soprano Christina English performs regularly thoughout the Boston area and beyond in both opera and concert. She also sings with the professional choir at the First Church in Boston, and is a member of Boston Opera Collaborative. She holds a Master of Music in vocal performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where she continues her studies with Carole Haber, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in vocal performance from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. She is a native of San Jose, CA. tel: 617-253-7707 email: cenglish@mit.edu Samantha Farrell, singer-songwriter Description: I'm a jazzy/pop/folk-rock singer-songwriter. I've played all over the country and had an album that charted nationally last year. Never met a minor chord or a good beat I didn't like! tel: 617-715-5279 email: stf@mit.edu Keith Hampton, singer-songwriter Description: A classically-trained musician with roots in musical theater, opera, classical, and folk music from around the world, Keith brings his diverse influences to the art of acoustic guitar-based songwriting to create moods and tell stories filled with the passion of life's challenges and successes. Originally from Wisconsin, today Keith is making his home in the Boston area, where he has opened shows for national touring acts such as Cosy Sheridan, Rachel McCartney, and Deb Pasternak. tel: 617-253-4003 email: khampton@mit.edu Barbara Allen Hill, soprano Description: A native of New England, Barbara has been singing for nearly as long as she's been able to speak. She attended the University of New Hampshire where she earned her BA in Vocal Performance, studying with Sharon Baker and David Ripley. She moved to Boston in 2006 and has quickly immersed herself, musically; now performing with groups such as Boston Cecilia, Convivium Musicum and taking the position of Choral Scholar at the Universalist Unitarian Church of Greater Lynn, under the direction of Francis Fitch. While she has trained in the Bel Canto style she is also comfortable with and enjoys performing jazz and folk music. A resume is available upon request for more information. tel: 617-324-4847 email: bhill@broad.mit.edu web: http://www.myspace.com/bobbiehill Heather Jones, pianist, singer-songwriter tel: 617-324-1349 email: hjones@mit.edu Nan Lin, alto Description: Nan Lin fosters understanding between Chinese and western societies through her music. tel: 617-253-2590 email: nlin1@mit.edu Kathryn McKellar, soprano Description: Lyric Soprano, Kathryn McKellar, received her Master s Degree this May from The Boston Conservatory and currently sits on the Board of Directors of Boston Opera Collaborative. Roles include Contessa (Le Nozze di Figaro), Pamina (Die Zauberflote), Josephine (HMS Pinafore), Adina (L elisir d amore), Antonia (Les Contes d Hoffmann). tel: 617-324-2377 email: kmckella@mit.edu web: http://www.bostonoperacollaborative.org/member/KathrynMcKellar Shiba Nemat-Nasser, mezzo-soprano/contralto Description: Shiba Nemat-Nasser has numerous opera and recital appearances in San Diego and Boston to her credit. Her main areas in performance focus on Baroque music, bel canto repertoire, contemporary works, and experimental theatre. Roles include Dido (Dido & Aeneas), Carmen, Saraghinna (Nine), and most recently the dual role of Mother/Grandmother in Barab's Little Red Riding Hood with Opera by the Bay. She created the role of Barbara in the new rock opera The Fire of Life, and premiered New Hampshire composer William Pfaff's song cycle "Last Light" with the Concordia String Trio. Future projects include Marcellina (Marriage of Figaro) with the Cape Cod Opera, and the premiere performance of a work written for Nemat-Nasser by San Diego composer Erik Ulman. She has a Master's in voice from the New England Conservatory, as well as a B.A. in music (with honors) and in literature from UC-San Diego. email: shiba@mit.edu Molly Ruggles, singer, songwriter, pianist, composer tel: 617-324-9185 email: ruggles@mit.edu Kurt Winikka, singer-songwriter Description: Singer-songwriter and guitarist Kurt Winikka performs locally at coffeehouses, cafes and open mikes, as well as the occasional regional (”The Perch” in Brooklyn) or far flung (”The Bottleneck” in Lawrence, Kansas) venue. Based in Cambridge, the cosmic center of the folk universe, he writes songs and plays whenever and wherever he can. His first CD, Lost in Love, was released in 2009. web: kurt.winikka.com Cindy Woolley, flute/soprano (voice) Description: Flutist/soprano (voice) with Classical music concert group, The Silverwood Trio (flute/soprano, cello & piano). Woolley also performs receptions with a quartet (flute, violin, viola & cello); she sings at church services (mostly Catholic), weddings, and funeral services. tel: 617-253-4722 email: cwoolley@mit.edu Madeleine Hall-Arber, porcelain and stoneware clay Description: Porcelain and stoneware wheel-thrown, functional work with additions of whimsical sculptures or figures. Also brooches and earrings, pet portraits. tel: 617-253-9308 email: arber@mit.edu web: http://journal.rcn.net/madmud Margaret MacLellan, scupture Description: An emerging sculptor, MacLellan works large! Animals are favorite subjects. Lighthearted and spontaneous, her pieces bring a smile. tel: 781-447-1226 email: maclellansculpture@yahoo.com web: Coming Soon!
Briar Lowe Biddle, graphic designer Web design: experience with HTML5 and CSS3 to build web experiences that are forward thinking and modern. Wordpress is my Content Management System of choice. I am also available for identity design (logos, business cards), and everything from baby announcements to wedding invitations—I even have a letterpress available. Jennifer Chapman , illustration and digital graphic design Description: Experience in graphite illustration, including portraits; logo and business card design, creating letterhead, and transferring photos and home movies to DVD. tel: 617-253-6577 email: chap@med.mit.edu web: http://www.chapmandesigns.net Timothy Poisson, Sequential art (comics, graphic novels) email: tpoisson@mit.edu web: http://www.timfishworks.com Gracie White , graphic design Description:
Artists Beyond the Desk PR Director / Graphic Designer - Print email: graciew@mit.edu Marianna Helin, Semi-precious stone jewelry, knitted textiles tel: 617-253-4295 email: mhelin@comcast.net Alvaro Arrosamena, multi media artist Description: The works presented at the Studio are the result of the last year's experiments in different areas, including large scale paintings, installations, performance interactive projects and other multimedia. The process of Arrosamena's work combines spiritual and sociopolitical subjects integrated to analyze the problem of identity, social integration, acception, and assimilation in multiracial western society. He has presented his art in Sweden, Thailand, Laos, and Uruguay. tel: 463-114-4776 email: info@proyectoarte.org Marcia Cohen, mixed media artist tel: 617-253-4471 email: mecohen@mit.edu web: www.noca-arts.org Aya Rothwell, multi media artist Aya Rothwell does comics, science illustrations, film, photography, puppetry and other visual arts. Her stories and comics have appeared in anthologies such as "Inbound", and she has been part of exhibits at MassArt and local cafes. email: ayar@mit.edu web: www.AyaRothwell.com Laurie Scheffler, mixed media artist Laurie Scheffler is a mixed media artist specializing in handmade greeting cards. tel: 617-253-3121 email: lauries@mit.edu web: http://www.schefflerarts.com John C. Doyle, painting Description: John C. Doyle was born and raised in Limerick City, Ireland, and emigrated to Boston, MA in 1993. John studied engineering in college, and earned a bachelors degree and a masters degree at the University of Limerick. He became a software engineer after graduation and pursued an engineering career in Boston. John began drawing and painting in 1995, and enrolled in the Massachusetts College of Art as a continuing education student in the late 1990s. He left the field of engineering in 2003 to pursue art studies in the Mahfuz Atelier in Arlington, MA, and is now a full time artist. John works in oil, soft pastel and charcoal. In his studio work he explores themes of family, and contermporary life. In his Plein Air work he explores composition and light. John shares studio space at the Arlington Center for the Arts, and lives in Arlington with his wife and two sons. tel: 617-253-8953 email: jcdoyle@mit.edu web: http://www.jcdgallery.com Marie Seamon, painting tel: 617 253-2600 email: mseamon@mit.edu Carol A. Schweigert, painting Description: Carol paints from direct observation in both oil and gouache, indoors and out, sometimes in the rain, never in the ice. The appeal of plein air painting lies in its vitality and physicality. It hints of extreme sport with police encounters, slippery slopes and lightening storms. Summer of 2007, after time in the similar but oh so different world of illustration followed by a detour in the world of child rearing, Carol returned to oil painting. The abstract expressionism of her education seemed so last century. She leapt further back with a wooden French easel and headed out into the fresh air. Intrigued by contradictions, Carol carries a 19th century art kit into the 21st century wondering what makes a piece of the moment. email: CarolSchweigert@gmail.com web: http://carolsartblog.wordpress.com/
Myron "Fletch" Freeman, photography email: fletch1@eecs.mit.edu Ron Hoffmann, phototgraphy Description: Architectural/scenic photography. Project documentation, informal portraiture.tel: 617-253-0160 email: photos@rmhoffmann.com web: www.rmhoffmann.com Jessica Hosman, photography email: info@jessicahosman.com web: http://www.jessicahosman.com/ Donna Mulholland, printmaking, photography Description: Mulholland's work consists of urban abstract images and more organic images that may be found in nature but are somehow abstracted by size or shape. She studied photography and printmaking at Mass College of Art, Boston Museum School, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Zea Mays printmaking studio and the MIT Student Art Association. tel: 617-258-5275 email: donnamul@mit.edu Mariann Murray, photography tel: 617-253-1712 email: mariann@mit.edu Tony Pulsone, photography Description: Tony Pulsone has been a photographer his entire life. Primarily a photojournalist, he has studied with the 2005 Pulitzer prize-winner David Leeson. He has also taken workshops at the Maine Photographic Workshops, NESOP, and the MIT SAA. Pulsone's fine art work is in black and white. In addition to his digital SLRs, Pulsone works with 4x5 and 6x6 film cameras, and is available for a variety of work. tel: 617-258-8479 email: pulsone@mit.edu Amy Stout, print-making and photography tel: 617-253-4442 email: astout@mit.edu web: http://buzz.freeshell.org/blocks/ Jacqui Taylor, photography Description: Taylor is a photographer, author, and publisher. The Traveler's Guide to Photographic New England series MA & NH is now available. The best places the state has to visit and photograph provided, photo tips, directions. tel: 617-253-2127 email: jacquitaylorphotography@yahoo.com Cheryl Vossmer, photography Description: Cheryl's specialty is nature photography. She says, "Photos of nature capture the beauty that surrounds us and saves it in print." tel: 617-253-9755 email: crimbite@mit.edu Marianna Helin, Semi-precious stone jewelry, knitted textiles tel: 617-253-4295 email: mhelin@comcast.net Valarie Poitier (Mz. Poitier), textiles Description: Poitier is a textile artist, painter, weaver, quilter (mixed-media Art quilts), and a performing artist. tel: 617-252-1388 email: vpoitier@mit.edu Tracy Heather Strain, film and video maker Description: Strain is director, producer, writer and researcher who uses film and video to explore, craft, and present little-known stories about art and artists, American society past and present, popular culture, and technology. tel: 617-324-1431 email: thstrain@mit.edu web: http://tracyheatherstrain.com
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