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Matt Schickele is a musician from New York City whose writing pulls him to many genres, including rock, concert, and folk music. As a songwriter, his numerous releases include Lion Air, April/November, and Cities Filled With Lights. He also writes for and plays with the M Shanghai String Band (Red Parlor Records), an acoustic old-time-music outfit. He has toured as a solo artist, with his '90s rock trio Beekeeper (Southern Records), and as a guest guitarist for Babe the blue OX (RCA Records). Matt's concert music has been performed by the Da Capo Chamber Players, the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, and the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, among others. He is a graduate of Bard College, where he studied composition with Joan Tower. He lives in Ridgewood, Queens.
- 2008 Five Boroughs Music Festival: a concert of chamber works and songs by Matt Schickele Premiere: Scenes From Timid Films, Da Capo Chamber Players Solo show, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Lion Air, solo acoustic album M Shanghai String Band, From The Air (Red Parlor Records) M Shanghai String Band, Up From The Ground Below (Red Parlor Records) Premiere: Live In Arms for mezzo-soprano and string quintet, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble Founding member, M Shanghai String Band, an acoustic originals old-time music phenomenon April/November (Muss My Hair) - 2002 Featured composer, Heavy Music for Light People, the Flea Theater, NYC The Smokers (Muss My Hair) Shakespeare settings for As You Like It, Compass Rose Theater Company East coast and southern tours Cities Filled With Lights (Feldspar Records) Music for Amnesty International exploratory website Ostrich (Beekeeper, Southern Records) East coast, west coast, midwest, southern, and Canadian tours with Beekeeper Hermit/Kermit (Muss My Hair) -1997 Split Single (Beekeeper & Ida, 7” Simple Machines) Guest guitarist with Babe the blue Ox (RCA Records) for east coast/midwest/southern tour Producer, The Ida/Retsin Family Album Vol. 1 Music for film Slums of Beverly Hills (not in theater cut) Guest guitarist with Ida (Capitol Records) Anywhere Will Do (Beekeeper, Muss My Hair) Time To Lose It (Beekeeper, 7”, Feldspar Records) Stuff III (Muss My Hair) Stuff II (Muss My Hair) Stuff (Muss My Hair) Music for feature film Blessing -1993 Premiere: Two Movements for Woodstock, Woodstock Chamber Orchestra Frone's Dessert, collection of bagpipe music Premiere: Sizzle and Bite, Hudson Valley Philharmonic Wow this was a while ago, I’m getting a little fuzzy on the details. I was in lots of bands, you know the deal. Lasagna, Toothbucket, Mulchbunny, The Whoopskie Revolution. We made a lot of music, and records, and you definitely haven’t heard them. But they are good. . |
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