Al Kryszak
Credits
| Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 |
Composer / Conductor
Music & Singing |
Broken Blossoms (Film Score) Robertson / The Film Society Of Lincoln Center / Turner Classic Movies |
Walter Reade Theatre (Lincoln Center) |
| 2004 |
Composer / Conductor
Music & Singing |
Broken Blossoms (Film Score) D.W. Griffith / The Film Society Of Lincoln Center / Turner Classic Movies |
Walter Reade Theatre (Lincoln Center) Broadcast on TCM |
| 2001 |
Composer
Music & Singing |
A Christmas Past Robertson, Griffith, et al. / KINO International DVD |
KINO DVD & Turner Classic Movies Broadcast |
Education
| Year | Qualification | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Composition, Orchestration, Music History, Music Theory | SUNY AT BUFFALO, BMI COMPOSERS WORKSHOP, ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS |
Equipment
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About me
Al Kryszak is a Composer & Filmmaker, on the FilmTrax label, with 38 years of work including Turner Classic Movies, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, The Los Angeles Directors’ Guild & KINO International DVD.On the Interdisciplinary Fine Arts Faculty at UMM, Kryszak teaches Music in Film, Piano, Digital Audio Production & Documentary Filmmaking.
Kryszak’s Downeast Documentary’s feature films have aired on Maine Public/PBS, including “ whatever Works: Exploring Opiate Addiction”, “Who Made You In America?” and the just-completed “When The Chevy Breaks”, exploring a range of demographics in North Coastal Maine, and how one solves problems with very little outside help.
Additional skills:
Orchestral Composition; Conducting; Electric & Acoustic Guitar; Piano Performance; Traditional Orchestration; Experimental Ensemble (12 Cello, 6 Harps, Elec. Gtr. Quartet, etc.);
Industry awards:
Foundation For Contemporary Arts, Meet-The-Composer, Atlantic Center For The Arts,
Polish Arts Club Of Buffalo, American Music Center, BMI Film Scoring Scholarship
Additional information:
New Music Commissions include Yvar Mikhashoff (2 Works for The 1982 Buffalo Piano Collection); The North American New Music Festival/Hallwall’s Gallery (Music for Electric Guitar Quartet); West Hollywood Saxophone Quartet (Carnegie Recital Hall: 1992); Symphony Space (1993: World Premiere of Intolerance); The American Festival of Microtonal Music (1994 World Premiere of The Fall Of The House of Usher), Mabou Mines/The Kitchen (Real to Reel: 1994); Shakespeare-In-The-Park, Buffalo (The Twelfthe Night: score: 1988); The Los Angeles Director’s Guild (Nosferatu solo guitar score: 1994) The New York Shakespeare Festival Film Series (Hamlet piano/guitar score); Yale Drama Dept./Andrew Utter (Lydie Breeze: score); The World Financial Center (The Hunchback of Notre Dame guitar orchestra score: 1999).
Theatrical & Film Score Commissions include Road Less Traveled Theatre (Triangles, BBA, The Man Who Had All The Luck, An Illiad: removed ); KINO International DVD (A Christmas Past: 2001); The Film Society of Lincoln Center (Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: Piano Concerto: 2004 & Broken Blossoms: Piano Trio & Guitar: 2008); and Turner Classic Movies/Sandra Birnhak (A Christmas Past: 7 Silent Films-String Quartet & Harp, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: Piano Concerto & Broken Blossoms: Piano Trio & Guitar: 2009). I also performed and conducted commissioned theatrical scores at Arizona State University, Bucknell University & New York University, with Fred Neumann & Mabou Mines).
License & Passport
| Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
| Secondary Job Title | Composing/Arranging |
|---|---|
| Job Titles | Music Production, Content Producer, Composer, Music Producer, Music Director, Producer |
| Years in industry | 6+ years |
| Musical Skills | Guitar |
| Musical Style | Acid Rock, Acoustic, Avant-garde, Blues, Chamber, Classic rock, Classical, Folk, Indie, Rock |