Steve Potter
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My Contact Number:
07586149680
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2016 |
Music and Sound Design
Film |
Gliwice Hamlet // The Snakes // Black Tenderness Arne Pohlmeier, Daniel Goldman, Tara Robinson / Firehouse Productions // Translating Theatre: 'Foreignisation' on Stage |
Gate Theatre, Notting Hill |
2013 |
Composer
Performing Arts |
Play, for 19 musicians George Benjamin, conductor / London Sinfonietta |
LSO St. Lukes |
2013 |
Music Director/Musician
Performing Arts |
Pinocchio Ashley Dean & Russell Dean / Strangeface Theatre Company |
Brewery Arts Centre (Kendal) and 65 further venues around Britain |
2012 |
Sessional Lecturer
Event |
Music Analysis King's College London |
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2012 |
Composer
Performing Arts |
100 Combat Troupes Kelina Gotman / London Sinfonietta |
Village Underground (London) |
2011 |
Composer/Performer
Performing Arts |
ADORENOSTORIES Kelina Gotman / ensemble ensemble |
Sussex University |
2011 |
Composer
Performing Arts |
Domaine Forget International Festival Lorraine Vaillancourt / Nouvel Ensemble Modern |
Salle Françoys-Bernier du Domaine Forget |
2011 |
Composer
Performing Arts |
International Ensemble Modern Academy Franck Ollu / Ensemble Modern |
soWi Innsbruck |
2011 |
Pianist
Performing Arts |
The Snowman Frances Lynch / Electric Voice Theatre |
rural tour |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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2011 | PhD Composition | King's College London |
Equipment
My Equipment/Kit: I have a Yamaha P-45 Digital Piano, including pedal, stand and carrying bag, a red Yamaha YC mini-organ, an iPad Pro equipped with ForScore software & Apple pencil, Donner bluetooth page-turning pedal, Korg electribe sampler, Shure SM58 microphone, Stagg high quality microphone cable, Alto Professional ZMX52 Mixer, 1x 6m 6.35mm TRS instrument cable, 1x 3m 6.35mm TRS instrument cable, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 audio interface, MacBook Pro 2021, Dorico 3.5, ProTools, GarageBand.
I can use: Sibelius, Avid Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Macbook Pro / Laptop, Microsoft Word, Garageband, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Excel, Google Docs, Ableton, Microsoft Powerpoint, Google Sheets, Wordpress, YouTube, Keynote, Instagram, QLab, Piano
About me
I am an American composer-pianist based in southwest London. Originally from northern California, I came to London 17 years ago to do a PhD, which I earned in April 2011 (Kings College London), and happily have stayed - I now divide my time between composing for video art and experimental theatre, performing, and teaching composition at Guildhall School of Music and Drama.I have frequently played with Velodrome, Musarc, Clapham Sings, London Improvisers Orchestra, Southbank Gamelan Ensemble and squib-box. A few recent venues: The Victoria Dalston, Mascara Bar (Stoke Newington), iKlectik Art Cafe (Waterloo), London Festival of Architecture (Battersea Power Station), Handel House (Mayfair).
I'm particularly interested in working with experimental theatre-makers, video artists, choreographers and filmmakers. Recently I did sound design for three staged readings at the Gate Theatre (Notting Hill) of three European plays in translation, as part of an AHRC Leadership Project, 'Translating Theatre: "Foreignisation on Stage"'.
I also enjoy accompanying opera and musicals, which I have done off and on for 27 years.
Additional skills:
Accordion and vocals
Industry awards:
Blue Touch Paper Bursary (2011, Esmee Fairbairn & Jerwood Foundations/London Sinfonietta); Music and Medicine Composition Prize (2009, Wellcome Foundation/King's College London); CAP grant (2008, American Music Center); Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Spoleto Prize (2006, Orpheus International New Chamber Opera Competition)
Referees:
Rosie Wright
George Benjamin
Mark Dean
License & Passport
Passport: | Yes |
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Secondary Job Title | Accompanist |
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Job Titles | Composer, Teacher, Music Director, Music Production, Copywriter / Copy Editor |
Years in industry | 6+ years |
Organisations / Memberships | Musicians Union (UK) |
Work Permits | USA |
Musical Skills | Hammond Organ, Harpsichord, Piano/Keyboards |
Musical Style | A capella, Avant-garde, Avant-garde jazz, Baroque, Big band, Cabaret, Chamber, Chamber jazz, Classical, Cool jazz, Experimental, Folk, Grunge, Improv, Jazz, World |