Howard Kilik

Composer/

Pianist/Conductor

 

Experience

    Broadway

      Phantom of the Opera, Keyboards

      A Chorus Line, Pianist

 

   Off-Broadway

     Nunsense, Douglas Fairbanks, Pianist/Conductor

    Anchorman, Theatre Four, Amer. Folk Th., Music Director/Keyboardist

 

   Other

   Dames at Sea, Fantasticks, Putting it Together, Pippin, You’re a Good Man…, Hair, The Emelin,   

                                                                             Mamaroneck, NY  Music Director/Keyboardist 

   Various Regional, Stock and Community Theatrical Productions - Music Director/Pianist

   The AMDA School, accompanist, NYC  

 

   Orchestral Conducting

    Three Dances from On The Town, Low Symphony by Philip Glass, Four Seasons by Piazolla,

   Variations by A.L. Webber 

 

Compositions

 

Theatre Music

 Noah and the Gremlins, (unproduced)

Christmas Salad, Maximilion Productions

Dream,a Musical Romp in the Woods, Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC 1986 and Westchester Comm. College 1997

 

Music for Dance

 Evolution, No Victory Too Small, Esa Eynai (for Voice and Tape), Prodigal, Wet Dog, Cantus (for Choir and Percussion), Bus Stop, Illusions, Nuclear Chants, Tides, Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre

Creation (for Big Band), Seven Chakras, Illusions (for Orchestra), Toys, All Creatures, Metamorphosis, Energy, Hour Time, Linda Duci Dance Ensemble

 

Awards

 Artist in Residence, Vassar College 1996 -

Meet the Composer Grant, Northern Westchester Center for the Arts

 

Education

         M.M., B.M.  Composition Juilliard                                           Piano- Jack Reilly
 
 

Other Skills

 

Proficient with Computer Programs: Finale, Cakewalk (SONAR), and Sailing.

   
     

Bio

         HOWARD KILIK, MM, BM Composition Juilliard, is a freelance pianist, conductor and composer with affiliations with many educational institutions throughout the New York Region.

      As composer he has received Meet-the-Composer grants, and has occupied a variety of resident artist positions.  Many works have been written for the Linda Duci Dance Ensemble and for the Vassar Repertory Dance Theater.  The score to Dream debuted to critical acclaim in Charleston, SC during the 1986 Spoleto Festival and has most recently been read in NYC.

      Music Director credits include: Dames at Sea, Fantasticks, Putting It Together, Charlie Brown, Pippin and Hair at the Emelin Theater, as well as many Vassar College and Westchester Community College productions. He has also conducted at Fordham University and Carnegie Hall and did the choral preparation for Carmina Burana at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College. Other credits include extensive Summer Stock, regional and community productions.  

      As pianist, Howard has subbed on and off Broadway for such shows as A Chorus Line, Phantom of the Opera and Nunsense, accompanied at the AMDA School in NYC, and has been a member of Comedy Express and The Players, improvising at the keyboard and supporting the comedy.

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