CHRISTOPHER PEIFER is foremost a rock musician, having recorded and toured the world with The Kowalskis, sir, Frances Farmer My Hero and many others. A bass and guitar player, he is available for session work with ORIGINAL acts, playing: Rock, Punk, Pop, Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Singer/songwriter, Americana . . .
A theatre designer and technician, Christopher has put sound around and lit such luminaries as Bill Clinton, Joey Ramone, The Roots, Ashley Judd, Spike Lee, Mary Tyler Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Amy Sedaris, Cherry Jones, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg . . .
As sound designer / composer (ASCAP) with credits from Fringe to Broadway, he is available for theatre, film, television, radio, studio, industrials, corporate, commercial, etc., offering full-service sound from concept through actualized design, state-of-the-art digital recording studio, voice-over, original scores and incidental music, vast sound effects library and on-location source recording; also available to teach, tutor and program show control: SFX (Stage Research, Inc.), AudioBox (Richmond Sound Design), G-type, Akai, all MIDI, digital, analog, sound editing software and more.
MUSICIAN & SONGWRITER
Published with ASCAP
Bass and guitar player for live and studio session work
Songwriter and bassist with Grande, Another Saturday Night and Heavy Creatures
Bassist with The Kowalskis: CD, North American and European tours
Songwriter and bassist with Sir: CD, Northeast / NYC rock circuit, British tour
Bass and guitar player with Frances Farmer My Hero: 3 recordings, European tour
Touring experience includes: U.S.A., Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy
Recordings at these studios: Dubway, LoHo, Threshold (NYC); Headgear, MetroSonic (Brooklyn), Don Casale (Long Island), Moonlight Mile (Hoboken); DMS, Hyland (Albany)
SOUND SKILLS
Multi-track Recording, Mixing, Editing
Live mix and wireless
Fully equipped Digital Studio featuring: Cakewalk Sonar 6 Producer’s Edition
Design and Show Programming with: SFX, AudioBox, Akai S6000, G-type, Ableton Live
SELECTED THEATRE DESIGN
Design Consultant to The Performing Arts Program at High Tech High School, Hudson County, NJ
COMPOSER & SOUND
Steve and Idi assistant to Scott Killian, Rattlestick Theatre, NYC 2008
The Time of My Life assistant to Scott Killian, Westport Country Playhouse, CT 2008
Edward the Second with composer Scott Killian, Red Bull Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, NYC 2007
The Wars assistant to Scott Killian, Theatre Calgary, AB, Canada 2007
Relatively Speaking assistant to Scott Killian, Westport Country Playhouse, CT 2007
A Doll’s House assistant to Scott Killian, Juilliard, NYC 2006
Hamlet assistant to Scott Killian, Berkshire Theatre Fest, MA 2006
Drawer Boy assistant to Scott Killian, Westport Country Playhouse, CT 2006
Defiance assistant to David Van Tieghem, Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC 2006
The Other Side assistant to Scott Killian, Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC 2005
Humble Boy assistant to Christopher Shutt, Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC 2003
Yellowman dir. Blanka Ziska, Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC 2002 (Elliot Sharp, composer)
Mrs. Reader / Linda Means to Wait dir.Shona Tucker, Aulis Collective, INTAR, NYC 2001
Slag Heap dir. Adrienne Thompson, Tisch School of the Arts, NYC 2001
Overheard dir. Russell Dobular, The Kraine Theatre, NYC 1999
Antigone (Anouilh) dir. Craig Pearlberg, Actor’s Co/Op, Primary Stages, NYC 1998
Train Stories dir. Carol Goodheart, Dark Horse Group, HB Playwrights Foundation, NYC 1998
COSTUME
American Ballet Theatre Workshop, Metropolitan Opera House, NYC 2000
Little Fishes dir. Kim T. Sharp, Abingdon Theatre Company, NYC 2000
Fiction Only, Please (premiere) dir. Mark Finley, Abingdon Theatre Company, NYC 1999
The Pirates of Penzance dir. Sydney Fortner, Gallery Players, Brooklyn 1999
The Mikado dir. William Brooke, Village Light Opera, FIT Haft Auditorium, NYC 1998
PRODUCTION WORK
Sound Programmer and Engineer, Light Board Operator and Electrician, Production Manager, New York, 1997 - present: Skirball Center, Cooper Union, Symphony Space, Sounds Like Art, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Biltmore Theatre, Whitney Museum’s Performance on 42nd series, TriBeCa Performing Arts Center, TriBeCa Film Festival, The Japan Society, Brooklyn College, John Jay College Theatre, Roots of Brazil, Ballet Hispanico, The Kraine Theatre, The Red Room, The Vineyard Theatre, Lincoln Center, Lost Jazz Shrines series, Bentley Meeker Lighting, St. Bart’s Cathedral, Blue Heron Arts Center, Design One, New York University, Kai Brothers, Ars Nova Theatre, NYC Chinese Cultural Center, The Musical Box, The Clurman (Theatre Row), Harlem Repertory Theatre, Town Hall, World Music Institute, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Merkin Concert Hall, 37 Arts, Hear No Evil, World Science Festival, Fuerza Bruta, NYC House Concerts
Television and Film P.A. Comedy Central Premium Blend; Spike Lee Bamboozled; MSNBC
TEACHING
Guest Lecturer, Intro to Theatre Design, Borough of Manhattan Community College 2004 - present
Instructor, Introduction to Design for Dance, American Ballet Theatre “Make a Ballet” program at Frederick Douglass Academy, NYC and Newark Arts H.S., NJ 1999 -- 2000
EDUCATION
University at Albany, State University of New York
B.A. Theatre: Concentration in Design and Technical Theatre, Summa Cum Laude
Art Students League of New York drawing, printmaking and painting 2002 – present
HONORS & AWARDS
Off-Off Broadway Review (oobr) Award, Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival (KC/ACTF) Regional Design Nominee, KC/ACTF Meritorious Achievement Award for Costume Design, KC/ACTF Meritorious Achievement Award for Graphic Art, Phi Beta Kappa, Dean’s List of Distinguished Students, Golden Key National Honor Society, Presidential Undergraduate Research Award, Agnes E. Futterer Memorial Fellowship
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
LIGHTING
ETC Consoles, Blueprint Reading
COMPUTER
MS Word, Photoshop, Lightwright, VectorWorks
COSTUME
Flat Patterning and Draping
Hand and Machine Sewing
Dyeing and Distressing
ART
Drafting (manual), Drawing, Rendering, Painting, Printmaking, Photography
MISCELLANEOUS
Writing, Modern Research Methods (Library, Internet and Field), Art History
VOLUNTEERISM
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
NYC: 4th Street Food Co-op, Downtown Boathouse
Benefit concerts for: Hurricane Katrina and Tsunami relief; The Kids Rock (for children with cancer)
