CHRISTOPHER PEIFER is foremost a rock
musician, having recorded and toured the world with The Kowalskis,
sir, Frances Farmer My Hero and 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 . .
Chris
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, Alan Alda, Charlie Rose, Nick Cave, Cat
Power, David Byrne, They Might Be Giants, Richie Havens, Allen Toussaint, among
many others.
As sound designer / composer (ASCAP) with credits from
Fringe to Broadway, he is available for theatre, film, television, radio,
studio, industrials, corporate, commercial, etc.
EDUCATION
University
at Albany, State University of New York
Concentration in Design and Technical Theatre
Summa Cum Laude, 3.93 GPA
Additional
studies: Studio Art, Art History, Music
History, Music Theory, Writing Intensives, Human Diversity
Art Students
League of New York
Courses in drawing and painting 2002 – present
FELLOWSHIPS
Agnes E. Futterer Memorial Fellowship
Awarded to the senior who has made the most
significant contribution to the theatre program and department during his or
her undergraduate career, University at Albany, State University of New York,
1996.
HONORS &
AWARDS
Off-Off
Broadway Review (OOBR) Award
Costume Design of Gallery Players production
of Pirates of Penzance,
1999.
Kennedy
Center/American College Theatre Festival (KC/ACTF) Regional Design Nominee
Vampire
Lesbians of Sodom – Costume design displayed and production presented at SUNY Buffalo, American
College Theatre Festival, Region II, 1995.
KC/ACTF
Meritorious Achievement Award for Costume Design
Vampire
Lesbians of Sodom – Costume design displayed at SUNY Buffalo, American College Theatre Festival,
Region II, 1995.
KC/ACTF
Meritorious Achievement Award for Graphic Art
Vampire Lesbians
of Sodom –
Graphic Art displayed at SUNY Buffalo, American College Theatre Festival,
Region II, 1995.
Phi Beta Kappa
Elected to the academic honor society
in 1996.
Golden Key
National Honor Society
Elected to the academic honor society
in 1995.
Presidential
Undergraduate Research Award
University at Albany, State University of New York, 1996.
Dean’s List of
Distinguished Students
University
at Albany, State University of New York, 1992 – 1996.
ACADEMIC
EMPLOYMENT AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Sound Design and Audio Production Practicum, Borough of Manhattan Community College, 2010 - present
Collaborated with students on sound design of Fall production; training and realization of independent
projects in sound design and show programming, voiceover, multi-track recording
and mixing.
Guest Artist
Elements of
Production, Borough of Manhattan Community College, 2004 – present
Development and delivery of lectures, presentations and
hands-on demonstrations for drawing, color theory, painting and costume design.
Guest Artist
Theatre
Practicum, Borough of Manhattan Community College, 2004 – present
Led demonstrations and collaborated with students in costume
technology, sound design and audio production, culminating in key elements of
realized theatrical productions.
Designer /
Instructor
Introduction
to Design for Theatre and Dance, American Ballet Theatre Make a Ballet,
1999 – 2000
Collaborated with American Ballet Theatre, artists,
instructors and city high school students at Frederick Douglass Academy, New
York, NY and Newark Arts High School, Newark, NJ, to conceive, choreograph,
design and produce an original dance concert, culminating in performances at
the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center.
Instructor
Introduction
to Technical Theatre, Costume Section, UMass, Amherst, 1996
Taught basic
costume construction and techniques to undergraduate theatre majors.
Student
Assistant
Costume
Studio, SUNYA, 1995 – 1996
As an
undergrad, assisted in the design, building and maintenance of costumes for
theatrical productions.
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Chicago, August 2011
Speaker / Presenter: Teaching Painting and Drawing to Theatre Students
A discussion of inherent artistic abilities and teaching methods of drawing and painting to theatre students, including confidence and skill building exercises, materials and techniques.
THEATRE PRODUCTION WORK
Production management and staging of international
music concerts for World Music Institute, and other organizations, including
the Flamenco Festival, at a variety of prestigious venues, including: Cooper Union, Symphony Space, Town Hall, NYU Skirball Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Sound Programmer and Engineer,
Manhattan Theatre Club, New York, NY, 2000-2006
In addition to sound design, responsible for all audio aspects of City Center Stage One productions (including the debut of the Tony award-winning “Doubt”), including assisting guest designers, design interpretation, implementation, show-control computer programming, running and maintaining production and equipment; as well as load-in, hang and focus of lighting.
Responsible for audio and lighting in lower Manhattan’s largest theatrical venue.
Biltmore Theatre, Whitney Museum, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Tribeca Film Festival, Japan
Society, Brooklyn College, Lincoln Center, Ballet Hispanico,
Lost Jazz Shrines, The Kraine Theatre, The Red Room,
The Vineyard, Roots of Brazil, Blue Heron Arts Center, Kai Brothers, John Jay
College, Bentley Meeker Lighting, St. Bart’s Cathedral, Design One, NYU, Ars Nova, NYC Chinese Cultural Center, Theatre Row, Harlem
Rep Theatre, Merkin Concert Hall, 37 Arts, Hear No
Evil, World Science Festival, Fuerza Bruta, NYC House Concerts, NY Fashion Week, NYPL, BAM
R&B Festival, City Center Encores!
Television and Film Production Assistant
Comedy Central Premium Blend ; Spike
Lee Bamboozled, Fox Someone Like You, MSNBC
Wardrobe
Supervisor
Pearls
for Pigs dir./des. Richard Foreman; Birth of the Boom Jomandi Productions
DESIGN
EXPERIENCE
COMPOSER &
SOUND DESIGNER
Responsible for conceiving and realizing appropriate and
original scores and soundscapes for theatrical
productions; requisitioning all equipment necessary to realize design;
composing and recording (and/or performing) music; creating and selecting sound
effects; collaborating closely with the artistic team, consisting of directors
and other designers; developing and finalizing design in technical rehearsals,
culminating with opening; researching, creating, recording and maintaining a
sound effects library.
