Resume

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Education
MA, Modern Languages: French
California State University Los Angeles, 2010

MM, Viola Performance
San Francisco State University, 2007

MM, Piano Performance
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 2002

BA, Music: Piano Performance
University of Maryland, College Park, 1999

Experience
●2005-2007 – Director of Music, Peninsula SPACEMetropolitan Community Church, SPACESPACESan Mateo
●2003-04 – Accompanist, San Francisco Girls’ SPACEChorus
●2003-04 – Director of Music, St. Aidan’sSPACE SPACEEpiscopal Church, San Francisco
●2002-03 – Violist, Santa Cruz County SPACESEESPACESymphony
●2002-03 – Faculty, West Bay Music Academy SPACE(serving Fremont, CA)
●2000-02 – Stage Manager, SF Conservatory of SPACEMusic
●2001 (summer) – Stage Manager, Aspen Music SPACEFestival, Aspen, CO
●2000 – Cashier/Stocker, Real Foods, San SPACESPACEFrancisco (Stanyan location)
●1999-2000 – House Manager, The Studio SPACETheatre, Washington, DC
●1999 (summer) – Book Clerk, Second Story SPACEBooks, Washington, DC
●1998-99 – Circulation Staff, Univ. of Maryland SPACEPerforming Arts Library
●1997-99 – House Manager, Univ. of Maryland SPACEDept. of Theatre
●1995-99 – Stage Manager, Univ. of Maryland SPACESchool of Music

My Magic Elixir

My Magic Elixir, or "The Reincarnation of Rembrandt," is a play with music, specifically viola music.  The script explores the timelessness of the creative spirit, while the score exposes the gamut of expressive and technical potential of the viola.

The cast of 4 includes 1 male and 2 female actors and a violist. The actors move seamlessly from one setting to another and from one character to another, portraying the creative reawakenings of three different artists who live in different time periods and cities, as well as the people closest to these artists as they go through their transformations. The form is derived from the long-form improv structure, the Harold. Each protagonist has two supporting characters; the result is a total of 9 roles played by 3 actors. The viola plays a tenth character, Truth, who sometimes interacts with the actors onstage just like another actor, sometimes comments on the action like an observer.

Lucht is a background painter in 1660s Amsterdam; Torto is an American poet living and working in 1930s Amsterdam; and Marijn is a Dutch violist living in San Francisco in the current decade. All three experience first the negative consequences of denying their call to creativity, then the sudden understanding of their true desires, and finally the emotional clarity and renewed relationships that result from their newfound powers.

Como

A Novel by Caroline Dream

When Como, a 30-year-old blind man with extraordinary gifts, becomes dissatisfied with his success as a rock climber, he follows a series of unforeseen events that catapults him and his dog Casey in a new direction.  Informed by powerful visions that come while he sleeps, Como goes from following his path to creating it himself, affecting everyone around him with his strength and imagination.  This is a story of self-realization and transformation, accomplished through repeated inquiry within, and continued persistence and faith in the power of a dream.

This book is the first in a set of 8 small volumes designed to bring you whole new worlds of entertainment and imagination, yet still fit in your back pocket for quick access and easy transport. For more info or to order your own copy of Como please send an email to caroline@suitecaroline.net.