Marty Angstreich

Available

An accomplished Musical Director, composer, arranger, performer (keyboards, guitars), and vocalist with over 30 years of experience in the music business. The consummate professional, with hundreds of performances under my belt, I look forward to new challenges and opportunities to utilize my exceptional music skills to enhance the work of others. Highly skilled in working with children's musical theater productions, as well as studio work (exceptional site reading skills.)

I began my music career at the age of 13, performing with my band, "The Music Trio," at a fund-raiser for Deborah Hospital. After spending many years working as the concert and rehearsal pianist with The Jeff Samaha Singers and the Brooklyn/Queens/Long Island Wedding & Bar Mitzvah with Bob Chevy, Herb Sherry, Charisma, The Noblemen, and many other houses, I helped to re-form Rainbow's End, a popular New York club and private affair band. My music career includes working many hotels on the "Borscht Belt" (the Catskills), concerts and shows at the Central Park Band Shell and at New York's The Palladium (backing Crystal Waters), Lincoln Center, The Powerhouse Theater and The Palace Theater in Connecticut, and many other local venues.

In 1989, I helped score the music for a potential off-Broadway show called "Mulberry Street," and that same year became the Music Director for Melody (Meitrott) Libonati, a Broadway musical theater star and soap actress. In 2003, I completed music directing Peter Pan, my twelfth production at the King and Low-Heyward Thomas School in Stamford, CT.

I have also worked wth The Not Ready For Broadway Players (North Brunswick, NJ) as their Musical Director for a several years, directing a number of their children's musical theater productions.

In 2001, I helped form The Sons of Tikvah Band, a Jewish music dance and concert band, as well as founding Congregation B'nai Tikvah of North Bruncwisk's first kids and teens choir (Kol Tikvah). In 2003 I accepted the position as Music Director with their adult choir, Makelah.

In 2004, I worked as Musical Director for the St. Joseph's High School (Metuchen, NJ) production of Oklahoma!, which has been recognized by Paper Mill Playhouse for a number of awards.

College of Staten Island
Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music
Private lessons with several pianists including Joseph "Doc" Scianni and Al Guastafeste.

A multitude of keyboards, guitars, effects, studio and midi equipment.

If you are looking for someone who can get it right the first time, can help drive the creative process, and help you to achieve your goals, can play his proverbial butt off . . . then I'm your guy!

New Jersey
New York

Vibes
Timpani
Piano
Organ
Keyboard
Harmonica
Hammond Organ
Guitar
Electric Guitar
Bass Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Violin
Voice - Backing
Voice - Lead
Synthesizers

Would you consider staff positions as well as freelance work?: yes
Do you have a driver's license?: yes