Joshua Stephen Kartes
Composer, Arranger, Pianist, Vocalist(812) 320-5772
j@joshuastephenkartes.com
— E D U C A T I O N —
Bachelor of Music • Indiana University Jacobs School of Music • Bloomington, IN • 2005
Music composition studies with Don Freund, P. Q. Phan, Sven-David Sandström, David Dzubay
Piano studies with Jean-Louis Haguenauer
Diploma • Mona Shores High School • Norton Shores, MI • 2000
— E M P L O Y M E N T —
The Duplex Piano Bar & Cabaret • New York, NY • March 2010 – present
Cabaret entertainer (pianist & vocalist)
Joshua Stephen Kartes Music • New York, NY • May 2005 – present
Owner; full-time freelance composer, arranger, pianist, vocalist; general musical services
Ooolitic Music • Bloomington, IN • September 2000 – present
Clinician and guest composer, Ooolation! Outdoor Singing Camps (2004 – present)
Arranger, engraver (2000 – present)
Executive assistant to Malcolm Dalglish, owner (2002 – 2005)
Columbia College • Chicago, IL • September 2008 – May 2009
Staff pianist and accompanist, Theatre Department
Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University • Chicago, IL • January 2006 &ndash May 2009 (intermittent)
Musical director and pianist, Theatre Department
New Prospect Baptist Church • Dolon, IN • January 2001 – April 2005
Musical director, choral director, pianist
— C O M M I S S I O N S —
Mona Shores High School Choirs • Norton Shores, MI • Shawn Lawton, Director
"Sing We Noel" for SATB choir and orchestra
Commissioned by the Mona Shores Choir Association on the occasion of the 25th Annual Mona Shores High School Singing Christmas Tree Holiday Concert
Premiere date: December 3, 2009
First Congregational Church • Muskegon, MI • Tom & Solee Clark, Music Co-directors
"Many Parts, One Body" for SATB choir, handbells, wind ensemble, organ & piano
Commissioned by the First Congregational Church of Muskegon, Michigan, on the occasion of its 150th anniversary
Premiere date: June 7, 2009
Rockwood School District • Wildwood, MO • Joseph Gutowski, Orchestra Director
"Twisted in Time" for string orchestra
Written for the Lafayette High School Orchestra and the Lafayette Quadrant of the Rockwood School District
Premiere date: November 7, 2007
— P E R F O R M A N C E S —
Huntington Cabaret Performance Workshop • New York, NY • Linda Ray, Director • May 2, 2010 • PREMIERE • upcoming
"We'll Provide the Entertainment" for mixed theatre/cabaret ensemble
Performed at The Duplex by the Huntington Cabaret Performance Workshop singers
Song of the Earth • Bethesda, MD • Gisele Becker, Choir Director • April 23, 2010 • upcoming
"Dando" for a cappella mixed choir and percussion
Performed at The Music Center at Strathmore by the Carpe Diem Singers
The Welcome Table • Bloomington, IN • Malcolm Dalglish, Director • February 20, 2010
"Dando" for a cappella mixed choir and percussion
"Tsela Zhespódi Neme" for mixed choir and percussion
Performed at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater by The Welcome Table cast
Ooolation! Outdoor Singing Camp • Lee Vining, CA • Malcolm Dalglish, Director • July 31 – August 2, 2009 • PREMIERE
"Dando" for a cappella mixed choir and percussion
Performed by the Ooolation! Singers in three concerts
The Chicago AIDS Quilt Songbook • Chicago, IL • December 1, 2008 • PREMIERE
A benefit for Season of Concern; presented by Chicago Opera Vanguard
"Birthday" for tenor voice and piano
Performed at The Court Theatre by Herb Lentz (tenor) and Joshua Stephen Kartes (piano)
Ooolation! Outdoor Singing Camp • Lee Vining, CA • Malcolm Dalglish, Director • August 2 – 4, 2008
"The Calling Under the Breath" for a cappella mixed choir
Performed by the Ooolation! Singers in three concerts
First Congregational Church • Muskegon, MI • March 23, 2008 • PREMIERE
"Easter Alleluia" for vocal quintet and piano
Performed by Stephen, Barbara, Brennen, Logan, and Joshua Stephen Kartes
Valencia High School • Valencia, CA • Christine Enns, Choir Director • September 18, 2007
"Tsela Zhespódi Neme" for mixed choir and percussion
Performed by the Valencia High School Choir
Ooolation! Outdoor Singing Camp • Lee Vining, CA • Malcolm Dalglish, Director • July 27 – 29, 2007
"Tsela Zhespódi Neme" for mixed choir and percussion
Performed by the Ooolation! Singers in three concerts
Ooolation! Outdoor Singing Camp • Lee Vining, CA • Malcolm Dalglish, Director • August 11 – 13, 2006 • PREMIERE
"The Calling Under the Breath" for a cappella mixed choir
Performed by the Ooolation! Singers in three concerts
Ooolation! Outdoor Singing Camp • Lee Vining, CA • Malcolm Dalglish, Director • August 11 – 13, 2005 • PREMIERE
"Tsela Zhespódi Neme" for mixed choir and percussion
Performed by the Ooolation! Singers in three concerts
— T H E A T R I C A L E X P E R I E N C E —
Composing & Arranging
Ghetto by Joshua Sobol • Northwestern University • Evanston, IL
Arranger, composer
Performances at the Ethel M. Barber Theater, Northwestern University: May 22 – 31, 2009
Santa ... Deux? • Li'l Buds Theatre Company • Chicago, IL
Composer, arranger
Performances at the Artistic Home Theatre: November 22 – December 28, 2008
Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night • Theo Ubique Theatre Company • Chicago, IL
Co-creator, musical arranger
Performances at the No Exit Café: June 6 – October 25, 2008
Undercover by James R. Wilke • NewTown Writers • Chicago, IL
Composer (incidental music)
Performances at the Studio Theatre, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre: June 11 & 12, 2006
Musical Direction
Living For Today II — second annual benefit concert for the Gilana Shira Alpert Fund • New York, NY
Musical director, pianist, arranger
Performance at the Laurie Beechman Theatre: October 25, 2009
Songs in the Key of Today: A New Topical Review • Stages 2009 at Theatre Building Chicago • Chicago, IL
Musical director, pianist
Performances at Theatre Building Chicago: August 21 – 23, 2009
Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night • Theo Ubique Theatre Company • Chicago, IL
Musical director, pianist
Performances at the Chicago Park District Theater on the Lake: July 15 – 19, 2009
Ghetto by Joshua Sobol • Northwestern University • Evanston, IL
Musical director Performances at the Ethel M. Barber Theater, Northwestern University: May 22 – 31, 2009
The American Songbook 5: Kinda Swellish and Rockefellish • Chicago College of Performing Arts • Chicago, IL
Musical director, pianist
Performances at the Miller Studio Theatre, Roosevelt University: February 11 – 15, 2009
Santa ... Deux? • Li'l Buds Theatre Company • Chicago, IL
Musical director
Performances at the Artistic Home Theatre: November 22 – December 28, 2008
It's a Jungle Out There: The Musical Musings of Randy Newman • Chicago College of Performing Arts • Chicago, IL
Musical director, arranger, pianist
Performances at the Miller Studio Theatre, Roosevelt University: November 12 – 16, 2008
Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night • Theo Ubique Theatre Company • Chicago, IL • WORLD PREMIERE
Musical director, pianist
Performances at the No Exit Café: June 6 – October 25, 2008
Tell Me on a Sunday by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber & Richard Maltby, Jr. • Bailiwick Repertory Theatre • Chicago, IL
Musical director, keyboardist
Performances at the Studio Theatre, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre: August 11 – September 26, 2008
Li'l Buds Theatre Company Summer Camp (children's theatre) • Chicago, IL
Musical director & pianist for abridged production of Peter Pan by Mark Charlap & Carolyn Leigh
Theatre Building Chicago, June 16 – 27, 2008
The American Songbook 4: Cole Porter and a Winsome Then Some • Chicago College of Performing Arts • Chicago, IL
Musical director, pianist
Performances at the Miller Studio Theatre, Roosevelt University: February 13 – 17, 2008
Cabaret by John Kander & Fred Ebb • Theo Ubique Theatre Company • Chicago, IL
Musical director, diction coach (German language and accent), pianist (as "Greta Gripp")
Performances at the No Exit Café: October 26 – December 31, 2007
The American Songbook 3: Sweet and Lowdown • Chicago College of Performing Arts • Chicago, IL
Musical director, pianist
Performances at the Miller Studio Theatre, Roosevelt University: February 14 – 18, 2007
Side by Side by Sondheim • Theo Ubique Theatre Company • Chicago, IL
Musical director, pianist
Performances at the No Exit Café: October 27 – December 10, 2006
The Fantasticks by Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones • Theo Ubique Theatre Company • Chicago, IL
Musical director, pianist
Performances at the No Exit Café: November 4 – December 11, 2005
— D I S C O G R A P H Y —
Happy Holidays • Joshua Stephen Kartes
Composer, arranger, pianist, vocalist
℗ & © 2009, Joshua Stephen Kartes
Into the Sky: Songs of Malcolm Dalglish • Ooodoo
Arranger, vocalist, pianist
℗ & © 2007, Ooolitic Music, BMI
Through My Eyes • David Bredenkamp
Arranger, orchestrator, pianist
℗ & © 2007, David Bredenkamp
— F I L M O G R A P H Y —
CATastrophe! • Short screenplay by James R. Wilke
Film score composer
Screenplay © 2005 & film © 2009, James R. Wilke
— A W A R D S & R E C O G N I T I O N —
2009 Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity Nomination • Best Musical Direction (Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night, Theo Ubique Theatre Company)
May 1, 2009
2009 Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity Nomination • Best New Adaptation (Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night, Theo Ubique Theatre Company)
May 1, 2009
2008 After Dark Award • Best Musical Direction (Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night, Theo Ubique Theatre Company)
September 25, 2008
2008 Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity Award • Best Musical Direction (Cabaret, Theo Ubique Theatre Company)
June 9, 2008
2007 Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity Nomination • Best Musical Direction (Side by Side by Sondheim, Theo Ubique Theatre Company)
May 1, 2007
— A F F I L I A T I O N S —
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts • New York, NY • 2010 – present
Special event pianist (Meet the Artist Series)
Huntington Cabaret Performance Workshop • Huntington, NY • 2010 – present
Musical director, pianist
Rock the Audition with Sheri Sanders • New York, NY • 2009 – present • website
Musical director, accompanist
Ooodoo Vocal Ensemble • Bloomington, IN • 2005 – present • website
Founding member, arranger
Kristopher McDowell Productions, Inc. • Chicago, IL • 2009 • website
Musical director, pianist, performer
Chicago Cabaret Professionals • Chicago, IL • 2008 – 2009 • website
Member, musical director, pianist, performer
Theo Ubique Theatre Company • Chicago, IL • 2007 – 2009 • website
Artistic associate, musical director, consultant
Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University • Chicago, IL • 2007 – 2009 • website
Musical director, accompanist
Three Cat Media • Chicago, IL • 2007 – 2008 • website
Musical director, pianist and guest artist for "Three Cat Thursdays" cabaret series
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