Bob Curry Fellow | Music Direction & Sound Design
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Kyle Anthony Cortés is listed as Composer | Performer | Sound Designer | Music Director at The Second City, a with 69 employees, based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Kyle Anthony Cortés.
Kyle Anthony Cortés previously worked as Bob Curry Fellow | Music Direction & Sound Design at The Second City and Sound Designer at Visión Latino Theatre Company. Kyle Anthony Cortés holds Master Of Music, Vocal Performance from Depaul University.
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About Kyle Anthony Cortés
Kyle Anthony Cortés, M.M. (He/Him), is an Afro-Latino composer, music director, singer-actor, sound designer, and educator based in Chicago. Working primarily as an music director and composer for the stage his recent credits include music directing and composing for a guest performance at The Second City of Onward and Off My Parent’s Health Insurance and co-sound designing the world premier of Judy's Life's Work with Definition Theater. In line with his artistic endeavors he is a teaching artist for the music conservatory at The Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) and has partnered with Forevermore Dance and Theater and Chicago Music and Acting Academy as a private lessons studio instructor covering the areas of voice, guitar, piano, and composition. While at ChiArts, he's designed and lead courses such as: Music Theory Fundamentals, Aural Skills, Vocal Performance Fundamentals 2 (French and German Diction), Treble Choir, and Acting the Song. Trained in classical voice, Cortés has sung operatic roles such as Lucio Silla in Handel’s Silla, the Witch in Hänsel und Gretel, Don Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro, and Mayor Upfold in Britten’s Albert Herring. Cortés completed his masters degree with honors in vocal performance at DePaul School of Music in Chicago. He relocated to Chicago after having graduated cum laude with two Bachelor of Music degrees from the University of Florida in vocal performance and composition.His other formal training includes a summer of private research in composition and combination-tones in the live-coding environment MAX/MSP at the Mozarteum Conservatory in Salzburg, Austria under their director of electro-acoustic composition, Dr. Achim Bornhöft, along with six-months of study with Dr. Jourdan L. Howell’s Palm Beach Opera Apprentice Studio. His interest in classical voice and composition led him to join the artistic team at Vizin-Production and Starr-Editing, Media Group as their composer-in-residence and young artist for the 2020-21 season, focusing on digital media productions of art song and opera. He is eager to share, collaborate, and bring to life stories through dynamic sonorous landscapes.
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Sep 2024 - Present
Teaching Artist: Treble Choir Director, Vocal Performance 2, Music Theory
Current
Jun 2023 - Present
Teaching Artist, Course Load Increase: Long Term Sub Vocal Performance Technique 1
Course load increase | Vocal Performance Foundations 1 | Class size: 20 | High School FreshmanCourse Scope: introducing English, Italian, and French diction, voice technique, and repertoire in a group setting. As the long term substitute the lead teacher asked me to design curriculum on French diction using Ici bas as the performance piece. I've pulled chapters from Grubb's "Singing in French: a manual of French diction and French vocal repertoire" and the 4th edition of Montgomery's " French Lyric Diction Workbook" and designed curriculum.
Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
Teaching Artist: Music Theory, Acting The Song Sy21-23
Sep 2021 - Jun 2023
Composer & Music Director
Sep 2022 - Nov 2022
Teaching Artist: Private Instructor
Current
Chicago Music And Acting Academy
Offering private instruction in Voice, Guitar, Piano, and Composition
Sep 2023 - Present
Music Director And Lead Curriculum Designer: Summer Musical Theater Intensive
CurrentDesigning curriculum for the inaugural Musical Theater Intensive and music directing the scenes program. Together we hosted a week intensive for 17 young artists (YA's). Each YA received individual voice and acting coaching, a masterclass session with 1 of 3 broadway artist virtually joining the sessions live from New York, and audition preparation classes. Programing for curriculum occurred remotely from Chicago, IL before our small team joined Wagner Summer Theater administrators in Iowa.
Feb 2023 - Present
Teaching Artist: Music Director & Private Instructor
CurrentOffering private lessons and music direction for spring and summer productions of musicals. Productions include: Matilda Jr.(Summer 2023), The Wizard of Oz (Spring 2024), and High School Musical (Summer 2024).
Jan 2022 - Present
Co-Sound Designer: Judy'S Life'S Work
Co-Sound Designer with Willow James working in Logic X Pro and QLab 5 to mix audio, program sound sequences, compose underscoring for 3 scenes, and coordinate sound with a team of artist from multiple disciplines.
Jan 2024 - Feb 2024
Composer & Music Director
Onward And Off Of My Parent'S Health Insurance, Sketch Comedy
Music directing and composing two productions of this sketch comedy. Our first run was at The Newport Theater during the month of November. Our show transferred to The 2nd City Theater for the month of January with performances every Saturday night where l played piano, guitar, and ran sound using Qlab 5.
Oct 2023 - Feb 2024
Teaching Artist: Music Director
Music directing the spring youth scenes program, summer production of Matilda Jr, and youth ensemble for the annual Citadel Theater Gala.
Jan 2023 - Jul 2023
Composer & Music Director
Newport Theater: Portrait Of A Bunch Of Ladies On Fire
Comedy show
Oct 2022 - Nov 2022
Teaching Artist: Vocal Performance Foundations 1, Long Term Substitute
Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
Treble Choir Conductor, Long Term Substitute
Jan 2022 - Apr 2022
Composer/Performer In Residence
Vizin Virtual Ensemble
Composing, recording, and producing audio for a virtual opera company. My Capstone project included workshopping an original opera with the company owner, Viktoria Vizin, working as the Librettist. Projects were presented at DePaul University and for the Chicago Chapter of the Wagner Society.
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Music Director & Vocal Coach
Fellowship Church Of High
Directing multiple ensembles, arranging lead sheets, arranging for strings, coachings, lighting design, stage design, volunteer-management, and managing a modest music budget for supplies, tech, and guest artists.
Dec 2015 - Jul 2019
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Mike Daffern
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Elmer Robias
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Jordan Armstrong
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Tyler Dean Kempf
Colleague at The Second CityChicago, Illinois, United States
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Warren Phynix Johnson
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Jennine Profeta
Colleague at The Second CityToronto, Ontario, Canada
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Courtney Kist
Colleague at The Second CityBrooklyn, New York, United States
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Mackenzie Makurat
Colleague at The Second CityChicago, Illinois, United States
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Rianna Persaud
Colleague at The Second CityToronto, Ontario, Canada
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Paul Austin
Colleague at The Second CityWest Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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Mike Daffern
Colleague at The Second CityWest Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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Elmer Robias
Colleague at The Second CityWashington, District Of Columbia, United States
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Jordan Armstrong
Colleague at The Second CityGreater Toronto Area, Canada
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Tyler Dean Kempf
Colleague at The Second CityChicago, Illinois, United States
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Warren Phynix Johnson
Colleague at The Second CityGreater Chicago Area, United States
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Jennine Profeta
Colleague at The Second CityToronto, Ontario, Canada
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Courtney Kist
Colleague at The Second CityBrooklyn, New York, United States
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Mackenzie Makurat
Colleague at The Second CityChicago, Illinois, United States
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Rianna Persaud
Colleague at The Second CityToronto, Ontario, Canada
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Paul Austin
Colleague at The Second CityWest Midlands, England, United Kingdom
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5 education records
Kyle Anthony Cortés education
Master Of Music, Vocal Performance
Bachelor Of Music, Vocal Performance
Bachelor Of Music, Music Theory And Composition
High School Diploma, Ib Diploma And Ib Bilingual (Spanish) Certificate
Bachelor'S Of Music, Music Theory And Composition
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Kyle Anthony Cortés works for The Second City.
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Kyle Anthony Cortés is listed as Composer | Performer | Sound Designer | Music Director at The Second City.
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Kyle Anthony Cortés is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States while working with The Second City.
What companies has Kyle Anthony Cortés worked for?
Kyle Anthony Cortés has worked for The Second City, Visión Latino Theatre Company, The Chicago High School For The Arts, Chicago Music And Acting Academy, and Wagner Summer Theater.
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Kyle Anthony Cortés's colleagues at The Second City include Mike Daffern, Elmer Robias, Jordan Armstrong, Tyler Dean Kempf, and Warren Phynix Johnson.
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Kyle Anthony Cortés holds Master Of Music, Vocal Performance from Depaul University.
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