Musician And Entertainer, Yosemite National Park
CurrentPIANO / VOCAL PERFORMANCE, INTERPRETIVE PRESENTATIONS• Highly adaptable performance style and repertoire suits a wide range of audiences, environments, and venues from small rooms to concert halls. Specialties: Song Standards 1850-1960, historic parlor music, semi-classical, ragtime, jazz, Celtic & American folk.• My unique skill set spans many departments, beyond the duties of company musicians. On the job I attract and engage guests with piano/vocal entertainment interwoven with interpretive historical content.INTERPRETATION: PRODUCTION & PERFORMANCE• Research, write and produce high-quality multi-media performances relevant to Yosemite visitors.• Produced from concept to publication “Vintage Songs of Yosemite – The DVD.”• Create, produce, and administer large scale multi-venue interpretive events, including: 1999 Camp Curry Centennial (four days of events); 2002 Ahwahnee 75th Anniversary; 2003-2009 annual Yosemite Heritage Holidays.• Create & produce high-quality printed material with historic graphics and content for Yosemite’s hotels, including programs, menus, guides, and posters.• Create and deliver historic walking tours (Wawona Hotel).• 2010 Keynote Address for U.S. Mint unveiling of Yosemite Quarter; 2010 Keynote Address for Yosemite Conservancy Fall Forum; 2004 Luncheon Address to U.S. Interior Secretary Gail Norton and party.• Food & Beverage: Increased sales of hors d’ oeuvres, desserts, and beverages.• Retail: Sales of CDs/DVDs.• Rooms: Guests regularly comment that they schedule their stays in order to hear me.• PR & Marketing: Thousands of copies sold of my CDs/DVDs, my website online since 1996, a continuous stream of news articles about me, recognition in most travel guide books, guest comments on Trip Advisor and Yelp generate positive media for my employer.• Interpretive Services: Regular formal interpretive programs on various aspects of Yosemite history.• My array of benefits to Yosemite's concessionaire is unmatched.
