Education
Community College of RI
9/00 - 12/02
General Studies
Warwick, RI
Rhode Island College
9/03 - 5/05
Music Performance
Providence, RI
University of Phoenix
9/10 -
Associate of Arts/Concentration in Foundations of Business
Providence, RI
Independent Artistic Experience
as Ocean Born Muse
6/05 - 4/11
Music project
Composer, lyricist, singer, project manager, website and CD designer
Recorded works: Divine Technology (full album; 2007); Vindication (full album; 2008); Temple of Madness (EP; 2008); The Cold Blue Twilight (full album; 2009); The Absence of Machina (EP; December 2009), Sessions (EP; 2010), The Voiceless Sea (compilation; 2010), The Labyrinthine Conspiracy (in progress; full album; 2011).
Live performances: Decadence, 11/21/08; AS220, 2/10/09; Wasteland, 10/30/09; AS220, 11/21/09; AS220, 12/11/09; All Asia Bar, 5/2/10; Brooklyn Coffee Tea House, 6/4/10; Electronica4Life Benefit Concert, 8/15/10; AS220, 10/31/2010; Local 121 Speakeasy, 11/12/2010.
with Seeds of Atropos
2/10 - present
Music project
Composer, lyricist, singer (mezzosoprano), project manager
Featuring artists: Candice Christiansen (mezzosoprano, percussionist), Alex Tirrell (pianist), Nick Davies (violinist)
Recorded works: Season of Hope (in progress; full album; 2012)
as Muse en Lystrala
9/10 - present
Composer, lyricist, singer, instrumentalist
Recorded works: The Circle (in progress; full album; 2011/2012).
Live performances: Tazza Cafe Open Mic (with Lunares) 8/17/08; TempleCon Variete 4/5/2011.
Literature
The Celestial Nine (song and poetry book; 2009)
Angelsong (novel; 2008 NaNoWriMo Winner)
Renegade (novel; 2009 NaNoWriMo Winner)
Heaven's Gate (novel; in progress)
Nocturnal Magazine
Music, art, and film reviews
9/08 - 9/10
London, UK/Providence, RI
Promotions and Marketing
RI Nexus
Web content coordinator
Social media, blogging, event organization
4/10 - 1/11, 5/11 - present
Providence, RI
The Bella Morte Street Team
Captain/assistant captain
Digital and hard copy promotion, team management
4/09 - 9/10
Charlottesville, VA/Providence, RI
Collaborations
"In the Rain" and "Weather" with Era Nocturna; "Embrace the Unknown" with New Army and Zachary Vaudo; "Clockwork" remix by Experiment Haywire; "Immortal," "Snare," "Eyes of Gold," and "Dirge of Desdemona" with RaHb of Doomsday Virus (in progress); "Arielle" and with Elizabeth Lorrey (in progress).
Academic Artistic Experience
Garden City, Eden Park, and Horton Schools: Chorus 1990 - 1993 (alto); All-City Chorus 1993 (alto).
Hugh B. Bain Middle and Cranston West High Schools: Chorus/Concert Choir 1994 - 2000 (alto); Choral Festival 1994 - 2000; Cranston West Follies 1997, 1998, 2000 (cabaret/theatre/solo performance); Jesus Christ Superstar - CHSW Drama Autumn 1999
Rhode Island College: Rhode Island College Chorus 2003 - 2005 (alto I and II); Rhode Island College Student Recital Series 2004 - 2005 (mezzosoprano); RINATS Song Festival Spring 2005 (mezzosoprano); Memoirs of a Video Store Madman (theatre) - Autumn 2003
Links
~OllyHymnia on DeviantART
MuseOfLight on Twitter
Myspace Design Gallery
RI Nexus