Professional Resume Niki Giermasinski Flutist ngiermasinski@berklee.edu Education: High School: Hopewell Valley Central High School 259 Pennington Titusville Rd Pennington, NJ 08534 (609) 737-­‐4000 Date of Graduation: June 2011 College: Berklee College of Music 1140 Boylston St Boston, MA 02215 (617) 266-­‐1400 Dual Major: Flute Performance Music Business/Management Expected Date of Graduation: May 2015 Studied Professionally With: • Barbara Highton Williams • Galina Prilutskaya • Wendy Rolfe • Harry Skoler • Peter Cokkinias • Shannon LeClaire • Fred Lipsius Musical Achievements: Volunteer Activities: • Volunteer at ReThink Music Conference (April ’12, Hynes Convention Center) • Volunteer flutist in orchestra for ‘Advanced Conducting Seminar with Live Orchestra’ course • Volunteer flutist in orchestra for ‘Instrumental Rehearsal Techniques for Music Education Majors’ course • Volunteer to sightread compositions by students in a Contemporary Techniques in Composition class • Volunteer to play in MP&E recording techniques class • Volunteered to perform for residents at Morville House (Fall ’12, Spring ’13) • Volunteered to perform in St Cecilia Church Mass ensemble every Sunday Performances With: • Berklee Symphonic Winds • Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra • Berklee Musical Theater Orchestra • Berklee Silent Film Orchestra • Berklee Musical Theater Club • Berklee Society of Composers • Advanced Woodwind Chamber Music ensemble • Piano Trio w/ Vocals ensemble • Audire Soundtrack Choir • Pit orchestra of Northeastern University’s Broadway 2K • Pit orchestra of Hopewell Valley Central High School’s Sound of Music, Anything Goes, Aida, and Les Miserables • Pit orchestra of Princeton Summer Theater’s Into the Woods • Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra • Westminster Choir College’s Chapel Choir • Princeton Pro Musica •
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Hopewell Valley Central High School Flute Ensemble Hopewell Valley Central High School Chamber Orchestra HVCHS Trio CJMEA Region Band Princeton, NJ based Flute/Cello/Piano Trio St Cecilia Church Mass ensemble John Patitucci Joe Lovano Danilo Perez Eva Gertz Eren Basbug Dylane York Arnie Roth Nobuo Uematsu Guinga Guy Bigel Jayn Rosenfeld Teresa Zhong Ronald Naldi Cheri Rose Katz Stephen Hatfield Judy Morse Galina Prilutskaya George Clinton Richard “Gus” Sebring Tracy Silverman Club/Organization Involvement During Berklee: Years Club/Organization Status 2011-­‐12 Music Business Club Member 2011-­‐13 Symphonic Winds Princ. Flute/Piccolo; 3rd Clarinet 2011-­‐12 Music Law Group Member 2013 Musical Theater Club Orchestra Member 2013 Society of Composers Orchestra Member 2013 Audire Soundtrack Choir Orchestra Member 2011-­‐15 Grammy U Member 2012-­‐14 Scoring Sessions Program Member (Flute/Piccolo) 2011-­‐14 Dean’s List Lister 2013 Metrowest Symphony Orch Temporary Princ. Flute Sub 2013-­‐14 Flute Society at Berklee PR Officer; Vice President 2013-­‐14 Silent Film Orchestra Principal Flute Performances At: • Hopewell Valley Central High School Performing Arts Center e Spring 2008 Sound of Music e Spring 2009 Anything Goes e Spring 2010 Aida e Spring 2011 Les Miserables e Spring 2011 as a soloist performing with the HVCHS Wind Ensemble e Various concerts with HVCHS Flute Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra, Concert Choir, Ragazze, and Chamber Singers • Howe Commons (Pennington, NJ) e Various outdoor Winter concerts with HVCHS Flute Ensemble • HVCHS Mona Lisa Society events (society for helping impoverished women in foreign countries) • Various venues for CJMEA Region Band • 2007 e 2008 e 2009 e 2010 e 2011 • Westminster Choir College’s Bristol Chapel and Williamson Hall for Children Helping Children Ronald McDonald House Charities Performathons e 2007 e 2008 e 2009 e 2010 • Westminster Choir College 14th Concerto Competition (Princeton, NJ) e 2009 2nd place winner • Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre (Performer at Mercer County Teen Arts Festival) e May 2009 e May 2010 e May 2011 • Princeton University’s Hamilton Murray Theater e Summer 2011 Princeton Summer Theater’s Into the Woods • Princeton University’s Taplin Auditorium e October 2009 Princeton Student Charity Concert • Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium e January 2007 Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra 45th Anniversary Winter Concert with NYC Met Opera tenor Ronald Naldi e June 2007 Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra concert e June 2008 Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra concert e January 2009 Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra concert with mezzo-­‐soprano Cheri Rose Katz e June 2009 Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra concert e January 2010 Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra concert e June 2010 Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra 50th Anniversary Spring Concert with Princeton Pro Musica e February 2011 Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra concert e June 2011 Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra concert • Princeton Church of Christ e January 2011 Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra • Montgomery High School Performing Arts Center e May 2011 Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra concert • Jayn Rosenfeld Masterclass (Princeton, NJ) e 2008 Princeton Symphony Orchestra Bravo! series flute masterclass • Skidmore College Flute Institute Program e Summer 2008 • NJMTA Composer Commission Competition (debuted composers’ works) e 2007 Awarded Gold e 2008 Awarded Silver • Rider University e 2008 Music-­‐Fest Rising Talents Festival Winners Concert • Merkin Concert Hall (Kaufman Music Center, NYC) e 2009 Music-­‐Fest Rising Talents Festival Winners Concert • Carnegie Hall, NYC e 2008 American Fine Arts Festival Music Association Winners’ Concert e 2009 American Fine Arts Festival Music Association Winners’ Concert e 2010 HVCHS Chamber Orchestra • Northeastern University’s Blackman Auditorium e Fall 2011 Broadway 2K e Fall 2012 A Night at the Drive In (Music Director/Conductor) • Jordan Hall, Boston, MA e Spring 2013 Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra with John Patitucci, Joe Lovano and Danilo Perez • Symphony Hall, Boston, MA e Fall 2013 Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra under Arnie Roth and Nobuo Uematsu • Berklee Performance Center e Spring 2012 Berklee Symphonic Winds e Fall 2012 Divas, Dictators & Queens e Spring 2013 Hair e Spring 2013 Berklee Symphonic Winds e Spring 2013 Professional Writing and Music Technology Awards Concert e Fall 2013 “Guinga Meets Berklee” Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra • The Loft (Berklee) e Spring 2013 Misunderstood: A Villain’s Revue • Berk Recital Hall (Berklee) e Fall 2013 Guy Bigel’s senior recital concert • David Friend Recital Hall (Berklee) e Spring 2013 Advanced Woodwind Chamber Music Ensemble • Berklee 1W e February 2014 Composers’ recital (Eva Gertz’s piece) • WGBH Fraser Performance Studio e Spring 2013 Berklee Scoring Sessions Program with George Clinton e Fall 2013 Berklee Scoring Sessions Program with George Clinton and Richard “Gus” Sebring • The Record Company, Boston, MA e Summer 2013 Eren Basbug’s orchestral arrangement of Dream Theater’s “False Awakening Suite” • Morville House, Boston, MA e Fall 2012 Piano duo e Spring 2013 Advanced Woodwind Chamber Music Ensemble • Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA e Fall 2013 Safety Last! Berklee Silent Film Orchestra • Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA e Spring 2014 “Soundwaves” Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra • St. Cecilia Church, Boston, MA e February 2013-­‐Present Sunday Masses • First Church in Boston e Spring 2013 Society of Composers concert • Greater Boston Vineyard Church e Spring 2013 Audire Soundtrack Choir concert “Where Film Meets Reality” • Various Berklee ensemble recitals e Spring 2012 Piano Trio w/ Vocals Related Skills: Advanced Piano Proficiency (13 years), Advanced Piccolo Proficiency, Advanced Alto Flute Proficiency, Intermediate Alto Saxophone Proficiency, Basic Guitar Proficiency, Basic Clarinet Proficiency Referenced Available Upon Request