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ABOUT
THE OWNER
CHARLES ALEXANDER HAY
313 Manor Avenue, Cranford,
NJ 07016
(908) 272-6848 alec@helicon.biz
is
a composer, producer, engineer, musical director, performer and
teacher who runs a MIDI production suite and recording studio
in Cranford, New Jersey. Also known as "Alec," he has worked with
such theater groups as St. Paul's Players, Carnival Productions,
Montclair State University Players, Metropolitan Musical Theatre,
The Baird Theatre, Nutley Little Theatre, Chatham Community Players,
the Montclair Operetta Club, 4th Wall Musical Productions and
the Wings Theatre in the capacity of musical director and/or performer.
Among Alec's original works are the rock opera "King David," and
"Danse Macabre," a collection of pieces for choreography.
Alec lives with his wife Mary Ann and his two children Ian and
Cameron.
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Education:
Summit High School; Summit, NJ; General Ed.
Boston University; Boston, MA; English major.
Rutgers University; Newark, NJ; Applied Music.
Private Instruction:
Leslie Horvath; Choir Master/Organist,
St. Teresa Church, Summit, NJ: Six (6) years.
Howard Vogel; Choir Master/Organist,
Calvary Episcopal Church, Summit, NJ: Five (5) years.
Chester Fanning Smith; Concert pianist/professor,
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ: Four (4) years.
Credits/Experience:
Theater:
 Keyboards/Sound
Designer: "Working," Cornerstone Players, Sparta, NJ.
Musical Director: Off Broadway
production of "Vampires In Da House," Wings Theatre, NYC.
Stage and Musical Director/Keyboards/Sound
Designer: "Jesus Christ Superstar," MSU Players.
Keyboards/Sound Designer: "Pippin,"
4th Wall Musical Theatre.
Keyboards/Sound Designer: "Working,"
4th Wall Musical Theatre.
Musical Director/Sound Designer:
"Fantasticks," Carnival Productions.
Musical Director/Co-Writer/Sound
Designer: 60th Anniversary Musical Revue, MSU Players.
Musical Director/Keyboards/Sound
Designer: 4th Wall Musical Theatre, Morristown, NJ.
Musical Director/Keyboards/Sound
Designer: "Godspell," Carnival Productions.**
Casting Director/Keyboards:
"Jesus Christ Superstar," St. Paul's Players.
Musical Director/Sound Designer:
"The Fantasticks," Nutley Little Theatre.†
Musical Director/Keyboards/Sound
Designer: "Godspell," Montclair State University Players.
Musical Director/Keyboards/Sound
Designer: "Lovers And Other Strangers," Baird Theatre.††
Musical Director/Keyboards/Sound
Designer: "Pump Boys And Dinettes," Baird Theatre.†
Keyboards: "Jesus Christ Superstar,"
Montclair Operetta Club.†
Keyboards: "Jesus Christ Superstar,"
Chatham Community Players.†
Bands:
Keyboards: "J
V O," original rock band.
Keyboards: "Carpe Diem," a piano/vocal
duo act.
Keyboards: "Lawrence Of Suburbia,"
rock, R&B and originals.
Keyboards: "Mirror, Mirror,"
a progressive rock band.
Keyboards: "Local 192," a piano/vocal
duo cabaret act.
Keyboards: "Pontoons," a jazz
fusion band.
Keyboards: Solo Piano for lounges,
weddings and fund-raisers.
Production:
Owner/Operator:
Helicon Music Production Studio
Sound Designer/Engineer: "Ahrre's
Acoustic Coffee House," cable TV program.
Producer/Programmer/Keyboards:
Various Studio Clients.
Producer/Programmer/Keyboards:
"King David," a contemporary opera.
Producer/Programmer/Keyboards:
Various Broadway vocalists' audition tapes.
Producer/Programmer/Composer/Keyboards:
Six meditation tapes, Interweave Center.
Producer/Programmer//Composer/Keyboards:
Three Meditation tapes, Institute Of The Goddess.
Producer/Keyboards: Progressive
rock band Mirror Mirror, "Mirror Mirror."
Multi-Media:
Director: Music
& MIDI Services, Creative Media Services.
Composer and producer for ad
music beds, exercise videos and toys.
Teaching:
Piano Instructor:
Private and Group Instruction.
Course instructor for "An Introduction
To Applied MIDI," Elefante Music, New Providence, NJ.
Classroom piano instructor:
"The New School For The Arts," Montclair, NJ.
Original Works:
"Danse Macabre,"
a contemporary ballet.
"King David," a contemporary
opera.
"Witchcraft," a musical romantic
comedy.
"Walden III," a musical comedy/drama.
"The Passion Of Eros," a dramatic
cantata.
Numerous "single" compositions.
Other:
Martial Arts
Student/Instructor.
Ballroom Dance Student/Instructor.
Macintosh Computer Tech Support.
Studied Conducting, Composition,
Orchestration and Advanced Theory with Pulitzer winner Dr. George Walker.
Services:
Arrangements, transcriptions, instruction, MIDI implementation
and programming, sequencing, composition, performance, musical directing,
conducting, music engraving, soundtracks and music beds, SMPTE lock-up
for video/film, sound design, production, CD mastering, tech support.
Equipment:
96 track, 128 MIDI channel production suite. Vintage analog
and state-of-the-art digital equipment. Equipment list available upon
request.
References:
References, detailed résumé, client list, demo tapes and
scores available upon request.
†Award winning production. **Award Nominee. ††Special
"musicalized" version.
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