Toshio Mana
bass, electric bass, guitar, piano/keyboards
Employment History
Double bass/electric bass teacher, Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA, 2007-current
Double bass teacher, Adjunct faculty, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA, 2010-current
Sheet Music, Band, and Orchestral retail associate, Sam Ash Music, Cherry Hill, NJ, 2007-2010
Freelance musician, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA, 2003-current
Website Developer, Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, 2000-2003
Performance History
Orchestral Experience:
Musica Bella, New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble, Oberlin Chamber Orchestra, Oberlin Orchestra, Color Music Orchestra, William Maselli & Krystal Productions
Chamber Ensembles:
Philadelphia Freedom Band, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Oberlin Wind Ensemble, Trained Monkey Ensemble
Musical Theater/Opera
Baal, As You Like It, Falsettoland, Cosi fan tutte
Bands:
*V*I*R*G*O*, Waken, the Bootlickers, No Matter, Ego<is>him, Tattered Hat, Yolanda and the Plastic Family, Section 8, Salvation Army Worship Service
Singer-Songwriters:
Allison Tartalia, John Raymond Pollard, Frank Grimaldi, James Easter Bradford, Daniel Cartier, Freddy Freeman, Michael West, Tommy Johns, Andy Northrup, Drew Paralic
Recordings:
John Luther Adams, John Raymond Pollard, Freddy Freeman, Matthew Temple, Waken, Allison Tartalia
Television and Radio Appearances:
Can't Get a Date: James, Making the Scene, Sirius OutQ, It's a Queer Thang - KFCF 88.1FM
Other Experience:
Live sound engineer, transcriber/copyist, private teacher
Education
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio
Bachelor of Music in Performance, December, 1999
Bass Teachers:
Anthony D'Amico
Thomas Sperl
Rahn Yahnes
Piano Teachers:
Tara Franquez
Margaret Laufenberger |