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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

 

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