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Tony's work combines: Acting & Theatre, Music, and Being Creative
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Middletown High School NY
Bachelor's Degree
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
Ithaca College
Associate's Degree
Music, General
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Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Sound Engineering Technicians:
High School
Bachelor's Degree: Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
Bachelor's Degree: Music, General
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
I changed my major when I changed colleges.
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My mentor helped me find work.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Parents:
I was the smartest of three boys and my parents thought I should be a lawyer. My music was thought of as a hobby, not a career.
How I responded:
I just kept doing what I wanted to do and it helped that my grades were good in college. When I got a summer job as an electrician at the (then) NY Shakespeare Festival, also called The Public Theatre, two good things happened: my father could read about the Festival in the paper thereby giving it validity and I found sound design. Until that summer, I had no idea about a career in theatre sound and what I had been studying seemed to have led me to this career.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
I had to find my own way as my parents had no idea. I started at the community college in my hometown where I lived. It was a good way to learn what college is about.
Oy! I was a mess in high school. I went from a straight A student to Cs and Ds. It wasn't fun being closeted and fat.