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CURRICULUM VITAE

"Is there such a thing as a modern renaissance man? Well, if there were, it would be Dario Slavazza."

- KQED

Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

SAG-AFTRA Member

BIO & CREDENTIALS

SELECT PERFORMANCES

2022 - Audio Performance
Soundwave NEXT - KING TIDES

Audio/Visual Performance at Gray Area

2021 - Composer/Sound Designer
Soundwave Translocality - Wavy Diary

GPS powered location based sound installation

2019 - Multi-instrumentalist
Aish Divine Tour

DJ’d with accompanying projections and visuals for West Coast tour of artist Aish Divine

2018/2019/2020 - Composer/Producer
City Hope

Produced and composed music for Tenderloin Community Center City Hope with performances at SF’s Great American Music Hall

2016 - Singer/Producer
Bowie Medley

Magik*Magik performs a tribute to David Bowie with Third Eye Blind on the Main Stage at Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Francisco

2015 - Producer/Performer
Pop Up Magazine TED conference

Magik*Magik composes and performs original music for the 2015 TED conference in Vancouver.
We were invited by Pop Up Magazine, a live storytelling experience from San Francisco.

2013 - Cast Member
Emmett Till, a river

By poet-composer Kevin Simmonds and poet and Yugen Artistic Associate Judy Halebsky, in collaboration with the Yugen Ensemble and Artistic Director Jubilith Moore, Noh Space, SF

2013 - Producer
Louis Vuitton America’s Cup

Magik string orchestra performs at opening of the LOUIS VUITTON CUP,
Legion of Honor, SF

2013 - Composer/Producer
BIRDCALL Performance

BIRDCALL commissioned Magik*Magik for her show at Viracocha, SF.

APPEARANCES

Nelson-Atkins Museum- 2024
Art Model - print acquisition

WeTransfer - 2024
Model

Tiny Telephone SF - 2019
Solo Performance 

Rickshaw Stop - 2019
Solo performance

SPUR - 2017
Producer with Sound Wave Festival

CJM - 2017
Producer with Sound Wave Festival

BAM NYC - 2017
Performer with Pop Up Magazine/Magik*Magik Orchestra

Davies Symphony Hall - 2015, 2016
Performer with Pop Up Magazine/Magik*Magik Orchestra

SELECT RECORDINGS

Dam Keeper - Copyist
Magik*Magik records the score for the 18 minute animated short THE DAM KEEPER , directed by Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo, over 2 days at Fantasy Studios

Son Lux - Copyist
Ryan Lott, aka SON LUX, hires Magik*Magik to record an original score for the French film The Other Side of the Freeway

Young ones - Copyist
Magik*Magik strings record the original film score for YOUNG ONES directed by Jake Paltrow. Music composed by Nathan Johnson.

Zipperz - Copyist
San Francisco Composer NATHANIEL STOOKEY and librettist DAN HARDER collaborate with Magik*Magik Orchestra to record their POPera, ZIPPERZ at Fantasy Studios.

What is this heart? - Copyist/Engineer
Magik provides original arrangements, brass, woodwind, and solo cello for HOW TO DRESS WELL'S 2014 LP WHAT IS THIS HEART?.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS

RESIDENCIES

2022 Mediate Art Group

  • Soundwave Board Member 

EDUCATION

B.A. in Music, Emphasis in Ethnomusicology

University of California, Santa Barbara,
May 2011

2021-2023 The Battery (SF)

  • Creative in Residence

WORK EXPERIENCE

2017-2022 Head of Curation
Feed Media Group

  • Managed the Feed.fm platform to program stations and optimize results

  • Translated audience demographics and psychographics into music strategies for FMG’s customers

  • Lead department and managed team of 7 curators

  • Collaborated with Rightsholders, Labels, and Distributors

2017-2018 Producing Director
Soundwave/Mediate Art Group

  • Liaised with Guest Curators on technical, scheduling and logistical needs 

  • Managed Artist communication and contracts

  • Developed marketing strategy and managed communication efforts 

  • Collaborated with Mediate Board to select new venues/guest curators for programming

2013-2017 Production Director/Arranger
Magik*Magik Orchestra

  • Arranged and composed music for small indie bands to worldwide pop groups

  • Oversaw recording sessions and live performances

2016-2017 Production Manager
Pop Up Magazine/California Sunday

  • Collaborated with story producers and musical director on various technical aspects of the production

  • Responsible for communicating the technical needs of shows with multiple theaters and managing the execution of production elements


2013-2016 Studio Manager
Zoo Labs

  • Recorded and produced artist and projects during Zoo Labs Artist Residency

  • Managed installation and planning of building gallery with Et. all Gallery

  • Coordinated and produced installations and performances in studio space