Jon Moniaci
Brooklyn, NY
jonmoniaci [at] gmail.com

Selected Performances and Works
2023
Nail Biter

Dance score for choreographer Beth Gill. Premiered at the Fisher Center, Bard College. Presented at River to River Festival, New York City (2022), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (2023), Skirball Center NYU, New York City (2024).

2021
Heart Shaped Rock

Dance score, choreographed by Beth Gill at Little Island, New York. A site responsive work commissioned by Little Island Festival.
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2018
Pitkin Grove

Dance score, choreographed by Beth Gill at The Joyce Theater, New York.
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2017
Brand New Sidewalk

Dance score, choreographed by Beth Gill at The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN. Also presented at: ICA Boston, MA; American Dance Festival, Durham, NC; The Yard, Chilmark, MA; Abrons Art House, New York NY.
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Crystal Mooncone

Album release tour for Listening Beam Five. In collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck, at Michigan State University, Lansing, MI; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL; Ann Arbor, MI.
More at Innova Records

2016
Catacomb

Dance score, choreographed by Beth Gill at The Chocolate Factory Theater, NY. Also presented at: Fisher Center Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson NY; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus OH; Fusebox Festival, Austin TX; River to River Festival, New York NY.
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2014
New Work for the Desert

Dance score, choreographed by Beth Gill at New York Live Arts, New York.

Crystal Mooncone

In collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck, at San Francisco Center for New Music, San Francisco CA; Stanford University CCRMA, Palo Alto CA; National University, San Diego CA; University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA; Klowden Mann Gallery, Los Angeles CA. Culminated in the recording of Escape Cone Listening Beam 4.
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2013
Crystal Mooncone

In collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck, at University of California, Irvine; Temescal Arts Center, Oakland CA; Pieter Pasd, Los Angeles. Culminated in the recording of Escape Cone Listening Beam III.
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2012
intuition is preceding over my understanding.

Sound design and sound installation for a performance created by Chase Granoff at The Chocolate Factory, New York

Electric Midwife

Dance score, choreographed by Beth Gill at The Chocolate Factory, New York. Also presented at: APAP, New York City, January 2012; Nazareth College Dance Festival, Rochester NY, June 2012; River to River Festival, New York City, July 2012; Dance Umbrella Festival, London UK, Octoboer 2012; Fusebox Festival, Austin Texas, April 2013. Awarded a 2011 New York "Bessie" Dance and Performance Award for composition.
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2010
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

Musician and perfomer. Score by Peter Kerlin, show written and performed by Samuael Topiary, directed by Miguel Gutierrez at Abrons Arts Center, New York.

Get Mad at Sin!

Theatrical sound design and musical direction. Directed by Jeff Larson and acted by Andrew Dinwiddie at The Chocolate Factory, New York. Also presented at: Fusebox Festival, Austin Texas, May 2011; PICA TBA:2011 Festival in Portland, Oregon, September 2011.

The 25th Frame

Dance Score, choreographed by Alex Escalante at The Kitchen, New York.

2009
Finger Ensemble

Musicain and performer. Directed by composer Chris Peck, at Monkey Town, New York.

6 tape decks recording each other in sets of three for three hours

Sound installation, Movement Research Spring Festival: Roll Call, New York.

Listening Music for the Age of Crystal Moon Cone

In collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck, Dartmouth Festival of New Musics, Hannover, New Hampshire. Release of albumn Escape Cone Listening Beam II.
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2008
what it looks like, what it feels like

Dance sound installation, choreographed by Beth Gill at The Kitchen, New York.

hear the bland

In collaboration with Eleanor Bauer, Chase Granoff, Beth Gill and Chris Peck, at the Mission Creek Arts and Music Festival, San Francisco.

lost child

In collaboration with performance artist Perel, at Monkey Town, New York.

24x4x4

In collaboration with musician Seth Cluett, choreographer Rachel Bernsen and dancer Julie Alexander, Movement Research Spring Festival: Somewhere Out There, New York.

Thank you, boredom.

Researcher and perfomer, directed by Chase Granoff, at Dance Theater Workshop Studio Series, New York.

accordion and tapes

Live performance at Live Sh-- series at The Chocolate Factory, New York.

2007
Listening Music for the Age of Crystal Moon Cone

In collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Eleanor & Eleanor

Dance score, choreographed by Beth Gill at Dance Theater Workshop, New York.

a gift of BOREDOM!!!

Performance collaboration with dance artist Chase Granoff at Food For Thought series, Danspace Project, New York

BOREDOM!!! (as an amplifier)

Performance in collaboration with dance artist Chase Granoff, premiered at The Chocolate Factory, New York. Presented at the Nomadic New York Festival, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin, Germany.

Open

Musician for a dance score by Stephen Rush and Chris Peck, choreographed by Jennifer Allen at The Kitchen, New York.

The Tiger Situation

Dance score in collaboration with Peter Kerlin, choreographed by Anna Sperber at Dance Theater Workshop, New York.

Swallow Sand

Dance score, choreographed by Alex Escalante at Dance Theater Workshop Studio Series, New York.

2006
❤ the band

In collaboration with Eleanor Bauer, Chris Peck and Beth Gill at Body Blend series, Dixon Place, New York. Presented at Catch 18, Galapagos Art Space, New York.

5' in the Closet Again Again

Performer, directed by composer Chris Peck and choreographer Beth Gill at The Chocolate Factory, New York.

Burden

Score, in collaboration with performance artist Perel and Peter Kerlin at The Chocolate Factory, New York.

2005
Brooklyn Adult Recorder Choir

Musician and soloist, directed by composer Chris Peck and choreographer Beth Gill, Movement Research Fall Festival, New York.

For a Private House

In collaboration with Peter Jacobs, Dean Moss and Tom Fruin, Movement Research Fall Festival: Open Source, New York.

Boredom with objects!

Performance collaboration with dance artist Chase Granoff, Fresh Tracks series, Dance Theater Workshop, New York.

Dendron

Dance score in collaboration with Chris Peck, choreographed by Mark Jarecke premiered at Dancespace Project, New York. Presented by Dornbracht Culture Projects, Milan, Italy.

Spazio 1

Sound installation presented by Dornbracht Culture Projects, Milan, Italy.

part of presence:space,

Performance collaboration with dance artist Chase Granoff in The Young Americans program, Food For Thought Series, Danspace Project, New York.

2004
Untitled

Performance collabration, dance/music duet with dance artist Chase Granoff at Movement Research Fall Festival: Improvisation is Hard, New York.

ooey gooey

Dance score, with choreographer Jeremy Wade at Howl Festival of East Village Arts, New York.

Curatorial
2008
AUNTS Presents: Team One

Team-curator, at The Chocolate Factory, New York.

Movement Research Spring Festival: Somewhere Out There

Co-web-curator with Chase Granoff, New York.

Discography, Publications and Awards
2017
Crystal Mooncone: Listening Beam 5

Recording project in collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck, released on Innova Records.
More at Innova Records

2014
Crystal Mooncone Presents: Escape Cone Listening Beam 4

Recording project in collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck.
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2013
Crystal Mooncone Presents: Escape Cone Listening Beam III

Recording project in collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck. Released by Deep Listening Instutue.
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2011
New York "Bessie" Dance and Performance Award

Received for composition for the score for Beth Gill's Electric Midwife.

2009
Listening Music for the Age of Crystal Moon Cone Presents: Escape Cone Beam Listening II

Recording collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck.
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Movement Research Performance Journal 36

Co-editor with Trajal Harrel, published by Movement Research, New York.

2006
think words freak gasp

Recording collaboration by hear the band: Beth Gill, Chase Granoff, Eleanor Bauer and Chris Peck.

Teaching
2014-15
Music 100: Fundamentals of Music — Exploring New Musics

National University, Online Course.
Developed and co-taught the course with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck.

2014
Dance Improvisation Master Class

Conducted with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck at University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA.

Music Improvisation Master Class

Conducted with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck at University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA.

2007
Master Class

Conducted with Chris Peck at the Performing Arts Technology Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Education
2003
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

BFA, Performing Arts Technology (Music Concentration).