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

Selected Performances and Works

2021
  • Score for Heart Shaped Rock, choreographed by Beth Gill at Little Island, New York. A site responsive work commissioned by Little Island Festival.
2018
  • live score for Pitkin Grove, choreographed by Beth Gill at The Joyce Theater, New York.
2017
  • live score for Brand New Sidewalk, 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.
  • Crystal Mooncone, in collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck, at Michigan State University, Lansing, MI; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL; Ann Arbor, MI.
2016
  • live score for Catacomb, 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.
2014
  • live score for New Work for the Desert, 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.
2013
  • Crystal Mooncone, in collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck, at Dartmouth College, Hannover NH; RPI, Troy NY; Connecticut College, New London CT; Spectrum, New York City; The Beat Kitchen, Chicago IL; Red Roofed Church, Green Bay, WI; Mexicains Sans Frontieres, Grand Raipds, MI; Canterbury House, Ann Arbor, MI.
2012
  • Listening Music for the Age of Crystal Moon Cone, in collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck, at University of California, Irvine; Temescal Arts Center, Oakland CA; Pieter Pasd, Los Angeles.
2011
  • sound design and sound installation for intuition is preceding over my understanding., a performance created by Chase Granoff at The Chocolate Factory, New York
  • live score for Electric Midwife, 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.
2010
  • musician in Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, score by Peter Kerlin, show written and performed by Samuael Topiary, directed by Miguel Gutierrez at Abrons Arts Center, New York
  • sound design and musical direction for Get Mad at Sin!, 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.
  • live electronic score and actor for The 25th Frame, choreographed by Alex Escalante at The Kitchen, New York
2009
  • musician in Finger Ensemble, 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.
2008
  • sound installation for what it looks like, what it feels like, 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 Marissa 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.
  • researcher and performer in Thank you, boredom., directed by Chase Granoff, at Dance Theater Workshop Studio Series, New York.
  • accordion and tapes, 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.
  • live electro-acoustic score for Eleanor & Eleanor, choreographed by Beth Gill at Dance Theater Workshop, New York.
  • a gift of BOREDOM!!!, 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.
  • musician for Open, choreographed by Jennifer Allen at The Kitchen, New York.
  • live electronic score for The Tiger Situation, in collaboration with composer Peter Kerlin, choreographed by Anna Sperber at Dance Theater Workshop, New York.
  • live electronic score for Swallow Sand, 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.
  • performer in 5' in the Closet Again Again, directed by composer Chris Peck and choreographer Beth Gill at The Chocolate Factory, New York.
  • live acoustic score for Burden, in collaboration with performance artist Marissa Perel and Peter Kerlin at The Chocolate Factory, New York.
2005
  • soloist in the Brooklyn Adult Recorder Choir, directed by composer Chris Peck and choreographer Beth Gill, Movement Research Fall Festival, New York.
  • sound installation for 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!, in collaboration with dance artist Chase Granoff, Fresh Tracks series, Dance Theater Workshop, New York.
  • live electro-acoustic score for Dendron, in collaboration with composer 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, with dance artist Chase Granoff in The Young Americans program, Food For Thought Series, Danspace Project, New York.
2004
  • Untitled, dance/music duet in collaboration with dance artist Chase Granoff at Movement Research Fall Festival: Improvisation is Hard, New York.
  • musician for ooey gooey, dance/music duet in collaboration with choreographer Jeremy Wade at Howl Festival of East Village Arts, New York.
2003
  • being as it is, sound and video installation in collaboration with Tobi Hollander, Amy Koenigbauer and Jason van Dalson, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • sound flowers, interactive electro-acoustic sculpture, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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, in collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck, released on Innova Records.
2014
  • Crystal Mooncone Presents: Escape Cone Listening Beam 4, recording in collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck.
2013
  • Crystal Mooncone Presents: Escape Cone Listening Beam III, recording in collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck. Released by Deep Listening Instutue.
2011
  • New York "Bessie" Dance and Performance Award in 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 in collaboration with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck.
  • co-editor of Movement Research Performance Journal 36, Movement Research, New York.
2006
  • think words freak gasp, recording collaboration by hear the band.

Teaching

2014
  • Dance Improvisation Master Class, conducted with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck at University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barba CA.
  • Music Improvisation Master Class, conducted with Stephen Rush and Chris Peck at University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barba CA.
2007
  • Master Class, conducted with Chris Peck at the Performing Arts Technology Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Education

2003
  • BFA, Performing Arts Technology (Music Concentration). University of Michigan.