{"id":1117,"date":"2006-12-26T01:18:27","date_gmt":"2006-12-26T07:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/curriculum-vitae\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T11:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:20:03","slug":"curriculum-vitae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/curriculum-vitae\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Vitae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum Vitae (CV) &#8211; Conrad Askland<\/p>\n<p><strong>2025 Resume: <a href=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Askland-Conrad_Resume.pdf\">Askland-Conrad_Resume<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>ACADEMIC BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY<\/strong><br \/>\nMaster&#8217;s Degree &#8211; Arts Leadership and Cultural Management<\/p>\n<p><strong>BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC<\/strong><br \/>\nBachelor&#8217;s Degree &#8211; Professional Music &#8211; Summa Cum Laude<\/p>\n<p>*Undergraduate studies include Harvard University (Human Rights), University of Miami (Music Law), UCLA (Film Scoring) and Pacific Lutheran University (Piano and Voice)<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>CERTIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>ABLETON LIVE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION<\/strong><br \/>\nBerklee College of Music<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRO TOOLS 110 CERTIFICATION<\/strong><br \/>\nAVID<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>CIRQUE DU SOLEIL &#8211; Crystal World Tour<br \/>\nBandleader, Accordion and Ableton Live Specialist<\/li>\n<li>CIRQUE DU SOLEIL &#8211; Varekai World Tour<br \/>\nBandleader, Keyboardist and Ableton Live Programmer<\/li>\n<li>NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE &#8211; Rock of Ages<br \/>\nMusic Director and Keyboardist<\/li>\n<li>NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE &#8211; Burn the Floor<br \/>\nMusic Director and Keyboardist<\/li>\n<li>CIRQUE DU SOLEIL &#8211; ZAIA (Macau, China)<br \/>\nBandleader, Keyboardist and Ableton Live Programmer<\/li>\n<li>ROMEO AND JULIET the MUSICAL<br \/>\nComposer and Orchestrations<\/li>\n<li>PRAY THE GAY AWAY\u00ae the MUSICAL<br \/>\nBook, Music, Lyrics and Orchestrations<\/li>\n<li>PAN the MUSICAL<br \/>\nBook, Music, Lyrics and Orchestrations<\/li>\n<li>WITCHES the MUSICAL<br \/>\nBook, Music, Lyrics and Orchestrations<\/li>\n<li>ROYAL CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL &#8211; Navigator of the Seas<br \/>\nShow Band Pianist and Guest Artist Keyboardist<\/li>\n<li>REGIONAL SHOWS &#8211; Music Director and Vocal Director<br \/>\nSideShow, Rocky Horror Show, Mamma Mia, Bram Stoker&#8217;s Dracula, Annie Get Your Gun, Seussical, Brigadoon, AIDA, Disney&#8217;s High School Musical, Bye Bye Birdie<\/li>\n<li>FREDDY FENDER of the TEXAS TORNADOS<br \/>\nTouring Keyboardist 1996-2005<\/li>\n<li>ROAD RECORDS of Southern California<br \/>\nAudio Engineer, Music Producer and Recording Studio Manager<\/li>\n<li>GRAND &#8216;OL OPRY CMT TELEVISION SHOW<br \/>\n(2002) Keyboardist with Grammy Winner Freddy Fender<\/li>\n<li>AMERICAN LATIN MUSIC AWARDS (ALMA) &#8211; ABC TV)<br \/>\nKeyboardist with Grammy Winner Freddy Fender<\/li>\n<li>KNOTT&#8217;S BERRY FARM &#8211; CALICO SALOON and BIRD CAGE THEATRE<br \/>\nPianist for saloon shows, melodramas and summer street performer<\/li>\n<li>HOLLYWOOD SUPERSTARS &#8211; Las Vegas and Japan Tours<br \/>\nMusic Director and Keyboardist<\/li>\n<li>HARDRIDERS BAND &#8211; Tours of South Korea and Japan<br \/>\nKeyboards and Vocals (Military MWR Tours)<\/li>\n<li>NORDSTROM &#8211; Bellevue Square, Bellevue, WA<br \/>\nPianist<\/li>\n<li>SEATTLE OPERA<br \/>\nTitle Vocal Role in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Chorus Vocal performer in Tosca, Boris Gudonov and Carmen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em><strong>FILM, VIDEO and CD ROM<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Witches! the Musical &#8211; DVD 2013 &#8211; Book, music and lyrics by Conrad Askland<\/li>\n<li>Alien Secrets film &#8211; &#8220;Seven Year Sleep&#8221; soundtrack song 2006<\/li>\n<li>Phonics Made Easy, Composer, School Zone Interactive 2003<\/li>\n<li>Freddy Fender, King of Tex Mex Live, DVD 2003<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em><strong>TELEVISION<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dream Quest &#8211; 2015 &#8211; Rock of Ages live performance segment<\/li>\n<li>In the Mix &#8211; PBS Series 2005 &#8211; Soundtrack composer<\/li>\n<li>American Latin Music Awards, ABC &#8211; (ALMA) Freddy Fender 2002<\/li>\n<li>Grand Ole Opry TV show &#8211; Keyboards Freddy Fender 2002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em><strong>PUBLISHED WORK<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Romeo and Juliet the musical &#8211; 2015 World Premiere<\/li>\n<li>PAN the musical &#8211; 2014 World Premiere<\/li>\n<li>Witches! the musical &#8211; 2013\u00a0World Premiere<br \/>\nBook, music and lyrics by Conrad Askland &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.witchesmusical.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.WitchesMusical.com\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA Soundtrack 2009 &#8211; Keyboardist and String Arranger<\/li>\n<li>Music of Christmas &#8211; Producer 5 CD titles 2002-2005<\/li>\n<li>Nursery Tunes &#8211; Producer lullabye music 2003<\/li>\n<li>Freddy Fender &#8211; Blues and Me &#8211; Tracking Engineer 2001<\/li>\n<li>Natures Music &#8211; Field Engineer 10+ titles 1999-present<\/li>\n<li>Cheer Trax &#8211; Composer 14 CD titles 1999-2005<\/li>\n<li>Rap Track &#8211; Composer 25+ CD titles 1999-2005<\/li>\n<li>Meditations For Life &#8211; Composer 24 CD titles 1999-2000<\/li>\n<li>Raggen and the Dreamweaver &#8211; Original soundtrack 1994<\/li>\n<li>Guide to the Orchestra &#8211; Progressive Piano Studies 1993<\/li>\n<li>GTE &#8211; Two compact discs of all original on-hold music 1990<\/li>\n<li>Contel and Vark Industries &#8211; Two compact discs of classical on-hold music 1989<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em><strong>TECHNICAL, SOFTWARE\u00a0 AND SPECIALIZED SKILLS<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ableton Live Specialist Certificate from Berklee School of Music<\/li>\n<li>ProTools 110 Certification, editing, mixing, mastering, MIDI overdubs, integration of sample based arrangements with live musician and MIDI tracks<\/li>\n<li>Dorico music notation<\/li>\n<li>Sibelius music notation<\/li>\n<li>Cubase audio recording<\/li>\n<li>Final Cut Pro video editing<\/li>\n<li>Sightread music, by ear, fake book charts<\/li>\n<li>Music notation from lead sheets, piano music or full orchestrations<\/li>\n<li>Marketing for music and entertainment (over 1.5 Billion streams)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em><strong>TEACHING EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Virtual Private Instruction 2000-2022<\/li>\n<li>Private Piano Instructor &#8211; 1989-2002<\/li>\n<li>Musical Theater vocal and music director 2006-present<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum Vitae (CV) &#8211; Conrad Askland 2025 Resume: Askland-Conrad_Resume ACADEMIC BACKGROUND COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY Master&#8217;s Degree &#8211; Arts Leadership and Cultural Management BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC Bachelor&#8217;s Degree &#8211; Professional Music &#8211; Summa Cum Laude *Undergraduate studies include Harvard University (Human Rights), University of Miami (Music Law), UCLA (Film Scoring) and Pacific Lutheran University (Piano [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3C0LX-i1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18494,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1117\/revisions\/18494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}