IDENTITY: 34-year-old gay, Kansas-born, Texan-raised, New-York-salvaged, Mexican-American taught to pay it forward
ACTIVE THEATRE MUSICIAN wielding 16 woodwinds (saxes, flutes, clarinets, oboes) on Broadway (Fun Home chairholder, sub on Book of Mormon, Matilda, Spider-Man, etc), Off-Broadway (A Strange Loop, Carmen Jones, Alice By Heart, etc.), Rockettes’ Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and others. Full list of musicals (50+) available on www.ChrisReza.com
STYLISTIC EXPERIENCE ranges from theater to jazz, classical, Latin, swing, rock, and chamber music
NYC MUSICIANS UNION (Local 802 AFM, 2019-present) full-time Theatre Payroll Auditor processing >$5M in health contributions and >$10M in pension contributions for NYC union musicians every year
LABOR-ACTIVIST VOLUNTEER who passionately fought for musicians’ rights as a member on our 2016 and 2019 Broadway Negotiating Committees, helped modernize our member-driven Broadway Theatre Committee as its elected Vice-Chair (2017-2019), founded and lead our Electronic Music Committee (2018-2019) in order to bring our union contracts into the 21st century, and more
TRAINING:
MM – Manhattan School of Music – Jazz Composition
BM – University of North Texas – Multiple Woodwinds Performance
