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With over 26 years of professional music experience and as principal percussionist for Radio City Music Hall since 1979, Mario has performed literally thousands of shows ranging from Christmas Spectaculars & Liberace Extravaganzas to Silent Movies and Ice Shows. He has performed many Broadway and Off-Broadway Shows in New York and has spent his share of "road-touring" for plays, MIDI clinics and concerts. DeCiutiis can be heard on numerous studio recordings including a Grammy Award winning Children's CD. He has produced many educational music videos for KAT Inc., developed CD-ROMs with percussion instruments for digital samplers and has performed on a wide variety of audio recordings as a drummer and percussionist session player. Since 1986, Mario fulfilled the role of Vice President of KAT Inc., involved in the creation, design, manufacturing and world-wide distribution of KAT electronic controllers. In 1996, he founded Alternate Mode Inc. to continue the KAT product line. His interests now focus on performing on the college and concert circuit, sharing his knowledge of music and technology. Mario believes JUNGLEWIRE is the perfect medium to demonstrate the power, expression and versatility of electronic music.
RESUME
Musical Experience:
Radio City Music Hall 1979 - Present
Principal Percussionist playing literally thousands of performances such as:
Liberace Show
Peter Allan Show
Christmas Spectacular
Easter Spectacular
New York Summer Show
Manhattan Showboat
5,6,7,8 Dance
Ginger Rogers Show
New Babylon (Shostakovitch)
Ice Show Spectacular
GM Industrial
Porgy & Bess
Club Work 1970 - 1996
World Yacht Dinner Cruise Lines - malletKAT 1986-1991
Mississippi Queen Cruise Lines - Drums
Steven Scott Orchestra - Drums
Peter Duchen Orchestra - Drums
Ken Michael's Orchestra - Drums
Hank Lane Orchestra - Drums
Barry Herman Orchestra - Drums
Hank Joel Orchestra - Drums
Broadway Work
A Chorus Line
The King and I
Singing in the Rain
West Side Story - National Tour
Carmina Burana - Town Hall
Plus numerous other Off-Broadway productions and Carnegie Hall
Album Credits
Sesame Country - Grammy Award 1982
Songs That Tickle Your Funny Bone - Children's Album
Demo Gates Reggae - Somewhere Out There
Manhattan Sound Machine - Solo Steel Pan (malletKAT)
Come Soca!
Blue Surge - Marty Cutler Band
Clinician:
MIDI Percussion Clinics 1986-1996For the past 10 years, I have been performing clinics for KAT Inc. including the NAMM shows, Frankfurt Messe, MENC, and hundreds of colleges and music stores throughout the US and Europe.
Video Experience:
Producer of Education Videos for KAT, Inc.The Edukat Video
Textural Drumming
The drumKAT Training Manual
Danny Gottlieb and the trapKat
Dave Samuels and the malletKAT PRO/WS
Dennis Chambers Electric Groove
Technical Experience:
KAT, Inc. 1986-1995 Vice-presidentAlternate Mode, Inc. 1996 President/Owner
Design, manufacturing, sales and performance of MIDI percussion instruments and CD Roms.
Self Operator of home 16 track digital recording studio.
Education:
NYU Scholarship - Morris Lang instructorBronx Community College
Queens College - BA music
Percussion Instructors: Steve Silverman, Ronald Gould, Bob Bianco, Dave Freidman, Frankie Malabie.
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