ROB RUSLI. COM
abqk1l@r.postjobfree.com . Brooklyn NY . 717-***-****
WORKS
---MUSICAL THEATER ---
The Kotov Syndrome (Prod. 2nd Stage) 2008
An original dramatic musical, 50 minutes with a cast of 4 and a pit orchestra of 3.
Jaws the Musical (Prod. 2nd Stage) 2007
comedy musical based on Steven Spielberg s Jaws, 60 minutes with a cast of 14 and pit orchestra of 9.
A Girl and a Tree (Prod. NYU Musical Theater Department) 2008
A short comedy musical that premiered with a professional reading, 15 minutes with a cast of 4, pit of 1.
Untitled Musical (EST/Sloane Foundation Commission) 2011 -
--- COMMERCIAL MUSIC ---
Gotham Screen International Film Festival Advertisement, (GSIFF) 2010
Children Of The Wind Documentary Trailer, (Seek Films) 2011
Ruttenberg Treatment Center Advertisement, (Mount Sinai) 2012
Women s Global Health Center Advertisement, (Mount Sinai) 2012
--- FILM SCORE --- Narrative Shorts
Silent City Web Series CNN . New York Post . io9 . boingboing . Wall Street Journal . Gothamist 2012
Constant Post Production 2012
First Day Home San Diego Black Film Festival . Our City Film Festival . Texas Black Film Festival 2011
Drainpipe Dreams 10th Urban Mediamakers Film Festival 2011
Waiting On A Train DC Shorts Film Festival Award Winner . Boston International Film Festival 2011
Residue 2011
Can I Get a Witness Honors Thesis 2010
Nice Guys Finish Dead International Horror and Sci Fi Festival . Motorcity Horror Festival 2010
Passion, Fruit Sacramento International Film Festival . Cinekink Film Festival 2010
Fearless Honors Thesis 2008
--- ART MUSIC
Symphony No. 1 (The Elemental ) Approx. 35 min. Premiered 4/10/10 2010
Melodies for Pluto Flute Concerto Approx. 15 minutes. 2010
Vivero Flute Concerto Approx. 8 minutes 2011
AWARDS/HONORS
High Honors awarded by the Wesleyan University Music Department 2010
Steven Ross Prize for Best Senior Film Thesis at Wesleyan University Passion, Fruit 2010
Best Asian American Student Film, Director s Guild of America Passion, Fruit 2010
Frank Capra Prize for Best Humor/Pathos Film Thesis at Wesleyan University Nice Guys Finish Dead 2010
Selected Finalist, Alexander Janko (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) Master Class in Film Scoring 2009
J.P. Adler Memorial Grant, Jaws the Musical 2007
Bouchard Commission, Melodies For Pluto 2010 11
Vivero Commission, Unnamed Flute Concerto 2011
Ensemble Studio Theater/ Sloan Commission for a new musical 2011 12
EDUCATION
Wesleyan University B.A. with High Honors in Music 2010
Thesis on the Film Scoring Techniques of Joe Hisaishi / Composing the Elemental Symphony
2009
NYU Musical Theater Summer Program: Composing for Musical Theater
Spencer Community Theater Music Director, Spencer IA 2009