Joseph Goldsmith
Composer, Audio Editor, Sound Design
Education
• Kent State University - 3.7, Masters in Music Education; 2013
• Frostburg State University - Cum Laude 3.65, Bachelor of Science: Vocal and General Music
Education; 2009
Work: Music, Film, Theatre
• Owner & Producer - Persimmon Lane Studios; 2016 - Present
• Audio Director - Plover Animation; 2021 - Present
• Director - Seussical Jr - Black Water Middle School; 2018
• Music Director - In the Heights - Henry E. Lackey High School; 2017
• Music Director - Into the Woods - Henry E. Lackey High School; 2016
• Music Director - Seussical the Musical - Henry E. Lackey High School; 2015
• Founder & CEO - Goldsmith Music Group 2012 - 2018
- Modern Ministry Records, LLC
~ Shepherd Records
• Music Minister - Holy Communion Church;-
• Account Executive - Aurora Creative Group; 2013
• Intern - Piccirilli Dorsey, Inc. - Web/Graphic/Branding Design; 2012
• Music Director - Godspell - Harford Technical High School; 2011-12
• Music Copyist - St. Petersburg Chamber Choir @ Frostburg State University; April 2005
Work: Music Industry
• FORA - Business Advisor; 2012 - 2014
• The Erik Michael Band - graphic/web designer & Advisor; 2013
• EJ Snyder - Business Advisor; 2013 - 14
• Jordan Riley - Executive Producer; 2013
• Kyle Tusing - Producer and Business Advisor; 2011 - 2014
• Raquel Rivera - Executive Producer; 2012
• Wally Ramirez - Graphic/Web designer; 2013 - 2014
Guest Speaking and Workshops
• Keynote Speaker for Emporia State University; Kappa Delta Pi on Music Education in Public
Schools; Nov. 2014
• Guest Speaker for Annual Music Industry Seminar; July 2013
• Artist in Residence speaker for ArtsVine.org; Nov. 2012
• Guest Director for Maryland Music Educators Association Spring Conference on Middle School
Choral Music; 2012
• Vocal Clinician for Fallston High School and Chopticon High School Choruses; 2011
• Guest Speaker for Maryland Music Educators Association Fall Conference on first year
teaching; 2010
• Guest Technician for Bravehouse Productions on technical theatre production; 2010
• Guest Speaker for the Masters Academy for the Creative Arts on vocal health & pedagogy;
2009
Technical Work
• Technical Theatre Director - Seussical Jr - Black Water Middle School; 2018
• Technical Theatre Director - Into the Woods - Henry E. Lackey High School; 2016
• Technical Theatre and Stage Combat Director - Romeo & Juliet - Chopticon High School; 2011
• Technical Theatre Director - Pippin - Chopticon High School; 2010
• Sound/Recording Technician - Maryland State Choral Festival; 2010
• Assistant Director Pirates of Penzance - Mountain Ridge High School; 2009
• Stage Crew Little Women - Windwood Theatricals; 2008
• Stage Manager & Light/Sound Booth technician - FSU; 2005 - 2009
Teaching
• Choral Director at Black Water Middle School; 2017 - 2021
• Choral Director at Lackey High School; 2014 - 2017
- Performing Arts Department Chair; 2015 - 2017
• Substitute Band Director at Fallston High School; March/April 2012
• Choral Director at Margaret Brent Middle School; 2009 - 2011
• Substitute Choral Director at Chopticon High School; May/June 2011
• Voice Instructor at Mountain Ridge High School; 2008 - 2009
• Frostburg State University Teaching Assistant; 2006 - 2009: Undergraduate Seminar
• Private Voice Instructor; 2006 - Present
Performance
• Voice Overs / Character / Studio Sessions; 2016 - Present
• Technical Theatre Director - Into the Woods - Henry E. Lackey High School; 2016
Jack as a last minute fill in for the Friday night performance
• Voice Over Narration, Williamsport Marching Band Show, Unsung Heros, 2013
• TV - Netflix Series, House of Cards, Bartender; 2013
• Holy Communion Lutheran Church, Contemporary Service Praise Band Leader, 2011 - 2014
• Country Rock Artist - Manta Ray Records; 2011-12
• Various small venues 2010 - 2013
• Opera Theatre - Frostburg State University; 2005 - 2007
King Melchior in Amahl and the Night Visitors
Guglielmo in Così fan tutte
Geronimo in Il Matrimonio Segreto (Scenes)
King Balthazar in Amahl and the Night Visitors
• Musical Theatre - Frostburg State University, Port Tobacco Players
Wickershire in Seussical the Musical (Port Tobacco Players) 2006
Billy in Carousel (Scenes) (FSU Opera Theatre) 2006
• The Washington Chorus; 2009 - 2010
Carmina Burana with the National Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center and Wolf Trap
Center for the Performing Arts
• River Concert Series- An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein Classics; 2009
• Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at Camden Yards Orioles Baseball Game - National Anthem; July 2009
• FSU Chamber Choir Concert Tour in China; March 2008
• Steve Amerson's Vivici Productions: Purely Christmas; 2007
Related Knowledge
Computer / Software
Microsoft Office & Google Suite
Adobe Photoshop
Reaper Audio Recording
Management / Leadership
Music Business Consultation
Fiscal Records & Bookkeeping
Event Planning
Finale Music Notation
Travel Arrangements & Itineraries
Basic Platform Web Development
Business Liaison & Intermediary
SEO Optimization
Logistics & Management
Musical Instrument Proficiency
Voice, Guitar, Piano, Drums, Percussion, Bass
Languages (Read and Speak with Little Comprehension)
German, Latin, Italian, Icelandic/Nordic, Spanish, Greek, Russian
