Sxip Shirey

Sxip Shirey is an American composer, performer, and story-teller. He grew up in Athens, Ohio and currently resides in New York City.

Career

Shirey is known for inventing instruments out of found objects, and then composing for and playing them.

He is the host and producer of "Sxip's Hour of Charm", a variety show of cabaret acts. Hour of Charm regularly occurs in New York City, usually at Joe's Pub, but has been taken on the road to the American Repertory Theatre, [cite web
title = Past Productions: SXIP'S HOUR OF CHARM
url = http://www.amrep.org/hoc/
accessdate = 2008-06-22] the Rothbury Music Festival [,cite web
title = Rothbury Music Festival - Circus and Theatre
url = http://www.rothburyfestival.com/festival/circus_and_theatre.php
accessdate = 2008-06-23] and other venues. Musicians and sound generators who have performed include:
Amanda Palmer,
Reggie Watts,
Corn Mo,
Bora Yoon, Project Jenny Project Jan, andCurtis Eller;variety artists who have performed include:The Red Bastard, Una Mimnagh,
Greg Walloch, Scotty The Blue Bunny, Jonathan Nosan, and AJ Silver. [cite web
title = Sxip's Hour of Charm and Sonic New York
url = http://www.sxipshirey.com/charm.html]

Shirey is a member of The Daredevil Opera Company [cite web
title = The Daredevil Opera Company
url = http://www.daredeviloperacompany.com/company.html
quote = web site] and is a founding member of the band Luminescent Orchestrii. [cite web
title = Luminescent Orchestrii
url = http://lumii.org
quote = web site] [cite web
title = Luminescent Orchestrii - BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - Folk / Punk / Classical
url = http://www.myspace.com/luminescentorchestrii
quote = at MySpace] A recent project was composing music for "Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl", a new play premiering in January 2007 at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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External links

* [http://www.sxipshirey.com/ Official website]
*MySpace|id=sxipshirey