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John Dyer is a progressive vocalist, guitarist, and lyricist whose ventures include solo and ensemble performances as well as composing and performing for live theater & dance productions. In New York he has performed solo at the Knitting Factory, Living Room and Galapagos Art Space. He is the recipient of two Meet The Composer Grants through the Home For Contemporary Theatre & Art for Lake Simons' What's Inside the Egg? (2003) and the Simons/ Dyer adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2006), He has received Dallas/Fort Worth Critic's Forum Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Design for the Original Music of Alice's (2003) and for Outstanding New Play '03 '04 for Up in Auntie's Attic (A Gentle Haunting) written & directed by Johnny Simons. Collaborations include North Carolina's Paper Hand Puppet Intervention & Choreo Collective and New York's Thread Dance Theatre. Solo recordings include One Among (2000), Phantom Fire (2003) and his new album Gostayplay (2004) that was named Best Album Finalist (Folk/ Singer Songwriter category) at the 2006 Independent Music Awards. Dyer's "Hot Owl" recieved an Honorable Mention for Best Song/Performance in the 2005 International Songwriting Competition.
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INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS 2006. Best Album - Finalist "John
Dyer - Gostayplay" (Folk/ Singer-Songwriter). *
Meet the Composer Grant. Sponsored by HERE Theatre - New York,
NY for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" 2006 *
Jim Henson Foundation Seed Grant - Awarded to Lake Simons,
in collaboration with Composer John Dyer for "White Elephant" (working
title) 2006 *
INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITERS COMPETITION 2005. Finalist/ Honorable
Mention Best Song Performance "John Dyer - Hot Owl" *
ASCAPLUS AWARD 2005-2006 *
Dallas - Fort Worth Theatre Critic's Forum Award for Outstanding
New Play '03 -'04: "Up in Auntie's Attic (A Gentle Haunting)"
Written & Directed by Johnny Simons. Music by John Dyer *
ASCAPLUS AWARD 2004-2005 *
Top Ten Indie Release of 2003/4 on "Off the Beat-n-track"
Radio Show: "John Dyer - Gostayplay" *
Jim Henson Foundation Grant - Awarded to Lake Simons, in collaboration
with Composer John Dyer, for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" 2003/2004
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Outstanding Achievement in Design - Original Music for
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" Dallas - Fort Worth Theatre Critic's
Forum Award 2003 *
Meet the Composer Grant - in conjunction with HARP (Here Artist
in Residency Program)- Home For Contemporary Theater & Art/ HERE Theater,
NY,NY - for "What's Inside the Egg" 2002/2003 *
Finalist North Carolina Songwriters Co-Op Songwriting Contest
2000 * Best Folk/Acoustic Group -Drama Tiki- 1998 Ft. Worth Weekly Ft. Worth, TX
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Written by Lewis
Carroll. Adapted & Created by Lake Simons & John Dyer (Music & Text
Collage). Produced by Tandem Otter. Presented @ HERE Arts Center,
NYC 2006 *
"Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid". "Mermaid Waltz" song
commissioned by Hip Pocket Theatre for an adaptation by Lake Simons
of the 1948 film "Mr. Peabody & the Mermaid". Presented by Hip Pocket
Theatre - Fort Worth, TX. 2005 *
"Dream Life of A Garden Gnome". Clown/ Puppeteer/ Musician/
Vocalist. Directed by Matthew Acheson. Brooklyn Arts Exchange. Brooklyn,
NY. 2005 *
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Composer/ Musician/
Vocalist. Written by Lewis Carroll. Adapted & Created by Lake Simons
& John Dyer. Produced by Tandem Otter. Culturemart @ HERE Arts Center,
NYC. 2005 *
"What's Inside the Egg?". Composer/ Musician. HERE Arts
Center, NYC. 2004 *
"Up in Auntie's Attic (A Gentle Haunting)". Written
& Directed / with Words by Johnny Simons. John Dyer - Composer/ Musician/
Vocalist. Hip Pocket Theatre - Ft. Worth TX. 2004 *
"What's Inside the Egg?". Composer/ Musician. Hip Pocket
Theatre - Fort Worth, TX. 2004 *
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Composer/ Musician/
Vocalist. Written by Lewis Carroll. Adapted & Created by Lake Simons
& John Dyer. Produced by Hip Pocket Theatre - Fort Worth, TX. 2003
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"What's Inside the Egg?". Composer/ Musician. HARP (Here
Artists in Residency Program). HERE Arts Center, NYC. 2003 *
"Telos". Composer/ Musician. Redfest (Collaborative,
Mixed Media Festival). One Arm Red - Brooklyn, NY. 2003 *
"Puppet Parlor". Music for "What's Inside the Egg?"
Composer/ Musician. HERE Theatre, NYC. 2002 *
"Recollection". Presented by Choreo Collective at Durham
Arts Council, Durham NC. Performed original instrumental composition
entitled "Play or Place" as live accompaniment for Choreo dance. 2001
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"Uprising - The Creation of the World in Four Parts".
Music Director/ guitar & percussion. A production of Paper Hand Puppet
Intervention, presented by The Forest Theatre Festival, Chapel Hill,
NC. 2001 *
"Tea Time". Music Director/ guitar & percussion. A production
of Paper Hand Puppet Intervention. Leaf Festival - Black Mountain,
NC. 2000 *
"A Very Old Unfinished Story". Music Director/ guitar
& percussion. A production of Paper Hand Puppet Intervention for The
Forest Theatre Festival - Chapel Hill, NC 2000 *
"Tea Time". Music Director/ guitar & percussion. A production
of Paper Hand Puppet Intervention. Fete de la Musique - Carrboro,
NC. 2000 *
"The Unexpected Journey". Music Director/ guitar & percussion/
original compositions and sound accompaniment for - A production of
Dreaming Dog Theatre for Fete de la Musique - Farmers Market & Carborro
Arts Center- Carrboro, NC. 1999 *
"Haw River Puppet Show". Musician (orchestral member/
sound accompaniment). Saxapahaw & Bynum, NC. 1999 *
"The Overcoming of Despair". Music Director/ Musician
- guitar, piano, percussion. A play by William Clark III. Trinity
Valley School - Ft. Worth, TX. 1992 *
"Action".Original music composed & performed for - A
TVS Players Production. Trinity Valley School- Ft. Worth, TX. 1992
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"The Snow Queen". Musician/ guitar/ composed & performed
original music for - A TVS Players Production. Trinity Valley School-
Ft. Worth, TX. 1991 * "Androcles and the Lion". Musician/ guitar/ composed & performed original music for - A TVS Players Production. Trinity Valley School- Ft. Worth, TX. 1990
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ * M.E.A.N.Y (Musicians & Emerging Artists New York) Festival 2005. CBGB's Gallery. New York, NY * Kimbell Art Museum's Family Day Festival - 2004 - Excerpts of "Alice In Wonderland". Fort Worth, TX * Redfest 2003 One Arm Red - Brooklyn, NY * Autumn at Topsail -2001- Paper Hand Puppet Intervention - Topsail, NC. * Out of the Bush Festival -2001- Carrboro, NC. * Forest Theatre Festival -2001/ 2000- Chapel Hill, NC. * Fete de la Musique -2001/ 2000- Chapel Hill, NC. * Leaf Festival -2000- "Tea Time" w PHPI - Black Mountain, NC. * Fete de la Musique -1999- Chapel Hill, NC. * Haw River Festival -1999- Puppet Show Orchestra -Saxapahaw & Bynum, NC. * 1st Annual Berry Music Festival -1996- Ft. Worth, TX. * TCU Music & Arts Festival -1996- Ft. Worth TX. * Texas Brewers Festival -1995/ 1996 - Ft. Worth, Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, TX. * New Dimensions Festival -1996- Dallas, TX.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ * Gather - A Benefit for Thread Dance Theater. Brooklyn, NY 2004 * Benefit for The Nervous Cabaret's European Tour. NYC 2003 * Music for "Beauty Love Truth" - Group Imrov Performances. NYC 2003 * Anti-War/ Relish Democracy/ Humanitarian Aid Benefit. NYC 2003 * Benefit for Choreo Collective - Carolina Theatre - Chapel Hill, NC 2001 * Rape Awareness Benefit -1995- TCU, Ft. Worth, TX. * Benefit for Bone Marrow Transplant -1995- Ft. Worth, TX.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ * John Dyer - "Gostayplay" 2004 * John Dyer - "Up in Auntie's Attic (A Gentle Haunting)" 2004 Music for a play / with Words by Johnny Simons * John Dyer - "Phantom Fire" 2003 * APB Records Compilation - "Triangle Tracks" 2001 * John Dyer - "One Among" -2000 * John Dyer - "Mighty Vivid Cricket +" -2000 * Drama Tiki - "Live Selections" -1997 * Drama Tiki - "Pluses and Uncuts" -1997- Out takes and uncut tunes from "Sweet & Sour Change" sessions * Drama Tiki - "Sweet and Sour Change" -1997 * Drama Tiki - "Settle" -1995 * Drama Tiki - "Peeking" -1992 * John Dyer - "Dreams, Riffs and Instruments" -1992- Music from "The Overcoming of Despair" (a play by William Clark III)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ * "L.E.S. Is More Music": Celebrating innovative bands of downtown NYC. Highlights of the Howl! Festival 2004. Presented by The Lower East Side Biography Project. NY, NY 2005 * "Vivid Red Bird" - original recording used in the film "Teddy" - A Bonzai! Production 2002 * "The Man Who Killed Rock Monennof" [sic]. Co-wrote and performed original soundtrack for a D/W Production. Fort Worth, Texas. 1995
__________________________________________________________________________________________________ * Cowtown Puppetry Music Festival Workshop - Puppetry & Music - with Lake Simons & John Dyer. University of Texas at Arlington. Black Box Theatre. Partially funded by the Heartland Arts Fund - Mid America Arts Alliance, NEA, and the TCA. July 2004
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