Tony Silva

Tony Silva is available for commissions for dance, theater and film. He creates original music based on the content of the production and tailored to the clients specifications. Tony Silva has been composing sound scores since 1987, and received his first commission in 1990. He earned a BFA 1994 from the University of Massachusetts where he studied music theory, history, but graduated with a BFA in Dance. While at UMass he had the privilege of studying electronic music with award winning composer Charles L. Bestor. - - - - - - - - - - - - He is an adjunct faculty member of the Five College Dance consortium, where he accompanies dance classes at Smith College and teaches Pro Tools at Amherst College. You can find out more about Tony and hear many more samples of his work at http://www.tonysilva.com/sound_scores.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Commissioned Scores for VIDEO _ 2008 - Artists of the Bahamas (Island Films), 2008 - Stone Circles _ 2006 - Tracks, Amie Dowling _ 2000 - Footage II, Sharon Marroquín _ 2000 - Once Upon A Time Tomorrow, Silvio Faccín _ 1999 - Cast Away, Silvio Faccín _ 1993 - Dancing Downtown, In Good Company _ _ _ _ ___ _Commissioned Scores for DANCE _ 2008 - A moat is a lonely ocean, Candice Salyers _ 2007 - Pieces of Home, Fania Tsakalakos _ 2007 - Spew, Kellie Lynch _ 2005 - Dance Me, Wendy Woodson _ 2005 - Hypercube, Billbob Brown _ 2004 - The Living Room, Christina Tsoules _ 2002 - Luminata, Lê Mihn Tâm _ 2000 - Unmade, B-Trk, Lê Mihn Tâm _ 1999 - Threshold Corner, B-Trk, Lê Mihn Tâm _ 1998 - Without, Lê Mihn Tâm _ 1997 - The Water Piece, In-Young Sohn _ 1996 - Canned Cherries, B-Trk,Yanira Castro _ 1995 - I Never Knew this Time, Suzie Heijari _ 1995 - Untitled, Heidi Henderson _ 1995 - Oratory, Yanira Castro _ 1993 - Yesterday y Mañana, Michelle Marroquín _ 1993 - Cake and Ice Cream, Dylan Star Berkey _ 1990 - Approaching Departure, Ed Groff _ __ _ _ __Commissioned Scores for PLAYS _ 2006 - A Warning for the King, Julie Lichtenberg _ 2005 - Walk with Me, Julie Lichtenberg _ 2004 - Falling Bodies, Mary Jo Salter _ 2004 - Counting the Minutes, Julie Lichtenberg _ Sound Design for the WEB _ 2005 - veronica’s fold, Wendy Woodson.