Vocalist / Voice Over / Songwriter
DOB 11/14/77 / Brooklyn, NY
Recordings
Pyeng Threadgill / Portholes To A Love & Other Short Stories (self-release) / 2008
Featured Artist / Micha Patri, In The Fullness of Time (Micha Patri Music) / 2007
Featured Artist / CrystalTop Music Presents (CrystalTop Music) / 2007
Featured Artist / Midnight Soul 3 (Kinky Sweet Recordings) / 2006
Featured Artist / Got The Impeach Bush/Cheney Blues (Random Chance Records) / 2006
Pyeng Threadgill / Of The Air (Random Chance Records) / 2005
Pyeng Threadgill / Sweet Home, The Music of Robert Johnson / 2004 (Random Chance Records)
Featured Artist / Modern Sleeping, Positions & Practices for Better Living / 2003 (CrystalTop Music)
PERFORMING (as a bandleader/performer)
LISTENING ROOMS
The Iridium (NY)
The Half Note (Athens. Greece)
Casa Del Jazz (Rome, Italy)
Anyway Café (NY)
BAMCafe (NY)
Barbes (NY)
Black Betty’s (NY)
Bowery Poetry Club (NY)
Cornelia Street Cafe (NY)
The Cutting Room (NY)
Café Royale (San Francisco)
Café DaDa (NY)
Les Deux Gamins (NY)
Downtime (NY)
The Falcon (Marlboro, NY)
The Fez (NY)
Fushion (NY)
Hudson Opera House (Hudson, NY)
The Independent – opened for Angelique Kidjo (San Francisco)
Jazz at The Bistro (St. Loius)
The Jazzschool (Berkeley, CA)
The Jazz Standard (NY)
Jingeltown Tango Space (Oakland, CA)
Joe’s Pub - opened for Van Hunt (NY)
The Knitting Factory (NY)
Madrone Lounge (San Francisco)
Nublu (NY)
The Plush Room (San Francisco)
Pete’s Candy Store (NY)
Scullers (Boston)
Spiegeltent (NY)
Starry Plough (Berkeley, CA)
Sweet Rhythm (NY)
The Tenderloft (San Francisco)
Vermont Arts Exchange (Bennington, VT)
Zanzibar Blue (Philadelphia)
COLLEGES
Barnard College (NY)
Baruch College (NY)
NC A&T University (Greensboro, NC)
William Patterson University (NJ)
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
FESTIVALS
Metronome Festival (Umbertide, Italy)
Rocce Rosse & Blues Festival (Arbatax, Italy)
San Sebastian Jazz Festival (San Sebastian, Spain)
DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival (Wilmington, DE)
American Jazz Festival (Paris, France)
Jazz East Festival (Halifax, Canada)
Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland) – w/Youssou N’Dour
Banileues Bleues (Partin, France)
Art Under The Bridge (NY)
Atlanta Jazz Festival (Atlanta)
Cognac Blues Festival (Cognac, France)
Earshot Jazz Festival (Seattle, WA)
Fillmore Jazz Festival (San Francisco)
Montreal Jazz Festival (Montreal, Canada)
The Vision Festival (NY) - w/ Hattie Gossett
TV/RADIO/FILM
Return To Goree/vocalist in documentary with Youssou N’Dour
WICN (Boston)
BET (Atlanta)
KPFA (Berkeley, CA)
KPOO (San Francisco)
WBGO (NJ)
GALLERIES
The Canvas Gallery (San Francisco)
Mill Valley Community Center (Mill Valley, CA)
Socrates Sculpture Park (NY)
Detroit Institute of the Arts (MI)
CONCERT HALLS / THEATERS
Teatro dela Futura (Fano, Italy)
Aaron Davis Hall (NY)
Dixon Place Theater (NY)
The Kitchen (NY)
Longwood Gardens (Pennsylvania)
Mission Dance Theater (San Francisco)
Hudson Opera House (Hudson, NY)
New Jersey Performance Center (New Jersey)
Pillsbury House Theater (St. Paul, MN)
Project Artaud (San Francisco)
Walnut Creek Regional Center for The Arts (CA)
St Marks Church (NY)
Byham Theater (Pittsburgh, PA)
Voice Over/Jingles
Crest White Strips / 2000
SAFE Through The Arts / 2016
Awards/Certifications
Level II & III Certification / Somatic Voicework, The LoVetri Method / 2010
Fellowship in Music Composition from New York Foundation For The Arts / 2008
Level I Certification / Somatic Voicework, The LoVetri Method / 2008
Certification in Alexander Technique from The American Society for Alexander Technique / 2007
Teacher Training Certification Music Together / 2001
Diploma in Audio Engineering and Music Production from the Institute of Audio Research / 2000
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Music Theory/History Oberlin College / 1999
Memberships
National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc / 2010
WORKSHOPS
The Art of Breathing / Jessica Wolf / 2014, 2012
“Pelvic Floor Workshop for Women” / Lara Kohn Thompson / 2013
MELT Workshop For Runners / Zoe Levine / 2013
“Integrative Pedagogies in Voice and Dance” / Joan Melton / 2012
“Percussion and Rhythmic Workout For Vocal Artists” / Rogerio Boccato / 2012
Afropean Singing Retreat / Anita Daulne (co-founder Zap Mama) / 2012
“Core Singing” / Meribeth Bunch Dayme / 2011
“Your Voice Is A Healing Tool” Workshop / Jeanie LoVetri / 2011, 2013
“Vocal Improvisation Techniques” / Bob Stoloff / 2011
Music Mind Games / Michiko Yurko / 2011
Yoga and the Alexander Technique / Joan Arnold / 2011
“Sounding The World” / Lynn Book / 2002
Qigong & Voice Workshop / Lynn Book & Daria Fain / 2002
Improvisation/Circlesinging / Rhiannon
Meredith Monk Techniques / Meredith Monk Ensemble / 2001
Afro-Cuban Song Classes / Lisa Maria Salb / 2001