Mariam Nazarian

Musicology

Musicology

Graduate courses in Music.

cum laude, Piano Performance

! Render creative consulting services in music, film, theatre, and live event projects to Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied (development of feature film about American dance marathons); development and fundraising for feature films including Isaac Bashevis Singer’s MESHUGAH, directed by Philip Kaufman, and Kurt Vonnegut’s BLUEBEARD for Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope. ! Undertake book to screen adaptations, research, script development and packaging for independent writers / directors, including a Brazilian music documentary that brings to light the little-studied underground psych-funk movement of the 1960s and ’70s. ! Advise a multi-sensory hardware/software start-up (Sonzia) on audio and educational applications with the purpose of making the digital world accessible to all. ! Plan and execute multi-platform art installation to promote DeFi startup DEEPWATERS at EthDenver 2022. Advise company on marketing & creative strategy and team & community development as Head of Events.

! Devise and implement plans for out-of-lab testing, promotion, and application of BACCH 3D Audio Technologies. ! Projects undertaken: collaboration with the Berliner Philharmoniker and their Digital Concert Hall platform (Sir Simon Rattle’s Beethoven Symphony Cycle); Carnegie Hall; Hans Zimmer; Brett Ratner; production companies of Steven Spielberg and James Cameron; established Hollywood film studios and music record labels.

AS PODUCER: ! Oversight of large-scale benefit concerts and audio-visual presentations from inception to completion; strategic planning; budgeting (USD 300,000-500,000 range); staff supervision (80-120 people); international artist relations; contract negotiation; fundraising/sales; PR/marketing. ! Assisted in leading a delegation from Princeton to the Buckingham Palace (2017) for a special celebration honoring the Monteverdi Choir hosted by HRH The Prince of Wales. ! Projects include: Princeton debut of Sir John Eliot Gardiner / Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras; English, Vienna, and Zurich Chamber Orchestras; Bach-Collegium Stuttgart; Philadelphia Orchestra; co-productions with Princeton University and civic institutions. ! Helped enable a special presentation of MCO's Monteverdi 450 in tandem with V&A's Opera: Passion, Power and Politics exhibition (2017) by way of introducing principal stakeholders; managed the production of multinational publicised events surrounding the historic transfer of Haussmann’s Bach portrait from the William Scheide Estate to Bach-Archiv Leipzig (2015). ! Media recognition: The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, The Guardian, Gramophone Magazine, Reuters, Associated Press, Deutsche Welle, and numerous other international media outlets. AS DIRECTOR: ! Manage day-to-day operations and philanthropic portfolio of a private charitable fund; responsible for expanding portfolio profile and visibility through public appearances, social media and event production. ! Engage in research and advise stakeholders in respect of grant-making decisions. AS ARCHIVIST / RESEARCHER ! Conduct archiving and preservation work on the private library, papers, and audiovisual collection of musicologist and philanthropist William H. Scheide. ! Work with Scheide Estate in tandem with institutional as well as independent scholars, editors and publishers to prepare three monographs for publication.

! Facilitated and promoted guest appearances by distinguished speakers; conducted outreach, developed co-production opportunities on behalf of the OFA’s Learning From Performers program. ! Organizations and speakers include: David Black (Writer/Producer Law and Order), Alec Baldwin, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Kraft (President 20th Century Fox Music), Harvard Business School, Harvard Film Archive, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Hillel.

Counseled Executive Board on event programming, marketing, and audience development.