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Mike Cassedy is a Brooklyn-based composer and pianist. He received his Master of Fine Arts in Media Scoring from the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema at Brooklyn College and his Bachelor of Music from the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. Cassedy has performed, recorded and toured regularly with ensembles of various genres including guitarist and prog legend Francis Dunnery, minimalist ensemble Build, singer/songwriter Mary Bragg, rock band Sky White Tiger and his own co-led project East West Quintet. Film and Television Credits include: Sidelined (Short Film 2019), Change for Change (Short Film 2019), The Movie House on Main (Documentary 2018), Madre Maria (Short Film 2018), Sucker (Short Film 2018), Barren (Short Film 2018), Half Life (TV Series 2018-2019), 16 Words or Less (Short Film 2017). Theater Composing Credits include: Mac Wellman's: The Invention of Tragedy (The Flea Theater 2019) Mac Wellman's: The Lesser Magoo (Brooklyn College, 2019), Manufacturing Mischief: A Noam Chomsky Puppet Play (Pedro Reyes at The Tank, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, The Power Plant Art Gallery/Canadian Stage, Serpentine Gallery London, Museo Jumex Mexico City, Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, The Night of Philosophy at the Brooklyn Public Library, the Savannah College of Art and Design), Daredevil (The Brick, 2014), Detroit Blues (Mt. Vernon Theater, 2014), Him (Walkerspace, 2008).