Resume

 

Professional Highlights

  • Composer, music arranger, songwriter
  • Guitarist and music instructo
  • Singer and vocal coach
  • Hand on experience in repairing stringed musical instruments includingthe guitar family of instruments, the violin family of instruments, the Piano, and various Persian instrumentsincluding the Setar, Tar, Tanbur,Santur, and Kamancheh
  • Extensive experience in playingPersian traditional music instruments such as Setar, Tar, and Bass Tar
  •  Home studio maker, music recording supervisor, mix and master
  • Speaker and expression coach
  • Producer, subject matter expert, and announcer of radio programs in the analytical fields of music and poetry
 

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Education

Sooreh Music University      Tehran, Iran

Bachelor of Music                                                     Jul. 2004

 

Honner University     Tehran, Iran

Master of Music                                                       Jun. 2008

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Professional Experience

ElmiKarbordi University, Music Schools Samin and Arta Tehran, Iran

Adjunct Music Faculty                                                             Jan. 2009 – Sep. 2022

  • Employed a variety of teaching strategies to teach college-level courses in applied music, music fundamentals, and music technology and recording
  • Provided training to undergraduate music students for playing several stringed musical instruments including traditional Persian instruments
  • Developed course syllabifor the music courses taught
  • Advised undergraduate students in selecting relevant music courses
  • Monitored student performance on a regular basis and providedfeedback to studentsfor improvement

Iran FestivalTehran, Iran

Music Program Coordinatorand ProducerApr.1999 – Jan. 2020

  • Served as the Cultural Director of theTavankhahan-e-Farda society—an organization that supports and conducts fundraising activities for physically and mentally impaired children
  • Collaborated with other musicians and artistsin producing several music albums (please refer to the Music Albums section below)
  • Served as the selected poet in the Holy Defense and Shahriver Nightfestivals

Other Professional Experience ( ad hoc )

 

  • Composed, arranged, and recorded more than 20 songs in 2021 and 2022 including Empathy and Nowruz songs dedicated to Iranians and the people of the world
  • Composed theater music including the background music for the Hallucination on a Blade Edgeplay (the first-place winner of the Iranian Theater Festival, Tehran, 1998)
  • Performed musicfor national annual music festivalsin Iran including the FajrMusic Festival and the Pop Music Festival
  • Composedmusic for several short films and documentaries, radio and television programs, and commercials
  • Wrote and recited poetry for radio programs such as the TaranehBaran, BouyeJouyeMoulian, Motherland Songs, Sound and Games, and Tehran at Night

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Certificates

The concessionaire and musical director of Arta Music Institute Certificate, Tehran, Iran

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Created Music Work

Music Albums

Dance in Fire ( by Mazda Shahani )
Lonelier than Dream ( singer: Mazda Shahani  )
Pond and the Moon ( singer: Mazda Shahani )
Soundless Season ( singers: Mazda Shahani andMehrdadValadkhani )
Ironman ( singers: Abas Shadkamali and Mazda Shahani )
Iran ( in collaboration with Armenia’s Choir )
Lyric Poem ( in collaboration with Shams Langroodi )
The Hell’s Garden ( in collaboration with Shams Langroodi )
Hello Nobody ( in collaboration with HadiKhansari )
Scarecrow ( in collaboration with singer KavehYaghmaei )
Breathless Poem ( in collaboration with singer KavehYaghmaei )
Blessing ( in collaboration with singer Mohammad Esfehani )
My Good Fellow Citizen ( in collaboration with singerSaminVatandoost )
Let’s Sing Together ( singers: Saeed Azizi, Ghazal Kianinezhad, Mazda Shahani )
Night and Star ( in collaboration with singers: Saeed Azizi and Ghazal Kianinezhad )
Poet’s Voice ( in collaboration with Shams Langeroodi, AlirezaGhazveh andFariba Saadat )

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Song and MusicActivities Websites

  • www.mazdashahani.com
  • www.youtube.com
  • www.amazon.com
  • www.beeptunes.com

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