Richard Stillman

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Instruments: 

Tenor Banjo, Five String Banjo, Mandolin, Mandola, Octave Mandolin, Guitar, Tenor Guitar, Ukulele, Concertina, Bagpipes, Harmonica, Pennywhistle, Didgeridoo, Bodhran, Bones

Music Genres: 

Country, Irish, Bluegrass, Western Swing, Broadway, Musical Theater, Dixieland, Folk, Italian

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ONLINE MUSIC LESSONS.
I have performed as a musician, actor, singer, storyteller and tap dancer on Broadway, The Kennedy Center and at theaters concert halls and schools from New Jersey to Alaska. I won the BEST CONCERT AWARD at the United Solo Theatre Festival in NYC and was voted as the top banjo player in the country on The Bash.

I studied banjo, mandolin, ukulele and guitar with the great vaudeville musician Roy Smeck. He is featured in Al Jolson's first talking picture The Jazz Singer. I have played for many years with my own Dixieland, Swing, Country, Bluegrass and Irish bands. My Irish band played at the Hunter Mountain Irish Festival & the New Jersey Kilt Festival.

I was featured as a banjo player/singer on the premier episode of the PBS television series Shining Time Station. I received critical acclaim for my performance as a singing banjo and ukulele player in Lady Be Good at the Kennedy Center. On Broadway I played mandolin and bagpipes in Canterbury Tales. I have also worked as an actor-musician, composer and musical director in many regional theatre productions.

Education: 

banjo, mandolin, ukulele & guitar- Roy Smeck Dartmouth College B.A.

American Musical and Dramatic Academy-NYC Musical Theater

Columbia Musical Performing Artists in the Schools Certificate

Testimonials: 

'...executed with a deftly offhanded bravura...'
--Stephen Holden, The New York Times

'...sheer stage magic...'
--Thomas M. Disch, The Nation
'...a real show stopper...'
--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Post

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Banjo Player in "Lady Be Good" NY Times

THE STAGE: 'LADY BE GOOD' By STEPHEN HOLDEN Published: July 29, 1987 MIDWAY through the first act of ''Lady, Be Good!,'' the 1924 Gershwin musical being revived by the Goodspeed Opera House, in East...

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Ukuleles in the Mix

This is my CD album which is a mix of Dixieland, Swing, Irish, Country and Bluegrass tunes. Some are traditional and some are original. Instruments used include: tenor and 5 string banjos, mandolin,...