Art credit: Karen LaFleur ©
RESUME
NANCY TUCKER
Composer • Lyricist
Humorist • Performer
EDUCATION:
University of Hartford • Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and Biology, Magna Cum Laude, 1977
ANIMATION MUSIC:
2022 Re-visuals /Video Wall Exhibit ( 6 instrumentals ) • Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit MA
2022 Address Earth/Inspiration Art Group International • Western Connecticut Univ., Danbury CT
2022 Liquid Blue (virtual) ( 3 instrumentals ) • Inspiration Art Group International, NY
Virtual opening and walk-through • https://inspirationartgroup.org/exhibitions/virtual-exhibitions/liquid-blue/
2021 Music: Swirl of the Tides • October Virtual Exhibit • Hammond Museum, N. Salem, NY
2021 Music: Vivacity • June Virtual Exhibit • Hammond Museum, N. Salem, NY
2021 Music: Maggie’s Trees • May Virtual Exhibit • LaFleur Artworks, Cape Cod, MA
2021 Music: Heart of the Little Horse Album • April Virtual Exhibit • Hammond Museum, N. Salem, NY
2021 Music: March Onward • March Virtual Exhibit • Hammond Museum, N. Salem, NY
2021 Music: Winter Waltz • February Virtual Exhibit • Hammond Museum, N. Salem, NY
2021 Music: Below the Surface • January Virtual Exhibit • Hammond Museum, N. Salem, NY
2020 Music: Thin Ice • December Virtual Exhibit • Hammond Museum, N. Salem, NY
2020 Music: Waterslide • November Virtual Exhibit • Hammond Museum, N. Salem, NY
2020 Music: When I Found You • October Virtual Exhibit • Hammond Museum, N. Salem, NY
2020 Music: Cloud Burst • September Virtual Exhibit • Hammond Museum, N. Salem, NY
2020 Music: Keep Me in Your Heart • August Virtual Exhibit • Hammond Museum, N. Salem, NY
2020 Music: Curry Sundown • July Virtual Exhibit • Hammond Museum, N. Salem, NY
2020 Music for a collection of Animations • Story Art Exhibit, Retrospective Exhibit • Cotuit Art Center, Cotuit MA
2019 Music: Lullaby to a Baby Wolf • Make Way, Memorial Viewing • Children’s Literature Conference, Simmons Univ., Boston, MA
2018 Music for a collection of Animations • Playtime in the Making, Art Exhibit • Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2016 Music: Grasshopper's Holiday and Skallywag • FS16 Conference • Playtime in the Making • The Furniture Society • Lecture & Animation Screening • University of the Arts • Animation by Karen LaFleur /LaFleur Artworks • Philadelphia, PA • Presenters: Tommy Simpson & Karen LaFleur
2015 Music: Storm, Stronger than Dirt, Skallywag for Freeplay • Summer Children’s Literature Institute • Freeplay, Animation by Karen LaFleur • Dept. of Children’s Literature • Animation to Open Conference • Simmons College, Boston MA
2014 Music: Stronger than Dirt • James Renwick Alliance • The Future of Art In Wood • James Renwick Alliance Symposium Lecture • Playtime, Animation by Karen LaFleur • Washington, DC • Presenter: Tommy Simpson
MUSIC AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS:
2021 Semi-finalist / International Songwriting Competition • For song, Be the Best Bee
2020 First Place / Composers Forum Contest • Original Composition, Dance of the Midnight Mouse
2019 Second Place / Composers Forum Contest • Original Composition, March of the Mannikins
2018 First Place / Composers Forum Contest • Original Composition, Grasshopper’s Holiday
2010 Seal of Excellence / Creative Child Magazine • Children’s CD, Glad That You Asked
2007 Top 20 Finalist / Unisong International Songwriting Competition • Song, Frank Stein
2006 Gold Parents’ Choice Award / Parents’ Choice Foundation • Children’s CD, Escape of the Slinkys
2006 Gold Award/Mid Atlantic Song Contest, Washington DC • Original song, Be the Best Bee
2006 Seal of Excellence / Creative Child Magazine • Children’s CD / Escape of the Slinkys
2006 Winner of Gold Award / National Parenting Publications (NAPPA) • Children’s CD, Escape of the Slinkys
2006 Winner of Children’s Music Web Award • Original Song, Frank Stein
2004 Indie of the Year Award/ Outstanding Achievement & Exemplary Dedication to the Independent Music Industry
2004 Lifetime Achievement Award / Connecticut Songwriters Association
2002 Grand Prize Winner / Connecticut Comedy Festival • 100 Contestants / 3 Week Competition
Sponsored by Connecticut Public Television and Seven Angels Theater, Waterbury, CT
2001 Third Place Mid Atlantic Song Contest, Washington DC • Original song, Hairy Harry the Happy Horse
1999 Finalist / Children’s Music Web Awards • Children’s CD, Glad That You Asked
1996 Outstanding Achievement/Connecticut Songwriters Association • Performing Songwriter
1994 Outstanding Artistic Achievement / Connecticut Songwriters Association • For Original One Woman Show, Everything Reminds Me of my Therapist
1990 Second Place / New Hampshire Guitar Competition • Portsmouth, NH
1984 Fourth Place/New England Guitar Competition • New Haven, CT
1980 Connecticut Songwriter of the Year Award / Connecticut Songwriters Association
RECORDINGS:
2005 Escape of the Slinkys / Clever Songs for Clever Kids • 5 National Awards • CD / A Gentle Wind
2004 Songs for Immature Adults / Humor • CD/ Collie-Flower Records
1999 The Longing / Ballads, Instrumentals • CD / Collie-Flower Records
1993 Treasures From the Attic / Humor, Ballads & Instrumentals • Greatest Hits • CD /Collie-Flower Records
1992 Playing with Fire / Original Guitar Instrumentals • CD / Collie-Flower Records
1990 Another Door Opens / Ballads • CD / Collie-Flower Records
1989 Happy as a Clam / Intergenerational • CD / Collie-Flower Records
1988 Glad That You Asked / Funny Songs for Kids • 2 National Awards • CD / A Gentle Wind
1983 A Little Stronger / Humor, Ballads, Instrumentals • LP / Collie-Flower Records
PUBLISHER MUSIC COLLECTIONS:
Recordings & Songs licensed by A Gentle Wind to Publishers
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MacMillan/McGraw-Hill New York, NY
HarperCollins New York, NY
Scholastic New York, NY
MUSIC ANTHOLOGIES:
2018 Spectra/Music by members of the Connecticut Composers Inc. / Guitar Instrumentals: Grasshopper’s Holiday, Escape of the Slinkys • CD/navona records/PARMA
2016 Imaginational Anthem vol. 8 / Guitar Instrumentall: That Spanish Thing •. Collection of rare private press recordings • CD and LP / Tompkins Square Records
2011 Big Bully; Compilation of anti-bullying Children’s songs / Song: Most Valuable Player • CD/Big Round Records
2000 Dr. Demento; 30 year Anniversary Compilation / Song: Everything Reminds Me of My Therapist • CD/Rhino Records
1998 Phil Ochs Compilation; What’s That I Hear / Song: Changes • CD / Sliced Bread Records
MUSIC INVENTIONS:
2002 United States Patent Issue / Percussion Additions to Stringed Instruments • (USPTO) U.S. Department of Commerce
ONE WOMAN SHOW:
Everything Reminds Me of my Therapist / Original theater, comedy and music written and produced by Nancy Tucker
TOUR SCHEDULE 1992 -1996
New Haven, CT
Northampton, MA
Albany, NY
West Hartford, CT
Ithaca, NY
Simsbury, CT
Concord, MA
Stonington, CT
Wallingford, CT
Ivoryton, CT
Cambridge, MA
Philadelphia, PA
MUSIC TOURS:
1996 Phil Ochs Song Night Tour; Ithaca, NY to Minneapolis MN and all major cities in between
1977-present; Performances of original songs and humor for audiences of all ages throughout the US.
PERFORMED WITH:
2003 Ed Helms / The Bushnell, Hartford, CT
1998 Joan Baez / Philadelphia, PA
STAND UP COMEDY:
1999-2009 Custom Written Comedy Shows for the following Corporations:
Maxwell House and Post corporate merger (Kraft) Woodbury, CT
The National Association of Educational Buyers Conference Grand Island, NY
Professional Secretaries International Conference, Mystic, CT
Newport Federal Savings Bank Newport, RI
National Association of Interpreters Conference Syracuse, NY
Harvard Medical School Women in Psychology Conference Boston, MA
Oglivie's Hardware Store Weston, MA
Footprints Shoe Store Newington, CT
Milkhaus Laboratory Inc. Rensselaerville, NY
Honeywell Inc. New Britain, CT
Connecticut Association of School Secretaries Conference Westbrook, CT
National Real Estate Convention San Antonia, TX
BOOK / eBOOK PUBLICATIONS:
2010 Truly Rotten Gigs from Hell / Xlibris, ISBN 978-1-45004145-4 (p. 89 and 109)
2007 Children’s Juke Box/ Selected Music Listings / American Library Association, Chicago (Listing p. 64) Author: Robert Reid / ISBN-13: 978-0838909409 & ISBN-10: 083890940X
NEWSPAPER REVIEWS: (partial list)
New York Times, New York, NY Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Hartford Advocate, Hartford, CT The Concord Journal, Concord, MA
The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, NY Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, NY
Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT
