About
Magda Kress is a queer NYC-based bassist. She recently completed the first national tour of Pretty Woman the Musical. She can frequently be found playing double bass and/or electric bass all over the city. She especially loves collaborating with theatre-makers and performing new, experimental, and immersive works. Recent favorites include Folk Wandering (Pipeline Theatre Company), The Tattooed Lady (workshop at New Dramatists), and recording the soundtrack for Conversion (Chronicle Cinema). She regularly plays with Blake Allen's award-winning An Evening with... Series, drag queen Doris Dear, and pop/rock band Fab the Duo. She is a frequent hire for shows at 54 Below, Green Room 42, Joe's Pub, Cutting Room, (le) poisson rouge, among other iconic venues.
She received her master’s degree in Music Composition from Bowling Green State University. Her compositions have been programmed on several concerts and festivals, including Electronic Music Midwest (Lewis University), Vox Novus' Circuit Bridges Series (Gallery MC) and Fifteen Minutes of Fame Series (Jan Hus Church, with cellist Craig Hultgren), and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra Student Composer Reading Session (Bowling Green State University).
She received her master’s degree in Music Composition from Bowling Green State University. Her compositions have been programmed on several concerts and festivals, including Electronic Music Midwest (Lewis University), Vox Novus' Circuit Bridges Series (Gallery MC) and Fifteen Minutes of Fame Series (Jan Hus Church, with cellist Craig Hultgren), and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra Student Composer Reading Session (Bowling Green State University).
Upcoming:
Derek Speedy: Sincerity is Scary - Green Room 42 - December 4
Oy Vey! A Night of Jewish Excellence for Hanukkah - 54 Below - December 7
The Doris Dear Christmas Special - Triad Theater - December 15-16
Songs of the Sitcoms! - 54 Below - January 7
Oy Vey! A Night of Jewish Excellence for Hanukkah - 54 Below - December 7
The Doris Dear Christmas Special - Triad Theater - December 15-16
Songs of the Sitcoms! - 54 Below - January 7