An Arts Education Project of The Michael K. Hall Community School Limited. Lordstreet Theatre
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Mauri 'KeKeRe' Hall
Born: October 14th, 1981
Citizenship: Canada and Trinidad & Tobago
Email: [email protected]
PROFILE
- Founded & managed Vengeance Media Studios (Tobago 2007-2010/Ontario 2010-present)
- Studio Recording Engineer, Ed Gordon Studio & Machel Montano (2003-2005)
- Award winning performing/recording artist under sobriquet KeKeRe since 1990
- Managed teams of three to four workers at Optex Staging & Services Inc., Toronto, ON
- Software Experience: Microsoft Office, STATA (statistical software package),
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Final Cut Pro (video editing), Logic (music production)
EDUCATION
- PhD Canditate and Teaching Assistant
York University, Toronto, ON (2016 – Present)
- Master’s Degree (Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, A)
York University, Toronto, ON (2015 – 2016)
- Bachelor of Arts, Hon. (Economics Program, Co‐Op Option)
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON (2012-2015)
- Bachelor of Arts (Economics Program)
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS (2011-2012)
Dean’s List for two consecutive terms
- S. One: Mathematics 570, English 680 (2000-2001)
- High School Diploma – CXC Ceritficate (Seven Subjects), Tobago (1992-2000)
Scarborough Secondary School (Tobago)
Top Student in Principles of Business
EXPERIENCE
- Assistant Warehouse Manager
Optex Staging & Services Inc., Toronto, ON (2010 – 2011)
Set‐up and take down of equipment for special events under tight time constraints
Responsible for ensuring correct orders were shipped and loaded
Including equipment for events such as the Much Music Video Awards, etc.
- Chief Recording Engineer/Producer/Composer/Musician
Vengeance Media Studios, Trinidad & Tobago (2007‐2010)
Supervised, produced, orchestrated and engineered commercial recordings
from concept to finished product. Launched “New Generation’ a complete CD album by KeKeRe (2008)
- Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Composer/Musician
Leda Serene Films, Toronto, ON (2005-2007)
Composed music for feature film ‘A Winter Tale’ by Frances Solomon
• Best Foreign Film, San Diego Black Film Festival ‐ 2008
• Ousmane Sembene Award for Best Foreign Film, Zuma Film Festival ‐ 2008
• Audience Award Best Feature, T&T Film Festival ‐ 2007
• Award for Best Film, Festival of Black International Cinema, Berlin - 2008
• Tonya Lee Williams Award for Outstanding Canadian Feature,
Reel World Film Festival ‐ 2007
- Recording Engineer/Sound Designer/Composer/Musician
Caribbean Tales, Toronto, ON (2005-2007)
Composed music and created sound design for ‘Literature Alive’ -
a TV series for Bravo Canada (first broadcast October 2005). ‘Literature Alive’
is also a series of audio books, a website and a radio series
for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
- Studio Recording Engineer/Producer/Composer/Musician
Ed Gordon Studio, Machel Montano & Xtatic Ltd, Trinidad & Tobago (2003-2005)
Responsible for all studio recordings and video installations on tour.
- Studio Recording Engineer/Producer/Musician
LAJ Studios, Trinidad & Tobago (2001-2002)
Supervised, produced, orchestrated and engineered commercial recordings
from concept to finished product.
- Assistant Recording Engineer (To the legendary soca producer Kenny Phillips)
KMP Music Lab, Trinidad & Tobago (2000-2001)
An in-depth apprenticeship programme which allowed immersion in all technical and business aspects of the audio recording industry. TRAINING
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technician Certificate 1
City & Guilds, London, England
Via: Trinzuela Institute, Trinidad & Tobago (2008-2009)
- Diploma of Recording Arts and Technology
Recording Arts Canada, Stoney Creek, ON (2002-2003)
87% Overall Average
- Bloomberg Assessment Test Score 600 (in the 93rd percentile globally)
AWARDS
- Runner-up Junior Calypso Monarch (Tobago 1990)
- Twelve and Under Talent Winner (Trinidad & Tobago 1991)
- Scouting for Talent Champion (Tobago with citation in Trinidad 1995)
- Runner-up Soca Monarch (Tobago 2008)
- Stars of Tomorrow Award for song: ‘New Generation’ (Tobago 2009)
- Stars of Tomorrow Calypso Competition Winner (Tobago 2010)
- Young Kings Calypso Competition Runner-Up (Tobago 2010)
- Young Kings Calypso Competition Finalist (Trinidad 2010)
REFERENCES
- Dr. Geoffrey Whitehall (Professor, Political Science – Global Politics)
Acadia University, Nova Scotia
- Mr. John Arnold (Musician, Composer, Accompanist, Arranger, Events Manager, Copyright Organization of Trinidad and Tobago Board Member)
Signal Hill Alumni Choir, Tobago
- Mr. Kenny Phillips (Musician, Arranger, Studio & Radio Station Owner,
Business Executive, Copyright Organization of Trinidad and Tobago Board Member)
WACK Radio 90.1 FM and KMP Music Lab, Trinidad and Tobago
April 13th, 2013
