MUSICIAN, CREATOR OF MODERN WARRIOR LIVE

“This kid is 360 degrees!”- Quincy Jones

“...a trumpeter of abundant poise.” - The New York Times

Dominick Farinacci is a world-renowned trumpeter with a passion for performing and for integrating the arts into wellness and education. He has released 15 albums internationally, performed in more than 120 cities around the world and received foundation grants to establish arts programs in his native Ohio. He served as Ambassador to Jazz at Lincoln Center in Qatar 2013-2015, working to further integrate music and arts into wellness and education. He organized the very first jazz performance for patients in Abu Dhabi in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic and the Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation. Dominick is a frequent speaker on the connection between mental health and music, including doing a TED Talk in 2014 at the Kennedy Center. He serves as Director of the Tri-C JazzFest Academy at the Gill and Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts at Cuyahoga Community College.

PIANIST, MODERN WARRIOR LIVE CREATIVE COLLABORATOR

Thomas has played in jazz festivals around the world, and has performed with Charles Toliver, Marquis Hill, Bruce Williams, Richie Goods, Jazzmeia Horn, and the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, among many others. Thomas graduated from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in 2015 and The Juilliard School in 2019. He has been a student to pianists Aaron Goldberg, Dan Nimmer, Aaron Parks, and Taylor Eigsti. In 2012 he was awarded The ASCAP foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award and hosted a bi-weekly session at Smalls Jazz club from 2015-2019. Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, he benefited from the city’s wide range of jazz veterans and swing-rooted tradition. Sonically his sound hearkens to the creative influences he’s adopted. Influences such as Kenny Kirkland, Wynton Kelly, and Mulgrew Miller are apparent muses and thus lend their sound to his style.

DIRECTOR, MODERN WARRIOR LIVE

A prolific theatrical creator with a love for synthesizing experiences by integrating storytelling, technology, multimedia and live performance, Emmett Murphy is the founder of showHive, Inc.

For the past three years, Mr. Murphy has served as the director for Modern Warrior LIVE, overseeing direction, multimedia design and the creative development of the productions which debuted in 2018 at the Sheen Center’s Loreto Theater in New York City. Emmett has written and directed production shows for numerous companies, including Norwegian Cruise Lines, Carnival Cruise Lines, Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Princess Cruise Lines. He was also the creative producer for the spectacular production of Illusions at Joyland Theme Park near Shanghai, China. Additionally, Mr. Murphy has created and directed multimedia for theatrical productions around the world.