Tony Silva - Biography

Tony Silva is a multifaceted artist, musician, dancer, designer and teacher. He has worked as a professional composer, choreographer, sculptor, mask maker, graphic designer, and all around freelance artist for over 20 years.

He holds a BFA in dance from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he also studied bronze casting, design, and electronic music composition with award winning composer Charles Bestor.

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Three new pieces of music composed by Tony Silva will be included in the
World Premiere. Friday, October 9, 7:00
MoMA Presents: Joan Braderman's
The Heretics
October 9–15

The Heretics uncovers the inside story of a pivotal force in the "second wave" of the Women’s Movement. Director Joan Braderman, who followed her dream of becoming a filmmaker to New York City in 1971, where she joined the feminist art collective Heresies at the epicenter of the 1970’s art world in lower Manhattan, charts the collective's story for the first time in a feature-length film or video.
Unlike more traditional “documentaries,” the film is framed with striking new digital motion graphics. Consisting of intimate interviews with former collective members, archival footage from the 1970s, and documents of the Heresies collective, which published HERESIES: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics from 1977 to 1992, The Heretics views the collective in the context of the larger second-wave movement, which was made up of thousands who met in small, private group settings to discuss issues and launch programs and actions relevant to women. The hundreds of Heresies members—now scattered around the globe and working as artists, writers, architects, painters, filmmakers, designers, editors, curators, and teachers—speak intimately about the extraordinary times they shared, challenging the terms of gender and power and re-imagining the lives of generations to come.

Organized by Sally Berger, Assistant Curator, Department of Film.

The Heretics. 2009. USA. Written and directed by Joan Braderman and produced by Crescent Diamond for No More Nice Girls Productions. Print courtesy the artist. 95 min. World Premiere. Friday, October 9, 7:00; Saturday, October 10, 7:30; Sunday, October 11, 2:00; Monday, October 12, 4:00; Wednesday, October 14, 4:00; Thursday, October 15, 7:00. T2

WE EXPECT TO HAVE AN AFTER-PARTY THE EVENING OF OCT 9 AFTER THE FILM: VENUE TO BE ANNOUNCED.

We hope to see you at the opening night screening or at one of the succeeding day or evening shows the following week.

Click here for Heretics web site

Tony Silva's new sound score is featured in the original play by
First Generation.
It premieres on August 7th, at 7PM,
At the Rebecca Johnson School
55 Catherine Street, Springfield, MA
(413) 586-4960

New CD released January 2009

Zen Garage
The Spaces in Between

Shakuhachi flute, Celtic harp and world percussion for relaxing, yoga or deep listening.

Zen Garage fuses deep cultural traditions with improvisation to weave aural poems of imaginary worlds. The musicians realized at their first meeting that there was a rare simpatico. That deep connection is what makes this CD so special.

Perry Yung has studied shakuhachi flute, and makes custom shakuhachis (www.yungflutes.com). Tony Silva is prolific film/ dance composer who also accompanies dance classes and performances on a daily basis (www.tonysilva.com). Jonathan Keezing (BA Berklee College of Music) has performed in a wide variety of genres for over twenty years. He records for the Passion Records Label (www.passionrecords.com).

This CD features Eco Packaging, using less plastic and creating a smaller carbon footprint.

Click here to listen or purchase CD or MP3 downloads.

Tony Silva just completed the original music score and sound design for Island Film's Artists of the Bahamas. The film premiered at the Bahamas International Film Festival December 5th.