Band

Trevor Shipley
Music Director, Band

A recent graduate from St. Mary's College of Southern Maryland with a degree in English, his real passion is for performing and writing music. Trevor picked up his first instrument (the Irish tin whistle) when he was four years old and since then has moved on to several different instruments and styles. Trevor thanks his parents for sparking and continually supporting his love for music.
Rosie Shipley
Music Consultant

Rosie Shipley has been playing the violin since she was three years old. She graduated from MICA in 2000 with a degree in photography. Rosie is delighted to be making her debut on viola for the music of "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Kate Barutha

Bio:
Matthew Fox

Matthew Fox is in his twenty-fourth year on this chilling planet, and minds not the times but the eternities. He strums and picks a wood guitar from his hermitage in Charles Village. He is an art history major on paper, but, if you ask him, would sooner call himself a poet-philosopher, or a cat-lover. His affinity for pentameter led him to Shakespeare, and to this production. Saturn is his preceptor, and fickleness his muse.
Greg Murphy

Playing keyboards for the Midsummer Night's Dream original score, Greg Murphy is an illustrator and self-taught composer. His past production experience includes induction as a member of the National Thespian Society, original score writing for an (unfortunately cancelled) production of Alice in Wonderland, and acting in a number of plays. When not creating concept illustrations, Greg continues to work on his debut album, which features a blend of classical, rock and Broadway styles.
Louise Lee

Louise is a freshman at MICA and is excited to be able to participate in MND as a violinist. She is going to major in GFA and has been playing violin since she was 8, but started to take it seriously a few years back. She has participated in Radnor High School's Hello Dolly musical's pit orchestra. Louise is glad that she was able to meet such great musicians and staff during her time in the MND production at her first year at MICA!
Shannon May

Shannon May has long fostered a love of music, fantasy, and the renaissance; these interests forced her to participate in this production, and she is excited to contribute as a musician. She spent her childhood on the coast of southern Connecticut amongst wild monk parakeets and ruins of the Revolutionary War. Shannon is currently a senior at MICA studying illustration and printmaking and spends her free time listening to records, studying geometry and physics, and entertaining her kitten, Momo.
Eleanor Sorenson

Wields guitar (21yrs) and mandolin (2yrs) and enjoys playing/singing bluegrass and folk. she has two bands under her belt and is in one currently. this is her first experience musically performing for a play, but enjoys working with other talented musicians. Her favorite Shakespeare play is Macbeth.