Paul Sottnik
Songwriter ~ Accompanist
Paul is a salad of leafy dance accompanist with a side of songwriter and a light vinaigrette of jazz and musical theater. He writes songs about familiar things like cafes, gardening, mythical creatures and the oppressive tyranny of the capitalist machine. He lives in Chicago, studied piano at SUNY Fredonia and is a multi-instrumentalist.
Contact
Chicago, IL
631 624 1995
paulsottnik@gmail.com
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Discography
Argo 2020
Sandalwood and Gasoline 2020
Ballet Music for Cosmic Circumstance 2020
Lapis / Tourmaline 2019
Mela Two 2019
Still Talkin' 2018
Supermarkets 2018
Music Box Mind 2018
The Everythingness 2017
MELA 2016
MANAGER OF SOTTNIK MUSIC
creating projects since 2015
MUSIC DIRECTOR / PIANIST
“Ballad of Left and Crabbe” (Workshop) Understudy Theater 2019
“Barney the Elf” Pride Arts Center 2018
“A Charlie Brown Christmas” Buffalo’s Theater of Youth 2017
“Guys and Dolls” 17’ and “Beauty and the Beast” 18’ at Catherine O’hara HS
“Beauty and the Beast” and “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Please Change” Cobblestone Arts Center 2017
“Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat” 16’ at Theater in the Mist
"420 The Musical" 2016 and 2017
PIANIST FOR DANCE MASTERCLASSES AND WORKSHOPS WITH
Glenn Edgerton
Jen Nugent
Dan Duel
Cisco Graciano
BALLET CLASS ACCOMPIANIST
AUSTIN, TX 2021
Ballet Austin
Dance Institute
Community Ballet
CHICAGO, IL 2018-2021
Common Conservatory
Chicago Movement Collective
Visceral Dance Center
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
Hubbard Street Dance
Chicago High Scool for the Arts
Hyde Park School of Dance Chicago, IL
Chicago Ballet Arts
Dance Works Chicago
Ballet Chicago
BUFFALO, NY 2016-2018
University of Buffalo
CONTEMPORARY CLASS ACCOMPIANIST
AUSTIN, TX 2021
The University of Texas
CHICAGO, IL 2018-2021
Chicago High Scool for the Arts
Hyde Park School of Dance Chicago, IL
BUFFALO, NY 2016-2018
University of Buffalo
ASOCIATED ENSEMBLES
Mela Ensemble
Deja Vibes Austin, TX
Soulfire and the Eternal Flame Austin, TX
Trust This Ghost Chicago, IL
Ponder Buffalo, NY
All'amore Jamestown, NY
The Everythingness Buffalo, NY
Bobby Skrzypek and the Pedestrians Western, NY
PERFORMED AT
810 Meadworks Medina, NY
Alcove Cantina Round Rock, TX
Angels Icehouse Spicewood, TX
Barrow Brewing Salado, TX
Bucktown Garden Festival (2019) Chicago, IL
Caffeine Underground NYC
Daily Planet Cafe Buffalo, NY
Davenport's Piano Bar Chicago, IL
Erie Maritime Museum Erie, PA
Funk and Waffles Syracuse, NY
Gallery Cabaret Chicago, IL
Hotel ZaZa Austin, TX
Infringement Festival (2017) Buffalo, NY
Kalahari Resort Round Rock, TX
La Macchina Evanston, IL
Lot 10 Ithica, NY
Maggie Mae's Leander, TX
Merge Buffalo, NY
Mohawk Place Buffalo, NY
Mojo's Jamestown, NY
Nietzche's Buffalo, NY
NeWorlDeli Austin, TX
Parish Public House Albany, NY
Pausa Art House Buffalo, NY
Petterino's Chicago, IL
Piano's NYC
Pflutto's Tavern Pflugerville, TX
Radio Bean Burlington, VT
Slyfest (2017) Western New York
South Fork Food and Brew Georgetown, TX
Starry Night Cafe Rochester, NY
Stone Church Newmarket, NH
Sylvie's Chicago, IL
The 9th Ward Buffalo, NY
The Basement Long Island, NY
The Bug Jar Rochester, NY
The Cavern Toronto, ON
The Elbo Room Chicago, IL
The Gypsy Parlour Buffalo, NY
The Hide Out Long Island, NY
The Stumblin Inn Elba, NY
Thin Man Brewery Buffalo, NY
Uncommon Ground Chicago, IL
Wine on Hertal Buffalo, NY
WTF Austin, TX
PERFORMED ON
"Major/Minor" by Chris Kremer 2022
"Sticky Gumbo" by Cyndi Stark 2021
"Before We Go..." by Trust This Ghost 2020
"Mela Two" 2019
"The Everythingness" 2017
"Mela" 2016
"Gin and Yonic" by Yonic 2015