Bio
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Studio Recording, Engineering & Production Summer Program, Institute for the Musical Arts, Goshen, MA BFA in Studio for Interrelated Media, Minor in Creative Writing (Summa Cum Laude), Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MAEmployment
Artist Manager, Producer, Singer-Songwriter, Producer, Guitarist, Vocalist, The Croaks & Nemarca, Cambridge, MA, 2021—present Teaching Artist, Cantata Singers, Boston, MA, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 Seasons Club Passim, Cambridge, MA 2025—present, Account Manager & Studio Assistant Sidney Hutter Glass & Light, Newton, MA, 2021—2024
Selected Performances
2026
“The Inevitable Return: Exploding Plastic Revisited”, ICA Boston, Boston, MA “campfire.” festival, Club Passim, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca) x2 “Ye Olde Clowne Towne”, Man Ray, Cambridge, MA (The Croaks), “Big Gig” Allston Pudding, Charles River Speedway, Allston, MA (The Croaks)2025
Allston Pudding Brighton Bazaar After Show, Brighton Elks Lodge, Brighton, MA (Nemarca) Allston Pudding Left of the Charles, Speedway, Allston, MA (Nemarca)
Allston Pudding Concert Series, Zone 3, Brighton, MA (The Croaks)
Summer Series, Club Passim, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca), Local Support for The Bags, Crystal Ballroom, Somerville, MA [SOLD OUT] (The Croaks) “Queer Takeover” Radio Bean, Burlington, VT (The Croaks) THE NEW COLOSSUS FESTIVAL, NuBlu, Lower East Side, NYC (The Croaks)
Eat for Equity: Benefit Concert for Rosie’s Place, The Harriet E. Richards Cooperative House at Boston University, Boston, MA (The Croaks) On The Town with Mikey Dee, WMFO Tufts, Medford, MA (The Croaks) Moon Over Salem Festival, Bit Bar, Salem, MA (The Croaks) Rat****** Fest, Allston, MA (The Croaks)2024
Songwriter’s Series, Club Passim, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca)
NICE, a fest. Somerville, MA (The Croaks feat. Vundabar, Gymshorts, Palehound, Pile)
campfire. Festival, Club Passim, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca) Know Your Scene, Deep Cuts, Medford, MA (The Croaks)
Highly Recommended, 91.5FM WMFO Tufts, Medford, MA (Nemarca)
Songwriters in the Round, Club Passim, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca)
A Love Affair (Presented by IndieSauce), The Rockwell, Boston, MA (The Croaks) [SOLD OUT] Green Line Records Showcase, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (The Croaks)2023
FREQ Salon II, Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, MA (The Croaks) Indie Hourz, presented by IndieSauce, Boston, MA (The Croaks)
Community Media Day, WBCA Boston Neighborhood Network, Boston, MA (The Croaks)A Night For Justine, Crystal Ballroom, Somerville, MA (The Croaks feat. The Unclean, The Bags, Dave Minehan) [SOLD OUT] O’Brien’s Pub, Allston, MA, (The Croaks) [SOLD OUT]
Winthrop Pride Festival hosted by Lydia Edwards, Winthrop, MA (Nemarca) Croakus Pokus Album Release, O’Brien’s Pub, Allston, MA (The Croaks) [SOLD OUT] Squitch Album Release, Yellow Mailbox, Somerville, MA (The Croaks feat. Squitch, Rong) Birthday Party Bash, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA (Nemarca)
Orkest Inaugural Concert, BuildLab @ Boston University, Boston, MA (Nemarca)2022
Studio for Interrelated Media Alumni & Founders Day, MassArt, Boston, MA (Nemarca)A Trip to the Moon: Early Special Effects Screenings and Improvisation, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA WFSR Acoustic Sundays, Boston, MA (The Croaks) Resistor/Disruptor/Visionary Group Show, Midway Gallery, Boston, MA (The Croaks) Solstice Jubilee Flea, Allston, MA (The Croaks)
Leesta Vall Sound Recordings, Brooklyn, NY (The Croaks) [SOLD OUT] Via: Behind VA Shadows, ICA Group Show, Boston, MA (Nemarca) Somerville Porch Fest, Somerville, MA (Nemarca)
Full list of performances
Selected Event Production
Solstice Jubilee Flea, Tourist Trap, Allston, MA (The Croaks, Reggie Pearl, Paper Lady, Cursed Image), 2022 Raise Your Voice. Walk the Talk. Accelerate youth-driven change. TedXYouth@Beacon St, Boston, MA, 2019
Selected Exhibitions
Discipline of Sleep, Behind VA Shadows, online exhibition 2022 Via, Behind VA Shadows, ICA Group Show, Spaceus Gallery, Boston, MA 2022 Pockets of Belief, Behind VA Shadows, ICA Group Show, online exhibition, 2022
Press
“Nemarca Gets the Chills On New Single” Allston Pudding, 2026 “Nemarca Announces New EP ‘Falling All The Time’” V13, 2026 “The Croaks Gather at the Sea Shore” Allston Pudding, 2025 Local Faves of 2023, Allston Pudding, Boston, MA, 2023 The Croaks Release Flamboyant and Hypnotizing Album ‘Croakus Pokus’, Mesmerized, 2023 Top 25 EPS of 2023, Rosy Overdrive, 2023 Pressing Concerns, Rosy Overdrive, 2023
Curatorial
Pockets of Belief: Behind VA Shadows, Online exhibition, 2022
Residencies
AIR, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA, 2026 AIR, Sheepscot Arts Preserve, Alna, ME, 2026, AIR Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, 2021
Awards & Scholarships
Music Masters Collective Scholarship Award, Frets and Refrains, 2025, 2026 Class of 1917 Award (Outstanding Junior in Liberal Arts), Massachusetts College of Art & Design, 2020 John and Abigail Adams Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, 2017-2021 Merit Scholarship, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, 2017-2021 Intercollegiate Undergraduate Poetry Award, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, 2021 Perfect Score, ELA MCAS, 2009, 2011
Additional Study
Phil Weinrobe Home Recording Workshop, School of Song, Los Angeles, CA, 2026 Laraaji: The Eternal Now, School of Song, Los Angeles, CA, 2025 Brian Eno Songwriting Workshop, School of Song, Los Angeles, CA, 2025Adrianne Lenker Songwriting Workshop, School of Song, Los Angeles, CA, 2025 Clawhammer Banjo Workshop, Passim School of Music, Cambridge, MA, 2024 Adrianne Lenker Songwriting Workshop, School of Song, Los Angeles, CA, 2024 Phil Weinrobe MixLab, School of Song, Los Angeles, CA, 2023
Robin Pecknold Songwriting Workshop, School of Song, Los Angeles, CA, 2022 Songwriting: Melody, Berklee Online, 2021 Luke Temple Songwriting Workshop, School of Song, Los Angeles, CA, 2021 Acoustic Guitar Techniques Berklee Online, 2020
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