Nancy Gordon Galluzzo
Founder / President
Marino Galluzzo
Consultant
Resident Musician
Board Member
Becky Faul Dowling
Resident Photographer
Board Member
Joan F Russell
Consultant
Resident Actor
Board Member
Thomas A Earley
Recording Advisor
Resident Musician
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Nancy Gordon Galluzzo is a piano accompanist, music educator and music director. Classically trained, Nancy accompanies instrumental and vocal soloists, directs and performs musicals each year for local theaters, universities and schools, and coaches vocalists. Recently, Nancy wrote orchestrations, music directed and conducted the world premiere of “Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein” and can be heard on the original cast recording. Nancy is resident pianist for the TRSQ workshops, teaches privately, and is an accompanist and music consultant for Point Park Conservatory of Performing Arts Ballet and Musical Theater departments. As founder of QM Productions, Inc., Nancy produces musical and theater events to raise money for local charities and organizations.
Becky Dowling of Digital Dowling Photography is an ambitions, Southern Belle at heart from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. After meeting a wonderful man from Pittsburgh, “Ya’ll & Yinz” combined and started roots in the Pittsburgh area. However, Becky will always remain true G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised in the South). Currently, Becky is a Stay-at-Home Mom of two amazing kids...her dream come true! Becky’s passions are her family, piano, and photography. Photography has turned into a continuous, self-taught hobby gone mad. The recent creation of Digital Dowling Photography serves as a showcase for her work. Becky is pleased to be a part of the QM family.
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Jeremy Czarniak
Resident Director
Choreographer/Actor
Jeremy Czarniak is a graduate of Point Park University’s COPA department and current full time faculty member. Onstage he has been seen in numerous productions including the Off-Broadway hit Zombies From The Beyond, playing Ozzie in the International 25th Anniversary Tour of On The Town, A-rab in West Side Story at the MUNY St. Louis, Bobby in Crazy For You for Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, Snug in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Pittsburgh Public Theatre and countless regional productions including his favorite role as Groucho Marx in Groucho-A Life In Revue for which he has twice received mention in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Best Actor category. As a director/choreographer, Jeremy has staged several productions for The Theatre Factory including The Melody Lingers On and Zombies From The Beyond, choreographed and performed with Marvin Hamlisch and the Pittsburgh Pops, served as Choreographer for many Point Park productions and Asst. Director/Choreographer for Thou Shalt Not, Pittsburgh Premiere. Jeremy is a past recipient of MDA’s Best Male Tap Dancer in the U.S. Award and is currently in production for the world premiere of his full length tap concert “What Did I say?/What Did You Mean?” to be presented Fall 2010 at Point Park University.
Marino Galluzzo is in demand as a soloist, ensemble performer, clinician and educator. His career has taken him to many locations throughout the United States, Canada and Italy. He has performed on radio, television and recordings. Marino has performed on saxophone, clarinet and flute with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Pittsburgh Pops, Pittsburgh Chamber Orchestra, New Music Ensemble, Hamilton Philharmonic, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Wheeling Symphony, Westmoreland Symphony and McKeesport Symphony. Other ensemble performances include the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble, Metropolitan Wind Ensemble, Fiesta Band and many guest solos with high school and community bands and orchestras.
Marino is one of the founding members of the Three Rivers Saxophone Quartet which has been together since 1973 and has performed at many Pittsburgh venues such as the Three Rivers Arts Festival, Arts in the Park, Bach, Beethoven & Brunch, Pittsburgh Concert Society as well as many college and school campus locations. The Three Rivers Saxophone Quartet is also active in education providing scholarships to students to attend the TRSQ annual summer woodwind workshop.
Marino can be heard on recordings with the Three Rivers Saxophone Quartet, the Paul Brodie Saxophone Quartet, the Canadian Saxophone Quartet, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Carnegie Mellon Wind Ensemble,the Graham Grubb Big Band and on the original cast recording of “Mary Shelley and her Frankenstein”. Marino has performed with many top international and local celebrities.
Marino is also very active as an arranger for orchestra, band and saxophone literature. As an educator, Marino is an instrumental music teacher in the Pittsburgh Public Schools and maintains a private studio.
Joan Russell is a Pittsburgh native who grew up in the borough of Dormont. She is a classically trained soprano, who is known as much for her comic acting as she is her ethereal sounds. Joan has performed with local theatre companies such as The Theatre Factory, Pittsburgh Savoyards, South Park Theatre, Jude Pohl Productions as well as The South Hills Chorale to name a few. Joan is honored t be a part of QM Productions, Inc. “I have always believed the reason an audience member comes to see a show is a need, a need to be so engaged in something that their cares and responsibilities are for a moment, one quiet moment, alleviated. Knowing that a portion of QM ticket sales will benefit a local charity, takes an audience member one step further. It is an opportunity to look beyond ourselves and contribute to the betterment of another. Entertainment for humanity, what a concept”! Joan is a graduate of Robert Morris University and works for a global company as a corporate trainer developing curriculum and instruction for employees.
Tom Earley is an accomplished musician in many styles of music including classical, rock and jazz. He studied Percussion Performance and Music Education at Carnegie Mellon University and Music Technology at Duquesne University.
Tom is an active percussionist in the Pittsburgh area; he has played percussion for many local musical groups such as the C.L.O., Pittsburgh Opera, the Pittsburgh Camerata, South Hills Chorale, McKeesport Symphony, the Pittsburgh Playhouse and the City Theater. Tom has served as a percussionist and musical director in numerous productions at the Playhouse. As a percussionist his credits include: On The Town, Anything Goes, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, and Charlotte’s Web. Directorial highlights include: Hair, Brigadoon, and Into The Woods for which he won an award from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for Meritorious Achievement.
Tom is also a music producer and the owner of Earley Productions, a digital recording studio in Pittsburgh. He has recorded and produced commercials and albums that have been distributed nationally.
In addition, Tom is the Associate Director of Percussion at Mt. Lebanon High School where he has helped to develop, direct and teach the nationally recognized Mt. Lebanon Marching Drum Line and Percussion Ensemble.
Tim Marquette is a native of Pittsburgh and received his Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from the University of Evansville (summa cum laude, 2001). His musical theatre credits have taken Tim to NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, and back to Pittsburgh with shows including FOOTLOOSE (Ren McCormick), OKLAHOMA (Will Parker), GREASE (Danny Zuko), GODSPELL (Jesus), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Fyedka), WEST SIDE STORY, CHICAGO, LIL’ ABNER, JOSEPH...DREAMCOAT, EVITA, GYPSY, BIG, ANNIE, VICTOR/VICTORIA, and GEORGE M!. He has also performed classically here in Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Opera Chorus and The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh) and around the world including St. Petersburg, Russia (Mozart’s Requiem at the Glinka Capella) and Rome, Italy (Operafestival di Roma). Outside of performing, Tim is an avid traveller. His travels have taken him around Europe, Aisa, Russia, and South Africa. He spent 2 years living in Rome where he worked on the direction of LA VEDOVA ALLEGRA and IL FLAUTO MAGICO with the Operafestival di Roma as well as teaching English as a foreign language. He spent a year teaching English and drama in Japan, 6 months teaching in Spain, and works every summer in London at a school for refugee children where he leads a month-long music and theatre workshop. Tim is currently the Director of Musical Theatre at his alma mater, Pine-Richland High School, and works in Point Park University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts.
Tim Marquette
Consultant
Board Member