Resume / Curriculum Vitae
He / Him / His noahrenkenkapatos@gmail.com
Chicago, IL Musician / Sound Artist / Composer / Performer / Educator
Education
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Master’s of Fine Arts
Arts and Technology / Sound Practices Studio August 2025 - May 2027
Illinois State University, Normal, IL Bachelor's of Science
Creative Technologies - Audio Music Production -4.0 GPA January 2021 - December, 2023
Heartland Community College, Normal, IL Associate’s Degree
Associate’s in Arts - Music January 2018 - December 2019
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The School of the Art Institute of Chicago August 2025 - Present
Intro to Sound TA / Instrument Construction TA
Performing Musician, Recording Artist, Producer, and Educator July 2013 - Present
Great Value Jesus, Avenade, kiin, Loose 9000, Dayshift, various ensembles
Illinois State University, Normal, IL January 2024 - July 2025
School of Creative Technologies, Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts - Lecturer Spring 2024 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 Semester / Redbird Studios Producer /
Introduction to Sound Summer Camp: July 7-11th 2025
Heartland Community College, Normal, IL January 2024 - July 2025
Continuing Education Instructor - Guitar for the Advanced Beginner, November 7th - December 12 2024
Music Production 101, April 2024 - May 2024 / Kids @ Heartland, July 22nd-26th 2024
Hip Cat Music School, Bloomington, IL February 2023 - July 2025
Private Music Instructor for Guitar / Music Composition / Music Theory / Music and Audio Production
Eclipse Studios, Normal, IL February 2023 - October 2023
Freelance Producer and Audio Engineer
Castle Theatre, Bloomington, IL August 2017 - April 2020
Stagehand
Independent Guitar Lessons, Bloomington, IL March 2016 - April 2018
Guitar Instructor instructing at Behind the Glass Fine Art Studio
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Dayshift Small Table Session - Dayshift - Live Video Recording Session and Concert March 17th, 2026
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
ELECTRIC GROTTO - KAELIN - Alternative Electronic Dance Single February 6th, 2026
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Dérive - Noah Renken-Kapatos - 20 Track Sound Map / Spatial Audio Projection November 3rd, 2025
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
To Trader Joe’s From Maclean - Noah Renken-Kapatos - Sound Map / Sonic Narrative October 15th, 2025
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Perpetual Motion Machine, Orchestrated - Noah Renken-Kapatos - Orchestrated Composition October 10th, 2025
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
$756,164,384 - Noah Renken-Kapatos - Sound Narrative/Performance September 18th, 2025
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Loose 9000 Small Table Session- Loose 9000 - Live Video Recording Session and Concert June 17th, 2025
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Donte and The Stems Small Table Session - Donte and The Stems - Live Video Recording Concert May 4th, 2025
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Blind Baby Small Table Session - Blind Baby - Live Video Recording Session and Concert June 27th, 2025
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Cats and Dragons Small Table Session- Cats and Dragons - Live Video Recording Concert June 27th, 2025
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Vend3tta Small Table Session - Vend3tta - Live Video Recording Session and Concert June 27th, 2025
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Bang.- Noah Renken-Kapatos - Sound Art Composition November 30th, 2024
Composer, Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Genresis: The Art Installation - Interactive Spatial Audio Multimedia Composition October 27th, 2024
Live art exhibition utilizing spatial audio, visual, and tactile elements for a time based audience participatory event
Just the Lake & Me, All Alone - Miley Cypress Hill - Collaborative Alt Rock Album March 14th, 2025
Audio Engineer and Mixing Engineer
Moonlit Bite- Noah Renken-Kapatos - Collaborative Electronic Musical Composition October 16th, 2024
Composer, Piano, Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Perchance- Dayshift - Live Video recording session September 14th, 2024
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
She’s Not Yours- Dayshift - Live performance recording of She’s Not Yours by Foxtide April 24th, 2024
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Occentatia: Community & Escapism Through Queer World-Building - KAELIN March 23rd, 2024
Collaborator in Ian Cooper’s MFA Thesis Exhibition, held at University Galleries. Composer and Producer of Tuelera
Tuelera- Occentatia: The Soundtrack - Queer Inclusive Fantasy Game, 16 Song Soundtrack November 1st, 2023
Composer of track 7, Piano, Guitar, Bass, Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Genresis III- Noah Renken-Kapatos - Electronic Musical Narrative October 17th, 2023
Composer, Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Synth, Audio Engineer, Script Writer, Producer
Genresis II- Noah Renken-Kapatos - Electronic Musical Narrative October 15th, 2023
Composer, Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Synth, Audio Engineer, Script Writer, Producer
Genresis I- Noah Renken-Kapatos - Electronic Musical Narrative October 14th, 2023
Composer, Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Synth, Audio Engineer, Script Writer, Producer
Bagpipe Sci-Fi - Kin Beats - Electronic Acoustic Sound Art Composition October 10th, 2023
Studio Engineer, Audio Engineer, Co-Production
D.U.N.E.- Noah Marney - Original Composition for Wind Symphony September 7th, 2023
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Overall Production
Hide N Seek- Great Value Jesus - Ska/Alternative Rock Single July 28th, 2023
Composer, Vocals, Lyrics, Bass Guitar, and Co-Production
Caveat- Loose 9000 - Jazz/Funk/Rock Single May 6th, 2023
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
The Rusty Spotted Cat- Live Footage Sound Design May 2nd, 2023
Script Writer, SFX Design, Audio Narration, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Audio Producer
ForEquations - Noah Renken-Kapatos - Twelve-Tone Serialism Musical Composition April 22, 2023
Composer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Production
Big Things Coming Soon- Great Value Jesus - 19 Song Indie/Alt-Rock/HipHop Album January 6th, 2023
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Lyrics, Keyboard, Drums, Audio Engineering, and Production
The Smashed Bro- Animated Videogame Fight Video and Sound Design December 15th, 2022
Script Writer, Composer, SFX Design, Audio Narration, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Audio Producer
This is a Computer- Great Value Jesus/ Noah Renken-Kapatos - Electronic Music Narrative December 12th, 2022
Composer, Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Piano, Synth, Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Trippy Tiptoe Tango- Great Value Jesus - Indie Folk-Rock Single December 9th, 2022
Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics, Audio Engineering, and Production
Chillin-Great Value Jesus - Lofi Hip-hop Single November 25th, 2022
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Lyrics, Keyboard, Drums, Audio Engineering, and Production
Slacker Song- Great Value Jesus - Alternative Rock Single November 11th, 2022
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Lyrics, Audio Engineering, and Production
Cacti, Cactyou, and Cactus- Noah Renken-Kapatos - Electronic Music Narrative November 2nd, 2022
Composer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Thee ISU State Show Theme - Theme song selected for Illinois State University’s State Show October 14th, 2022
Composer, Piano, Synths, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Syn_nd-Dumb var1ables- Noah Renken-Kapatos - Electronic Musical Production September 30th, 2022
Composer, Piano, Synths, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Fatal Inhibition- Joe Garcia - Score for the short film Retrospection September 6th, 2022
Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
POP - NiTEVibe98 Productions - Short Film August 22nd, 2022
Soundtrack Composer, SFX Design, Script Writer, Audio Production, Actor
Bye Bye Blackbird- Short Film by Joe Garcia with Accompanying Cover of Bye Bye Blackbird July 17th, 2022
Guitar, Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer of Cover Song
Is Propaganda Art?- Great Value Jesus - 13 Song Alternative/Indie Rock Album June 10th, 2022
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Lyrics, Audio Engineering, and Production
Tea- Great Value Jesus - Alternative/Indie Rock Single June 3rd, 2022
Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics, Audio Engineering, and Production
Blush / Gen Z the Great Society- Great Value Jesus - Alternative/Indie Rock Double Single May 19th, 2022
Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics, Audio Engineering, and Production
A Psychopath Among Us- Noah Renken-Kapatos - Sound Effects Narrative Story May 6th, 2022
Script Writer, Narrator, Composer, Audio Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Producer
Now We Cookin’- Great Value Jesus - Music and Music Video April 1st, 2022
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Lyrics, Music, Director, Cinematographer, Audio Engineering, and Production
Disassociation Nation- Great Value Jesus - 6 Song Psychedelic Rock Album January 28th, 2022
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Lyrics, Audio Engineering, and Production
Radio Indigo- Great Value Jesus - 6 Song Psychedelic-Grunge-Rock Album August 27th, 2021
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Lyrics, Audio Engineering, and Production
Vice Versa in Such Things- Avenade - 12 Song Alternative Rock Album December 18th, 2020
Guitar for J. Frusciante, Handshake, Swim, Vice Versa in Such Things
6am- Great Value Jesus - 11 Song Instrumental LoFi Hiphop Album October 30th, 2020
Guitar, Bass, Keyboard, Music, Audio Engineering, and Production
Bong Rips for Jesus- Great Value Jesus - 9 Song Folk- Punk Album July 15th, 2019
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Lyrics, and Production
The Blank Sleeves- The Blank Sleeves - 7 Song Alternative Rock Album December 6th, 2017
Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics, and Production
Dreamdom- The Blank Sleeves - 11 Song Alternative Rock Album April 28th, 2017
Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics, and Production
Awards and Notable Accomplishments
2024 Illinois State University Digital Music Showcase - Genresis I, Majoring in Melodies April 27th, 2024
2023 Pantagraph Readers Choice Awards - Favorite Tutor for Music at Hip Cat Music School September 17th, 2023
2023 Roy E Magnuson Academic Scholarship - Illinois State University, Creative Technologies Program Fall 2023
2022 Illinois State University Student Annual Art Exhibition - Stan - Great Value Jesus April 14th, 2022
Sigma Alpha Pi - National Society of Leadership and Success Accepted invitation September 2022
Phi Theta Kappa - International Collegiate Academic Honor Society Accepted invitation May 2019
Additional Relevant Experience
Heartland Community College, Normal, IL Student Teacher | Jazz Guitarist Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
Bloomington High School, Bloomington, IL Sound Technician | AP Music Theory TA Fall 2016
Kidder Music, Bloomington, IL Internship | Luthier and Instrument Repair May 2016 - August 2016