SFMT Musical Director Daniel Savio on Be More Now Radio

Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program that originally aired on Thursday, July 1, 2021 when host Blake More interviews composer, lyricist, musician Daniel Savio, the musical director of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. They will be talking about the Mime Troupe’s upcoming 62nd seasonal offering, their second radio play Tales of the Resistance, Vol 2: Persistence, which will debut here on KZYX FM on Radiogram Wed, July 7 at 8pm. 

Daniel Savio (Composer/Lyricist, Musician, SFMT Collective) started his professional theater career playing for the SF Mime Troupe, participating in the tours for GodFellas (’06) and Making a Killing (’07), and returned for Freedomland (’15), Schooled (’16), WALLS (’17), and Seeing Red (’18). In 2018 he joined the Collective and has since become the Troupe’s resident lyricist, writing lyrics for Treasure Island (’19), and serving as composer/lyricist for the Troupe’s first ever radio play Tales of the Resistance (’20). Daniel was co-composer/lyricist, with SFMT vet Bruce Barthol, of the play FSM (’14, Stagebridge Senior Theater), written by fellow SFMT vet Joan Holden. Daniel also composed the scores of four musicals for young audiences at Stagebridge, all with book and lyrics by Josiah Polhemus. He composed original music for an early production of Lauren Yee’s A Man, His Wife, and his Hat (’11, AlterTheater). Daniel plays keyboards for The 808 Band, winner of the 2011 North Bay Bohemian Award for Best Hip Hop Band, which has backed many hip hop and reggae performers including KRS-ONE, MC Radioactive, and Robert Herrera. He has performed as an improv pianist with the Perennials, the Antic Witties, the Un-Scripted Theater Company, 6th Street Improv!, and the Midnight Matinee. Daniel has a BA in Music from the UC Santa Cruz and has studied with Bay Area composer Michael Kaulkin.

This show originally aired at 7pm Thursday July 1, 2021 on KZYX&Z 90.7FM Philo, 88.1FM Fort Bragg, and 91.5FM Willits, as well as streamed on the web www.kzyx.org.