KYLE BRIER
ARTIST BIO
Kyle Brier (b. 1999) is a composer, pianist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer. His work has been featured in studio films, Netflix and NBC-produced TV shows, independent short films, theater, and dance performances. A song that Kyle produced received a 2024 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Original Music.
A classically trained pianist and graduate of Brown University’s music program, Kyle brings a holistic understanding of music history, theory and technique to his compositional and production practices. His style draws inspiration from the great composers of the Romantic and Impressionist eras, American and Irish folk, and the mid-20th century pioneers of electronic music. Employing field recordings, lush vocal harmonies, complex pianistic gestures, and intricate analog synthesizer work, his work connects the modern to the natural, the ancient to the synthetic. It is through these sonic intersections that Kyle’s music reflects the condtradictions that surround us; the confluence of overwhelming grief and boundless beauty that defines modern life.
A lover of all forms and aspects of music creation, he has also worked as a music director, orchestrator, arranger and transcriber for high-profile theatrical and film/TV projects. Always handling this work with a caring hand and a genuine love for the craft, he is adept at bringing others’ music, as well as his own, to life.
He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
CV
artistic work:
2025 may the four seasons, netflix series, score
2025 april morally bankrupt, short film, score
2025 march picture of us, a cappella album, production
2025 january hair, concert musical @ judson memorial church, music direction
2024 november jamesdean, play with music, composition
2024 march girls5eva season 3, netflix series score + cast recording, composition/music direction/production/transcription
2024 february restless leg tour, tina fey + amy poehler’s comedy tour, arrangement/orchestration
2024 january mean girls, paramount feature film + cast recording, composition/production/arrangement/score
2023 december loser, short film dir. colleen mcguinness, score
2023 june the plug, short film dir. emma pasarow, score
2023 april moss beach, short film dir. armon mahdavi, score
2022 may girls5eva season 2, netflix series score + cast recording, arrangement/transcription
2022 may bob, short film dir. drew beirut, score
2020-2021 the jabberwocks of brown university, music direction
2019 july escape artist, new musical @ eugene o’neill theater center, composition/music direction
2019 april the wiz, brown university, music direction
performance:
2025 may the four seasons, netflix s1e2
2025 march vis a vis, the mews space
2025 march new colossus festival, new york, ny
2024 december better company fest, baby’s all right brooklyn
2024 december busy this week, christmas special
2024 march girls5eva season 3 premiere, new york, ny
2024 january mean girls, voice/guitar/keys on cast recording
2019 april influence, short film dir. indy dang
workshops/teaching:
2021-present private piano lessons, new york
2024 july songwriting and the collective unconscious, scranton shakespeare festival
2023 july acting the song, scranton shakespeare festival
TEACHING
I offer music lessons to students of all ages and skill levels.
I accept new students based on availability, and can hold lessons in my home studio, online or at your house (depending on proximity).
Please email me at brier.kyle@gmail.com for my rates.
I accept new students based on availability, and can hold lessons in my home studio, online or at your house (depending on proximity).
Please email me at brier.kyle@gmail.com for my rates.
PIANO LESSONS
Regardless of the style of piano playing you’d like to learn, I am happy to mold my teaching around your needs and desired outcomes. I enjoy working with beginners and intermediate students - both young and old - to develop a foundation
for their piano practice. I especially enjoy coaching proficient pianists to develop as improvisers. It is my goal as a teacher to help you integrate your piano playing into a meditative, flowing practice oriented towards healing and personal growth.
MUSIC PRODUCTION LESSONS
I work in Logic Pro every day in professional and creative contexts, and I believe in its power as a tool to explore the boundless potential of sound. With beginning production students, I start by teaching the basics of acoustics: how sound travels, how to capture the sounds around you, how different instruments and electronic devices work together to record music. We will move onto using Logic itself, and work together to harness the capabilities of the software to create the sounds you’ve always wanted to create.