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R. Cody Giannotti, M.F.A. is a Vocalist, Multi-Instrumentalist, Beatboxer, Experimental Musician, Composer, Poet/Writer, Director, Sound/Film Designer, Activist and Educator. Cody uses live-looping technology to fuse traditional styles of hip-hop, scat and storytelling with elements of funk and jazz to address issues surrounding activism and social change. Cody is classically trained in Bel canto voice method as well as Suzuki piano and has been beatboxing from childhood. He is co-founder of Team Lexington Performance Collective, the resident theater company at The Caretakers where he also instructs voice, beatbox and vocal composition. Cody is currently a resident teaching artist with Music in Schools Today researching cognitive learning skills in music education for 300 screaming Kinder through 5th graders at El Dorado Elementary school in beautiful San Francisco, CA. Go Team Lexington!