(he/him/his)

Music Director/Conductor, Oklahoma!

In three seasons at OSF: The Pirates of Penzance (also Conductor), She Loves Me, The Music Man. 

Other theatres: The Pirates of Penzance (Portland Opera), Evita, Parade, Chess in Concert (Irvine Barclay Theatre). Has conducted opera, music theatre, orchestra and choral art in Europe, South America and Asia, including Berlin, Leipzig, Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Firenze, Rome, Bogotá and Bangkok. Theatre credits range from Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell to Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress. Principal Conductor of Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. 

Awards/Honors: Best Musical Direction (Stage Scene L.A.) 

Other credits: Teaching: Chair/Producing Artistic Director/Professor of music theatre, University of California, Irvine. His students are currently performing on Broadway and in national tours and in Europe. 

Education: DMA, University of California, Los Angeles; studied conducting with the late Samuel Krachmalnick and singing with Gloria Lane, Ruth Golden and Jane Paul.