As musicians, we are often the unseen soundscape to the visual beauty of the action on stage. Hidden beneath the stage in the orchestra pit, we provide the “music” in “the musical”. Here’s a collection of TV and live broadcasts I’ve been fortunate to be a part of with some amazing artists.
LL BEAN CHRISTMAS CONCERT WITH LESLIE ODOM JR.
Tony and Grammy award winning artist, and original cast member of the Broadway production of Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr. help celebrate the holiday season with this exclusive performance featuring songs from his new album “The Christmas Album” including both of my arrangements and piano playing of “Ave Maria” and “Maoz Tzur” with Nicolette Robinson Odom.
CYNTHIA ERIVO STARS IN CONCERT FROM LINCOLN CENTER
Thrilled to be the music director, arranger and orchestrator for Cynthia Erivo’s performance in the 17-time Emmy Award-winning series Live from Lincoln Center Presents Stars in Concert. Cynthia’s relatively short career has already been heavily decorated: after winning Tony, Emmy and Grammy awards and an Oscar nomination, she is now just one award away from the coveted EGOT status.
SWEDISH REALITY TV SHOW “EN KVÄLL I NEW YORK”
Assistant Music Director & Pianist in “Season 1” (13 episodes) of European Reality TV show “En kväll i new york” which translates to “One Night in New York” which included some of the biggest names in Swedish pop, including Zara Larsson, Roger Pontare, Titiyo, Darin, Sarah Dawn Finer, Andreas Lundstedt, Oscar Zia, Linda Pira, Andreas Johnson, Niklas Stromstedt, and more. You can see me behind the piano and keys conducting the band while jamming with these brilliant Swedish artists.
ZARA LARSSON AT APOLLO THEATER
As the pianist and band lead for 13 episodes of a Swedish reality show, featuring the brightest upcoming stars of Europe, I had the pleasure of working with Zara Larsson. Here she is performing at the Apollo for the final episode of the series, singing our arrangement of “Killing Me Softly.” This hot video quickly went viral with over 1.4 million views and counting.
3 MO' DIVAS ON PBS
Conceived by Marion J. Caffey (creator of Three Mo’ Tenors), I served as music director, conductor, lead pianist, and “Diva of the Keys” for this TV special, in which the divas brought down the house with performances of an impressive 10 styles of music - all arranged and orchestrated by Joseph Joubert. The video was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for outstanding group, duo or collaboration. This was an incredible experience I will never forget!
THE TODAY SHOW WITH JJ GOSPEL CHOIR
The Middle Church Jerriese Johnson Gospel Choir has a unique mission: they perform to promote LGBTQ, racial and economic justice causes. I was honored to serve as their music director, conductor an accompanist for this Today Show performance at Rockefeller Center.
