CATHY VENABLE Pianist, Accompanist, Conductor 918-361-6862 [email protected]

MUSIC DIRECTING/CONDUCTING

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Asst. Cond./Key 1 National Tour (Laurence Connor, Dir.) THE SOUND OF MUSIC Assoc. Conductor National Tour (Jack O’Brien, Dir., Andy Einhorn, Music Dir.) NATIONAL PASTIME Asst. Conductor Bucks County Playhouse (Hunter Foster, Dir.) HOW THE GRINCH STIOLE CHRISTMAS Asst. Conductor Equity Tour Chicago/NYC (Josh Rosenblum, Music) THE PIGEON BOYS Music Director York Theater, NYC (Joe Barros, Dir.) LI’L ABNER Music Director BABA Theater HELLO, DOLLY! Asst. Conductor LOOK Musical Theater (Eric Gibson, Dir.) SWEENEY TODD Music Director Teatro LaTea, NYC (Alan Lehrman, Dir.) GIANNI SCHICCHI Asst. Conductor Salt Marsh Opera, CT L’ELISIR D’AMORE Asst. Conductor Salt Marsh Opera, CT LA SONNAMBULA Asst. Conductor Salt Marsh Opera, CT COSI FAN TUTTE Music Director Redeemer Church, NYC WHITE CHRISTMAS Conductor/Pianist BABA Theater, Tulsa ONCE ON THIS ISLAND JR. Music Director Clark Theater Tulsa

BROADWAY PIT PIANIST

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS Asst. Conductor Madison Square Garden (Sub for Mark Mitchell) LES MISERABLES Keyboard 2 Sub Imperial Theater (Jim Lowe, Music Dir.) THE VISIT Piano 1 Sub Lyceum Theater (David Loud, Music Dir.) CINDERELLA Keyboard 1 Broadway Theater (Andy Einhorn, Music Dir.) EVITA Keyboard 1 Sub Marriott Marquis (Kristen Blodgette, Music Dir.) ANYTHING GOES Keyboard Sub Sondheim Theater (Jim Lowe, Music Dir.) SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM Keyboard 2 Sub Roundabout Theater (Andy Einhorn) CURTAINS Keyboard Sub Hirschfeld Theater (David Loud, Music Dir.) THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Piano Sub Vivian Beaumont Theater (Kim Grigsby, Music Dir.) THE APPLE TREE Keyboard Sub Roundabout Theater (Rob Fisher, Music Dir.) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Keyboard 1 Sub Lunt-Fontanne Theater (Michael Kosarin, Music Dir.) WONDERFUL TOWN Piano Sub Hirschfeld Theater (Josh Rosenblum, Music Dir.) ALADDIN Keyboard 2 Sub New Amsterdam Theater (Michael Kosarin, Music Dir.)

NEW YORK PIANIST

THE LANDING (by John Kander) Solo Pianist/MD Vineyard Theater (David Loud, Music Dir.) SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Pianist NY Workshop (David Loud, Music Dir.) KID VICTORY (by John Kander) Solo Pianist NY Demo Recording (David Loud) RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Piano Sub Radio City Music Hall WHERE’S CHARLEY? Reh. Pianist Encores at City Center CASINO PARADISECasino Pianist American Songbook Series RECITAL (w/Brian Cheney, tenor) Pianist Carnegie’s Weill Hall RECITAL (w/Steven Ryan, pianist) Pianist Carnegie’s Weill Hall ROSSINI PETITE MESSE Solo Pianist St. George’s Choral Society CATHY VENABLE – p.2

CONCERTS

KNOXVILLE: SUMMER OF 1915 Soprano Soloist Tulsa Philharmonic AH, PERFIDO! Soprano Soloist Tulsa Philharmonic CHRISTMAS CONCERTS Headliner Vocalist Tulsa Philharmonic JAZZIN’ WITH THE BAND Soloist and Flutist Abingdon Theater NY NEW MUSIC CONCERT Alto Soloist What a Neighborhood! NY HOLIDAY CONCERT Headliner Vocalist Signature Symphony Tulsa CABARET SERIES Solo Cabaret LOOK Musical Theater MESSIAH Alto Soloist Church of the Incarnation ELIJAH Soprano Soloist Boston Avenue Tulsa

ACTING ROLES

H.M.S. PINAFORE Buttercup Amore Opera, NYC THE SOUND OF MUSIC Maria BABA Theater, Tulsa ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Princess Winnifred BABA Theater, Tulsa CAMELOT Guenevere BABA Theater, Tulsa SUOR ANGELICA Suor Angelica Opera by the Slice, Tulsa GUYS AND DOLLS Sarah Brown BABA Theater, Tulsa

UNIVERSITY TEACHING

NYU Staff Accompanist, Opera and Voice Departments YALE Accompanist for Graduate Opera Program NJCU Accompanist for Graduate Program in Woodwind Doubling UNIVERSITY OF TULSA Staff Accompanist for Voice, Opera, Instrumental, Choral Depts.

TRAINING

Master of Music in Accompanying, Cincinnati Conservatory Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, Northwestern University

Voice: Mark Oswald Vocal Coach: Alex Rybeck, Matthew Deming Acting: Sara Lazarus Conducting: Constantine Kitsopoulos

SPECIAL SKILLS

Flute, Piccolo