SEAN MAYES MUSICAL DIRECTOR | ORCHESTRATOR | ARRANGER | ACADEMIC [email protected] • seanmayesmusic.com • 718 913 1930 • @SeanMayesMD ca.linkedin.com/in/SeanMayesMD • AFM Local 149 • AFM Local 802
SPECIALIZED SKILLS Musical Theatre Music Direction • Elementary, Secondary, Post-Secondary Music & Theatre Education Choral Music, Vocal Technique and Training • Instrumental & Choral Conducting Organ, Piano and Vocal Performance
TRAINING Guildford School of Acting (University of Surrey) Master of Arts, Musical Direction (Honours w. Distinction; Faculty Award) McGill University Bachelor of Music, Organ & Voice; Bachelor of Education (Music Education) (John Grew, Winston Purdy) Musical Theatre Conducting (Jeffrey Huard)
MUSIC DIRECTING Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Assistant Musical Director UK National Tour LOSERVILLE Musical Director Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, UK The Three Musketeers Musical Director St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival Antony and Cleopatra Musical Director St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival INTRUDER! Musical Director NYWinterfest, New York City Passing Strange Assistant Musical Director Acting Up Stage Dolce Vita Music Director CREATIVIVA Alice in Wonderland Music Director CREATIVIVA Camp Firesong MD & Arrangements Toronto Centre for the Arts Les Miserables Musical Director Riverside Theatre, New York City A Chorus Line: In Concert Musical Director Centaur Theatre Soul Doctor (Canada Premiere) Assistant Musical Director Segal Centre for the Performing Arts The Full Monty (Montreal Premiere) Orchestra Conductor Centaur Theatre How To Succeed in Business Assistant Musical Director Sheridan College Like Breathing Cabaret Musical Director Cafe L’artere; Montreal RENT: In Concert Musical Director Barefoot Broadway, Montreal West Side Story Musical Director Moyse Hall Sweeney Todd Musical Director& Conductor Al Green Theatre Company Musical Director Player’s Theatre
PRODUCTION & DIRECTION CONTRACTS Educational Artist Musical Director Disney Theatrical Group Educational Artist Musical Director The New York Pops Educational Artist Musical Director New York City Centre Fourth Universalist Society Musical Director New York, NY One Song Glory Musical Director Acting Up Stage Pre-College & Kids Program Musical Director Randolph Academy for the Arts College Program Musical Director Sheridan College Foundation Program Musical Director Guildford School of Acting, UK Kids Program Musical Director Segal Centre for the Performing Arts Musical Theatre Intensive Musical Director No Strings Theatre WORKSHOPS & CONCERTS Adam Pascal Masterclass Musical Director In The Wings Loserville School Edition Workshop MD & Supervisor Josef Weinberger Licensing UK Sinatra: The Man & Music MD & Orchestrations Richmond Hill Centre for Arts Comrade Rockstar Music Director Richard John & Julian Woolford, UK The Last Five Years Music Director Guildford School of Acting, UK
ACADEMIC RESEARCH & WRITING Accessibility of Musical Theatre to Youth Article NYU Steinhardt Association for Theatre in Higher Education Panel Presentation Las Vegas, Nevada Black Musical Director as “Lost Labour” Chapter Publication Palgrave MacMillan, UK Reading Musicals Presentation Putting it Together Conference, US Music Director as Production Dramaturg Presentation Putting it Together Conference, UK
ADDITIONAL SKILLS Orchestration, Arranging, Programming, Music Transcription & Copying
SEAN MAYES [email protected] • seanmayesmusic.com @SeanMayesMD • ca.linkedin.com/in/SeanMayesMD • 718 913 1930