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BORN

North London, 1951

PROFESSIONAL

since 1974

TRAINED

at Trinity College of Music, London, achieving Grade 8

Piano at the age of 13 and taking Licentiate Diploma at

the age of only 15.

INSTRUMENTS

Equally at home on Piano, Keyboards and Synthesizers, with extensive

experience as Musical Director.

EXPERIENCE

A vast experience of working in Theatre Musicals and for Cabaret, being in

demand as a specialist reader, at times when no form of rehearsal is possible.

Similarly has been Audition Pianist for many Shows and Musicals.

27 Pantomimes and many Theatre Summer Seasons, Touring Productions and

Cruising Production Shows are also to credit. The list of artistes involved in such

fields is immense, please e-mail me for a list of just some of the top-line "name" celebrities

that I have worked with over the years.

RECENT

Worked 3 years in the first U.K. National Touring Production of "EVITA" , acquiring the

affectionate nickname "Buzz"; the first tour on keyboards alone, the other two full year tours

as also Assistant Musical Director, conducting the performance twice a week.

Worked with Sir Harry Secombe in the touring production of "PICKWICK",

followed in 1995 and 1996 by another two year National Tour of "EVITA" on First

Keyboards.

During 1997 completed a run as Musical Director in the West End of the

musical "A LOT OF LIVING" featuring the works of Charles Strouse, with Dave

Willets and Bonnie Langford.

Also a large part of 1997  and '98 spent working as Musical Director to the orchestras for all

the Production Shows aboard P. & O.`s cruise liners "CANBERRA", VICTORIA",

"ARCADIA" and "ORIANA".

Pantomime in Cambridge through the winter saw the beginning of 1999 spent working with

the American Director and Choreographers helping to put together three new Musicals for

Butlins (Rank Organisation).

Y2K panto at Theatre Royal, Norwich was again followed by cruising in the Med.,  and into

2001's Panto with Wayne Sleep.

2001-2's Panto was with Cheryl Baker and Brian Cant, and some time was spent during 2002 on the "Saga Rose" as Musical Director for all production shows and cabaret.

2002-3's Panto was again with Wayne Sleep and broke all panto Box Office records for the theatre venue.

During 2003 he completed a run at Salisbury Playhouse of the very highly acclaimed musical "The Hired Man" by Melvyn Bragg and Howard Goodall, which subsequently won the TMA award for best musical.

Extremely busy writing and orchestrating for cruise ships and artistes during 2004 culminating in an extremely successful Panto season as MD for "Sleeping Beauty" at Theatre Royal Norwich through till the end of January 2005.

Brian has recently been working with youngsters and young adult students within a respected UK Performing Arts College. Whilst a lot of his time is now taken up writing musical and vocal harmony arrangements for large-scale corporate events, production shows and cabaret, he takes time out occasionally to guest as Musical Director in both professional productions and youth theatre Summer schools encouraging more youngsters to enter the business.