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Jake Sternberg

MA Musical Theatre: Musical Directing Class of 2025

Bio:

Nationality: British

Visa Status: Permission to Work in the UK

Skills:

Instruments: Highly proficient MT, classical and jazz piano. Highly proficient improvisation and sight reading. Highly proficient stick and keyboard conducting. Proficient singer (with classical and MT training) and rep/vocal coach.

Arranging: Highly proficient orchestrator, arranger and copyist in classical, jazz, MT and commercial music. High proficiency with Sibelius and other music notation software packages.

Technology: Highly proficient in Logic Pro X, Pro Tools, Sibelius, QLab and Mainstage.

Languages: Spanish, German (Intermediate), Italian (beginner)

Previous Qualifications: BA Music (1st Class), University of Oxford; PGDip Musical Theatre Musical Directing, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Work Experience:

Musical Director, Frisky’s Reshuffle, Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2025)

Associate Musical Director, Spring Awakening, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (dir. Louise Shephard)

Assistant Musical Director/Orchestrator/Keys, She Loves Me, RCS (dir. Vik Sivalingam)

Assistant Musical Director/Orchestrator/Keys, Sweet Charity, RCS (dir. Alexandra Spencer-Jones)

Musical Director/Arranger/Orchestrator, George’s Marvellous Music (Grand Junction, London), Sanglots (Self-Directed)

Musical Director/Arranger, Christmas at the Conservatoire, RCS (dir. Tom Cooper)

Musical Director/Composer, Echoes of Paris, Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2023)

Musical Director, An American in Paris (Oxford Playhouse), 00Productions (dir. Oliver Khurshid)

Audition Pianist, Citizen Theatre/Dundee Rep, 2025-Present

Copyist, Get Jack (Workshop, London), Sept 2024

Keyboards, Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone in Concert (RSNO, Edinburgh Castle), July 2024

Musical Director/Arranger, Sixth Sense (Vocal Ensemble), 2022-Present

Images

Jake is playing piano.

George’s Marvellous Music


Jake is playing keyboard on stage.

Ensemble Song & Dance


Videos

Guess Who I Saw Today – piano and arr. by Jake Sternberg

Gershwin’s Love Medley (score video) – arr. Jake Sternberg

Don’t Tell Mama – Cabaret

Kirsty Morrison – If You Hadn’t But You Did

Kirsty Morrison – I’m Not Afraid of Anything

Shoshana Ezequiel – My House

Hudson Harden Scheel – Maria

Hudson Harden Scheel – Dressing Them Up

Jorgey Scott-Learmonth – The Simple Joys of Maidenhood

Jorgey Scott-Learmonth – Right Hand Man

David Coppini – What Can You Lose

Shoshana Ezequiel – Fly Into the Future