Jason Belanger

Musical Director

Student Information

Bio:

Nationality: American

Visa Status: No UK Work Visa

 

Skills:

Instruments: Piano, Voice

Arranging: Vocal, Big Band/Jazz, Orchestral

Technology: Finale (advanced), Mainstage (advanced), Logic (intermediate), Abelton (basic)

Other Skills: Extensive choral experience, sightreading, reading lead sheets, IPA (English), vocal coach experience

Languages: English (native), Japanese (low intermediate)

Previous Qualifications: BA in Drama and Psychology (summa cum laude), Hofstra University, 2018

 

Work Experience:

Musical Director/Conductor/Pianist, Little Women, RCS/Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Ken Alexander)

Co-Musical Director/Conductor/Keys 1 & 2, 9 to 5, RCS (Becky Hope-Palmer)

Musical Director/Pianist, Into the Woods (selections), RCS (Susie Dumbreck)

Music Assistant/Rehearsal Pianist, A Class Act, J2 Productions (Rob Schneider)

Music Intern, The Muny’s 101st Season, The Muny (MD: Michael Horsley)

Associate Conductor/Keys 2, Spamalot (non-equity tour), Phoenix Entertainment (MD: Emily Croome)

Music Apprentice, Transcendence Theatre Company’s Broadway Under the Stars, Transcendence (MD: Matt Smart)

 

Other Experience:

Musical Director/Keys 1/Conductor/Copyist, Bright & Brave (Dixon Place), October 2019

Musical Director/Pianist/Arranger, Cabaret Company (Weathervane Theatre), Summer 2016

Rehearsal Pianist, The Last 5 Years (Hofstra University), Fall 2014

Assistant Musical Director/Pianist, Cabaret (Redhouse Arts Centre), Summer 2012

 

Images

Videos

Lucía Cerván - Sister''s Pickle

Lucía Cerván - Mother's Day

Pien Van Meegan - Shallow

Pien van Meegan - Sonya Alone

Jared Alexander - Something’s Coming

Jared Alexander - Old Red Hills

Adam Makepeace - Giants in the Sky

Adam Makepeace - Freeze Your Brain

Kristina Fehse - At The Ballet

Kristina Fehse - I'll Tell the Man in the Street