Shelley Hanson
Stratford debut: Musical director of Fiddler on the Roof. Elsewhere: Music director of The Lion King and Rent (U.S. national tours), Miss Saigon (Dancap/Pittsburgh CLO), Ragtime (Chicago), Show Boat (U.S./Canada tour), The Phantom of the Opera (Toronto), Sunset Boulevard (Toronto/Vancouver). Other favourite credits: Chantal Kreviazuk: In Concert (conductor, Canada’s Walk of Fame, Massey Hall), The Sound of Music (associate music director), Scrooge (U.S. tour), Fosse (Chicago/U.S. tour), Guys and Dolls (National Arts Centre), Nigredo Hotel (associate music director, Tapestry/Tarragon Theatre), National Ballet of Canada (guest conductor). Et cetera: Proud member of American Federation of Musicians (Toronto/Chicago) and Canadian Actors’ Equity. Also serves as a rookie volunteer firefighter for the Adjala-Tosorontio Fire Department. Chicken-in-training with the Choir of Metropolitan Community Church (Toronto). “Life is complete with co-vivant Jonathan Whittaker, son Taylor Hanson Whittaker and Atticus, our muddy Golden Retriever!”