Franklin Brasz

Fourth season: Director of Music for the Stratford Festival. Stratford: Musical director, The Pirates of Penzance, Forum (Stratford/Mirvish), Kiss Me, Kate; associate conductor, 42nd Street, Evita. Elsewhere: Musical director of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz, The Lion King (Toronto, U.S. tour), Ragtime (original company), Show Boat (U.S. tour). In Toronto, associate musical director of Billy Elliot, The Sound of Music, The Lord of the Rings, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Hairspray, Mamma Mia! Conductor of Soulpepper’s The Threepenny Opera. Keyboards for The Tenors, Measha Brueggergosman, New Line Cinema’s Hairspray, Toronto productions of Wicked, The Producers, Cabaret, Annie Get Your Gun at Massey Hall. Recordings with Marcus Nance (The Voice Next Door) and Josh Young (Still Dreaming of Paradise). Illinois and Dorian Opera Theatres, Pine Mountain Music Festival, American Boychoir School. Training: MM in vocal coaching and accompanying, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.