SAMUEL THORNE BAGALÀ
Pianist - Music Director - Composer - Arranger
Broadway
Hamilton: An American Musical - Keys 2 sub. - Richard Rodgers Theater
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory - Keys 3 Sub./Rehearsal/Audition Piano - Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
NATIONAL TOUR
Hamilton: An American Musical (1st National Tour, music supervisor: Alex Lacamoire) - Associate Music Director/Conductor - Baseline Theatrical
Hamilton: An American Musical (1st National Tour, music supervisor: Alex Lacamoire) - Music Associate - Baseline Theatrical
ELF -The Musical (2017-2018) - Music Director/Conductor/Keys 1 - NETworks Presentations (Toronto, Boston, and Madison Square Garden)
RENT 20th Anniversary Tour (2016-2017, music supervisor: Tim Weil) - Music Director/Conductor/Keys 1 - Work Light Productions (National and International)
ELF - The Musical (2015-2016) - Music Director/Conductor/Keys 1 - NETworks Presentations (West Coast)
ELF - The Musical (2014-2015) - Music Director/Conductor/Keys 1 - NETworks Presentations (East Coast)
REGIONAL THEATER
The Sound of Music (dir. Kevin Moriarty) - Music Director, Re-orchestrations, Keyboard/Conductor - Dallas Theater Center
The Odyssey (dir. Kevin Moriarty) - Music Director, Orchestrations, Keyboard/Conductor - Dallas Theater Center (Public Works)
Fun Home (dir. Mark Robin) - Music Director - Fulton Theater
Grease (dir. Mark Martino) - Music Director - Maine State Music Theater
Mamma Mia (dir. Mark Martino) - Music Director - Maine State Music Theater
Young Frankenstein (dir. Marc Robin) - Music Director - Maine State Music Theater
West Side Story (dir. Bob Richard) - Music Director - Theatre by the Sea
Godspell (B-way revival version, dir. Curt Dale Clark) - Music Director - MSMT
Spring Awakening (dir. Chuck Ragsdale, Maine premiere) - Music Director - MSMT
RENT - Music Director - MSMT
Hair (dir. Curt Dale Clark) - Music Director - MSMT
FAME (dir. Curt Dale Clark) - Music Director - MSMT
Xanadu (regional premiere, dir. Marc Robin) - Conductor, Keyboard 1, Assistant Music Director - MSMT
Sister Act (dir. Donna Act) - Assistant Music Director, Keyboard 1 - MSMT
Mary Poppins (East Coast regional premiere, dir. Marc Robin) - Keyboard 1, Assistant Music Director - MSMT
Les Miserables (dir. Marc Robin) - Keyboard 1, Assistant Music Director - MSMT
Witches of Eastwick - Keyboards - Ogunquit Playhouse
A Year With Frog & Toad - Music Director - MSMT
Schoolhouse Rock Live! - Music Director - MSMT
Sleeping Beauty - Music Director - MSMT
Beauty & The Beast - Music Director - MSMT
Alice & Wonderland - Music Director - MSMT
Cinderella - Music Director - MSMT
Music Man - (dir. Marc Robin) - AMD, Keyboards - MSMT
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (dir. Patti Columbo) - AMD, Keyboards - MSMT
Chamberlin: A Civil War Romance (dir. Marc Robin) - AMD, Keyboards - MSMT
Footloose! (dir. Patti Columbo) - AMD, Keyboards - MSMT
Dreamgirls (dir. Marc Robin) - AMD, Keyboards - MSMT
Gypsy (dir. Dominic Missimi) - AMD, Keyboards - MSMT
A Chorus Line (dir. Donna Drake, choreo. Michael Gorman ) - AMD, keyboards - MSMT
Legally Blonde (dir. Marc Robin, regional premiere) - AMD, keyboards - MSMT
Sunset Boulevard (dir. Marc Robin) - AMD, keyboards - MSMT
42nd St. (dir. Charles Repole, choreo. Michael Lichtefeld) - AMD, keyboards - MSMT
The Marvelous Wonderettes (dir. Chan Harris) - AMD, keyboards - MSMT
Annie (dir. Marc Robin) - AMD, keyboards - MSMT
The Wiz (dir. Donna Drake) - AMD, keyboards - MSMT
Crazy For You (dir. Stephen Bourneuf) - AMD, keyboards - MSMT
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (dir. Donna Drake) - AMD, keyboards - MSMT
My Fair Lady (dir. Charles Abbott) - AMD, keyboards - MSMT
Chicago (dir. Donna Drake) - AMD, keyboards - MSMT
Spamalot (dir. Marc Robin, regional premiere) - AMD, keyboards - MSMT
NYC/EDUCATIONAL/LOCAL
Robert Creighton in Concert at 54 Below - Music Director/Pianist/Arranger
Zapata! The Musical - Industry Reading at Pearl Studios - Keys 1
NOT DEAD (world premiere) - Composer, Lyricist, Music Director, Orchestrator - The Boston Conservatory
The Mechanical (NYC Reading) - Music Director - The Duplex
The Circus - Co-Composer/Music Director - Berklee College of Music
Cabaret - Music Director - The Boston Conservatory
Smile - Music Director - The Boston Conservatory
Thoroughly Modern Millie (Cond. Peter Mansfield) - Rehearsal Pianist, Keyboard 1 - The Boston Conservatory
Merrily We Roll Along (Spring 2014. Cond. Peter Mansfield) - Rehearsal Pianist, Keyboard 1 - The Boston Conservatory
The Apple Tree (Cond. Wade Russo) - Piano - The Boston Conservatory
The Full Monty (Cond. Peter Mansfield) - Rehearsal Pianist, Keyboard 2 - The Boston Conservatory
The Last Five Years - Music Director - Wayneflete HS
Beauty & The Beast - Piano - Lyric Music Theater
The King & I - Piano - Lyric Music Theater
Once On This Island - Rehearsal Pianist, Keyboard 1 - Community Little Theater
Godspell - Rehearsal Pianist, Pianist, Conductor - Community Little Theater
Crazy For You - Music Director - Community Little Theater
The Music Man - Rehearsal Pianist, Pianist - Portland Players
RENT - Music Director - Stages: Academy for Performing Arts
AWARDS
Emerging Artist of the Year for 2011 (WISE Foundation)
1st place - Bangor Symphony High School Concerto Competition
1st place – Ralph Gould Award,
1st place - Plymouth State University Contemporary Piano Festival
1st place- Bagaduce Composer’s Competition,
1st place – Westminster Choir College Piano Scholarship Competition
2nd place – Lucinda Wright Piano Award
2nd place – Ocy Downs Piano Competition
2nd place – Pine Tree Piano Competition
Finalist – BMI John Lennon Scholarship
OTHER
Accompanist for The Growing Studio - NYC
Accompanist at The New School on Broadway at NYU (Played for Eden Espinosa)
Accompanist at CAP21
Accompanist for Stephen Kopel C.S.A, Stewart/Whitley Casting, Jim Carnahan Casting (Roundabout Theater), Laura Stanzyk, and others.
Staff Accompanist at the Boston Conservatory (2010-2014) - voice lessons, studio classes, studio recitals, voice juries, instrumental juries.
Colloborative Pianist with Symphony Nova
Colloborative Pianist with Boston Conservatory Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, String Ensemble, and Gala Event
Solo Concerto Performance with the Bangor Symphony
Composition Masterclasses with Adam Guettel and Andrew Lippa
Accompanist for Julia Murney Masterclass
Orchestrator and Composer for Berklee’s “Curtain Up” Concert
TRAINING
The Boston Conservatory (2010-2014)
B.M in Piano Performance (Summa Cum Laude)
Piano with Jonathan Bass, musical theater with Cathy Rand.
Eleonora Perpessa-Mahnken Scholar
Berklee College of Music (2010-2012)
Jazz piano with Steve Heck
Musical theater writing with Michael Wartofsky
New England Conservatory (2009)
Piano with Mana Tokuno
Piano with Elizabeth Manduca
Middle School through High School
University of Southern Maine (2005-2009)
Early Studies Music Student
SKILLS
Advanced sight-reading, accompanist,keyboard programming, composing, arranging, orchestrating, music recording, music software, accordion, bass guitar, baritone, cocktail pianist.
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