Josh Freilich
Pianist/Keyboardist • Musical Director • Conductor •
Arranger • Composer • Orchestrator
ARRANGEMENTS/ORCHESTRATIONS
New York Pops, Carnegie Hall Arranger for four songs
A New Brain New York City Center Encores! Off-Center, NYC Additional Arranger
"Through Heaven's Eyes" Brian Stokes Mitchell with National Symphony Orchestra (cond. Steven Reineke), and New York Philharmonic (cond. Ted Sperling), Orchestrations
"Soliloquy" Brian Stokes Mitchell with members of Chicago Symphony Orchestra (cond. Paul Gemignani), Orchestrations
Moving Right Along: The World of Jeff Blumenkrantz John C. Borden Auditorium at Manhattan School of Music, NYC Orchestrations
Month Upon a Time 54 Below, NYC Orchestrations
Devil and the Deep Theatre East, NYC MD/Arranger
Lost in Love Ripley-Grier Studios, NYC Co-Arranger/Keyboard 2
*Full list of arrangements and orchestrations available on request.
MUSICAL DIRECTION
Up Here (Workshop) Ripley-Grier Studios, NYC Rehearsal Pianist
Kiss Me Kate (Concert) Staten Island Philharmonic Keyboards
Scrooge the Musical Snug Harbor Cultural Center, SI Keyboard 1
25th…Spelling Bee Roy Arias Theatre Center, NYC Synthesizer
French Woods Festival Of The Performing Arts (2002-present)
Ardsley High School (2002-2005, 2009, 2012-2018)
*Full list of shows available on request.
CONCERTS
Freilich and Benson Split the Keys at Barrington Stage and the NYMF Musical Theatre Festival
Music Is My Friend (composer), Bruno Walter Auditorium/54 Below, NYC
Natasha and the Bass Line (MD/arranger), The Triad, NYC
Be Our Guest (MD/arranger), Laurie Beechman Theatre, NYC
ORIGINAL WORKS
The Sissy S. Pitchfork Trilogy (Part 1 written in 2019, Part 2 written in 2016, Part 3 in progress)
Excuse Me! (composer; book and lyrics by Kate Chadwick) (2017)
The Alien Logs of Super Jewels (composer/lyricist; book by BK Bradshaw) (2016-in progress)
Butterflies (composer; book and lyrics by Kate Chadwick) (2015-in progress)
"Music Is My Friend" - original song (lyrics by William Finn) (2013)
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: A Re-awakening (composer/lyricist; written with Conly Basham) (2013-in progress)
Carlotta (composer; book and lyrics by Anita Reyes) (2011-in progress)
The Star Child (composer; lyrics by Sarah Underwood, book by Jennifer Stafford) (2011)
*Full list of compositions (musical theatre and beyond) available on request.
TRAINING
MFA in Musical Theatre Composition
NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program @ Tisch School of the Arts (2011)
BM in Jazz Piano
Manhattan School of Music (2009)
Lagond Music School (2004-2008)
Hoff Barthelson Music School (1991-2005)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
NYU – Paulette Goddard Scholarship
MSM– Downbeat Magazine Student Award, Scott Edward Oakley Scholarship
ASCAP Foundation – Fran Morgenstern Davis Scholarship
SPECIAL SKILLS
Piano (25 years), drums, synthesizer, musical theatre historian, Disney enthusiast, improvisation, played live musical score to real-time NES gameplay of Super Mario Bros., Proficient in Logic Pro/Garage Band, uses NI Komplete 10, EastWest/Quantum Leap Hollywood Orchestra among others in audio tracks
Pianist/Keyboardist • Musical Director • Conductor •
Arranger • Composer • Orchestrator
ARRANGEMENTS/ORCHESTRATIONS
New York Pops, Carnegie Hall Arranger for four songs
A New Brain New York City Center Encores! Off-Center, NYC Additional Arranger
"Through Heaven's Eyes" Brian Stokes Mitchell with National Symphony Orchestra (cond. Steven Reineke), and New York Philharmonic (cond. Ted Sperling), Orchestrations
"Soliloquy" Brian Stokes Mitchell with members of Chicago Symphony Orchestra (cond. Paul Gemignani), Orchestrations
Moving Right Along: The World of Jeff Blumenkrantz John C. Borden Auditorium at Manhattan School of Music, NYC Orchestrations
Month Upon a Time 54 Below, NYC Orchestrations
Devil and the Deep Theatre East, NYC MD/Arranger
Lost in Love Ripley-Grier Studios, NYC Co-Arranger/Keyboard 2
*Full list of arrangements and orchestrations available on request.
MUSICAL DIRECTION
Up Here (Workshop) Ripley-Grier Studios, NYC Rehearsal Pianist
Kiss Me Kate (Concert) Staten Island Philharmonic Keyboards
Scrooge the Musical Snug Harbor Cultural Center, SI Keyboard 1
25th…Spelling Bee Roy Arias Theatre Center, NYC Synthesizer
French Woods Festival Of The Performing Arts (2002-present)
Ardsley High School (2002-2005, 2009, 2012-2018)
*Full list of shows available on request.
CONCERTS
Freilich and Benson Split the Keys at Barrington Stage and the NYMF Musical Theatre Festival
Music Is My Friend (composer), Bruno Walter Auditorium/54 Below, NYC
Natasha and the Bass Line (MD/arranger), The Triad, NYC
Be Our Guest (MD/arranger), Laurie Beechman Theatre, NYC
ORIGINAL WORKS
The Sissy S. Pitchfork Trilogy (Part 1 written in 2019, Part 2 written in 2016, Part 3 in progress)
Excuse Me! (composer; book and lyrics by Kate Chadwick) (2017)
The Alien Logs of Super Jewels (composer/lyricist; book by BK Bradshaw) (2016-in progress)
Butterflies (composer; book and lyrics by Kate Chadwick) (2015-in progress)
"Music Is My Friend" - original song (lyrics by William Finn) (2013)
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: A Re-awakening (composer/lyricist; written with Conly Basham) (2013-in progress)
Carlotta (composer; book and lyrics by Anita Reyes) (2011-in progress)
The Star Child (composer; lyrics by Sarah Underwood, book by Jennifer Stafford) (2011)
*Full list of compositions (musical theatre and beyond) available on request.
TRAINING
MFA in Musical Theatre Composition
NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program @ Tisch School of the Arts (2011)
BM in Jazz Piano
Manhattan School of Music (2009)
Lagond Music School (2004-2008)
Hoff Barthelson Music School (1991-2005)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
NYU – Paulette Goddard Scholarship
MSM– Downbeat Magazine Student Award, Scott Edward Oakley Scholarship
ASCAP Foundation – Fran Morgenstern Davis Scholarship
SPECIAL SKILLS
Piano (25 years), drums, synthesizer, musical theatre historian, Disney enthusiast, improvisation, played live musical score to real-time NES gameplay of Super Mario Bros., Proficient in Logic Pro/Garage Band, uses NI Komplete 10, EastWest/Quantum Leap Hollywood Orchestra among others in audio tracks
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