Rick Fox
Director of Music for the Stratford Festival for six years. Musical director and supervisor of Tommy and arrangements and musical direction for Cynthia Dale in Concert: Outside Looking In. Stratford: Jesus Christ Superstar, Camelot, Evita, Jacques Brel, West Side Story, Cabaret; new orchestrations for Brel, Cabaret, Kiss Me, Kate, Evita; composer for A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Caesar and Cleopatra with Christopher Plummer. Broadway: Jesus Christ Superstar, Rent, Blood Brothers. Off-Broadway: Once Around the City (musical direction, orchestrations), Second Stage, N.Y.C. Toronto: Canadian premières of The Lion King, We Will Rock You, The Producers, Rent, The Who’s Tommy, Blood Brothers, Phantom of the Opera, The Lord of the Rings (world première). TV: PBS special with Colm Wilkinson and Patti LuPone (musical director, arranger, conductor). Composer for award-winning animated series Nilus the Sandman, featuring the voice of legendary bluesman Long John Baldry. Several TV specials, including Cynthia Dale for CBC. Awards: Nine-time Dora nominee, four-time winner. Online: rickfoxmusic.com.
