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Richard Danley
Accompanist

AMDA Faculty since: 1993

Music director for cabarets, concerts and revues throughout the US. Entertained on five cruise ships, including the Rotterdam World Cruise. Performed at Carnegie Hall (twice) with actress Kim Zimmer in Broadway and Barbershop, as well as at the Cotton Club, the Friars Club and the Jolson International Festival. Music director/arranger for Gerard (Forbidden Broadway) Alessandrini's "Tonight We Sing", "Madame X," "The Nutcracker and I," "Moon Over Parador" and the current off-Broadway hit, "Spamilton." Also, music directed the off-Broadway production of Chip Deffaa's "One Night with Fanny Brice," as well as "George M. Cohan Tonight" in Seoul, Korea. Appeared in five productions of Broadway CloseUp for Merkin Hall and numerous times at Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center. Performed and participated in musical theater workshops in Taiwan; Shanghai and Beijing. Worked as music director/vocal coach/accompanist at AMDA since May of 1993.

Degrees

B.S., Music Education, David Lipscomb University