Faculty

Music
AMDA Faculty since: 2024
John Sawoski has accompanied numerous first-class touring musical productions, including having served as associate musical director and keyboardist for CTGLA's 2023 revival of "The Secret Garden" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, featuring Broadway stars Sierra Boggess, Aaron Lazar, Emily Jewel Hoder, Julia Lester, and more. Mr. Sawoski has played with many orchestras and musicians worldwide, and his arrangements have been performed by the Philly Pops, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Stockton Symphony, The Colorado Springs Philharmonic, the Boca Pops, The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra, the Capistrano Valley Symphony, the Jerry Lewis Telethon orchestra, and many orchestras and ensembles at Hollywood recording sessions. He has also played for Placido Domingo, Michael Feinstein, Michael Crawford, Il Volo, Idina Menzel, Bernadette Peters, and Audra McDonald, and produced several albums.