Dominic Fallacaro – Musical Director / Orchestrator / Composer

Dominic Fallacaro is a jazz pianist, co-arranger, orchestrator, and Music Director. He’s currently MD for the hit Broadway jukebox musical & Juliet. This is of course, only one aspect of Dominic’s career and we cover his other achievements as a player, composer and arranger. There’s even a great Elmo story, so this is one not to miss! To listen / watch: * Audio-only: click on the play button in the audio player above, or: * Video: watch the embedded video below or check it and previous episodes out on our YouTube Channel Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):   Working on the musical & Juliet Max Martin and & Juliet Technical breakdown of how the band works in & Juliet Arranging iconic songs for & Juliet Dominic’s musical upbringing Moving to studio and live performance Rachel Z, Kevin Mahogany The power of saying yes From Mommy and Me classes to the studio and winning a Grammy with Tim Kubart Tim Kubart – Showtime Working on Sesame Street Sesame Street – We Can All Be Friends Involvement with In The Heights Working on tik, tik… Boom!  Come to Your Senses – from tik, tik… Boom! Dealing with musical challenges when playing ‘on rails’ with a click in musical theatre Love for the Kurzweil PC2X Dominic in rehearsals for Hell’s Kitchen – the new Alicia Keys musical The amazing Adam Blackstone Tag a Keyboard Player: Rick Wakeman, Nicolas Dupuis (Anomalie), Chromeo Desert Island Discs: Thrust – Herbie Hancock, Whatever and Ever Amen – Ben Folds Five, Art of the Trio Vol 4: Back to the Vanguard – Brad Mehldau, Amnesiac – Radiohead T-Shirt shout-out: Rockzilla Key links: Buy some keyboard related merchandise Drop us a line via the website, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Twitter, TikTok or