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Musical Director, Arranger,
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AWARDS
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A: David Award
for Considerable Contribution
to Performing Arts |
King David
Schools Foundation |
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A: Musical Direction
'Chicago' |
Naledi TH Awards |
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A: Musical Supervision & Arrangement
'Knights of Music' |
Naledi TH Awards |
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A: Performance in a Musical Revue/Tribute
'Handful of Keys' |
Vita TH Awards |
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N: 5 Times |
Naledi TH Awards |
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THEATRE
A=Award
N=Nomination |
with International Creative Teams
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'Chicago' |
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'We Will Rock You' |
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'Rent' |
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'Thoroughly Modern Millie' |
with South African Teams
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'Knights of Music' |
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'A Touch of Webber - A Taste of Rice' |
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'Joseph & Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' |
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'Ain't Misbehavin' |
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'La Cage Aux Follies' |
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'The Last 5 Years' |
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'Big Band Blast' |
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MUSIC
A=Award
N=Nomination |
Musical Direction & Arrangement
| 2008 |
'Bidvest CEO Awards'
60 piece orchestra |
| 2008 |
'Miss World'
The City of Johannesburg Welcome |
| 2008 |
'Vodacom CEO Awards' |
| 2004 |
'Vodacom CEO Awards' |
| 2003 |
'Vodacom CEO Awards' |
| 1993 |
'Miss World' |
| 1992 |
'Miss World' |
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'Miss South Africa Pageant' (4 times) |
Other highlights
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Lecturing 3rd & 4th year Composition students in Arranging
at WITS University School of Arts Music Division |
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Composing New Music for strings to play with the Powerhouse Percussion Group 1st Project |
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Musical Director for new Universal Recording artist Elan Lea |
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TV |
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'Gareth Cliff Show' (M-Net) |
Theme Song
Composer |
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HIGHLIGHTS
Musical Direction & Arrangement for Nelson Mandela's 85th Birthday
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| Performance for her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in 1995 |
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BIOGRAPHY
With a 21 year career behind him, Bryan Schimmel has positioned himself as
one of the leading Musical Directors, Arrangers, Conductors and
Pianists in South Africa working in theatre, special events, recording
and television across a full spectrum of music.
His vast roster of theatrical productions includes CHICAGO, WE WILL ROCK YOU,
RENT and THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, all with international creative teams.
Other productions include THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BIG BAND BLAST,
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT,
A TOUCH OF WEBBER - A TASTE OF RICE, and most recently KNIGHTS OF MUSIC.
He composed the theme music for THE GARETH CLIFF SHOW that recently
completed its first season on M-Net. Last year he arranged the music
for and conducted a 60 piece orchestra for the BIDVEST CEO Awards. Other major
events include Musical Direction and Arrangements for The City of Johannesburg
Welcome to MISS WORLD 2008, VODACOM CEO Awards 2003, 2004 and 2008,
BIDVEST 2008, MISS WORLD 1992 and 1993, four MISS SOUTH AFRICA pageants,
Nelson Mandela's 85th Birthday, and performing before Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in 1995.
Together with Ian von Memerty, Bryan co-created and co-starred in
the first 350 performances of the massively successful, multi award
winning A HANDFUL OF KEYS, which, after 15 years and over 1000 performances,
continues to make perennial returns to the stage.
Other diverse ventures include lecturing 3rd and 4th year Composition
students in Arranging at WITS University School of Arts Music Division,
composing new music for strings to play with the powerhouse percussion
group 1st Project and being Musical Director for new Universal recording
artist Elan Lea.
Bryan's talents have taken him all over the world: He worked on Broadway
in David Kramer's KAT AND THE KINGS, Off-Broadway in WHEN PIGS FLY
and NAKED BOYS SINGING, toured America with a production
of MEET ME IN ST LOUIS, had the pleasure of working with Academy Award
winning composer Stephen Schwartz on CHILDREN OF EDEN at North Shore Music Theatre
in Massachusetts, he conducted CRAZY FOR YOU in Basel, Switzerland, and
toured to Edinburgh with a production of CLOSER THAN EVER. He traveled
to New Zealand and Korea as Music Supervisor of the 2008 Asian tour of WE WILL ROCK YOU.
Bryan is a five time Naledi Theatre Award nominee. He is the recipient of
a Vita Theatre award for A HANDFUL OF KEYS, and two Naledi Theatre Awards
for Musical Direction of CHICAGO and Musical Supervision and Arrangements
of KNIGHTS OF MUSIC.
Most recently, Bryan was honoured with the King David Schools Foundations'
David Award for Considerable Contribution to Performing Arts.
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