Hello! I'm Paul, a musical director and keyboard player living in Winnipeg. I've played in productions across Canada, recently having the good fortune to work on a number of shows at Rainbow Stage and the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. During the winter, I'm often in Ontario working as Principal Keyboard of the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra.
My first shows were in Newfoundland, at the Stephenville Theatre Festival where I was MD for A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline and Rock 'n Fables, and keys 1 for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Since then, I've played at Opera On the Avalon (keys 2, Into the Woods), and MD at Smile Theatre Toronto (And I Never Stopped Dancing), and Magnus Theatre (Tell Me On A Sunday)
Here in Winnipeg, I worked as musical director on Murder for Two (RMTC), Fame, and Spongebob (Winnipeg Studio Theatre). I've assisted on productions of Mary Poppins, Rent, The Little Mermiad (Rainbow Stage), and The Sound of Music (RMTC).
In 2022, I was the music intern at the Shaw Festival in Ontario. There, I subbed on White Christmas, Damn Yankees, A Year With Frog and Toad and 1922. Under the mentorship of MD Paul Sportelli, I also gained experience in orchestration, arranging and keyboard programming.