Alex is available for the following services:

  • Piano accompaniment

  • Orchestra/band leadership & conducting

  • Arrangements (vocal, piano/vocal, etc)

  • Transcriptions/transpositions

  • Cabaret music direction & accompaniment

  • Audition/performance coaching

  • Audition book curation (selections, cuts, keys, etc)

  • Keyboard programming (or reduction of band parts to keyboard)

 
“Kudos to Music Director Alex Thompson and his superb orchestra, practically ever present in their support and movement of the narrative.”
— west side story, revue west michigan
“...a truly kick-ass rock band led by Music Director Alex Thompson.”
— godspell, revue west michigan
“...the skilled eleven-piece orchestra, under the direction of Alex Thompson brings Mr. Holmes’ score to brilliant life.”
— The mystery of edwin drood, broadway world connecticut
“All the actors (including Mike Lee, Nicholas Parrott, and Meg Rodgers, all impressive and malleable in their various roles) take up a variety of instruments — banjos, guitars, drums, keyboard — and beautifully play and sing the score that emerges almost spontaneously as a big indie folk-rock sound (with a smattering of lovely ballads) reminiscent of bands like “The Head and The Heart,” under excellent musical direction from Alex Thompson.”
— The old man & the old moon, revue west michigan
“So much of what makes “The Wiz” distinctive is its sound, and Music Director Alex Thompson makes the funky, soulful, bluesy score timeless and not at all stuck in the 1970s with a rich, full sound from a fabulous 14-piece live orchestra, and brings the singers to tremendous heights.”
— The wiz, revue west michigan
“The musical’s traditional 21-piece orchestra proves unnecessary. Opting for the two-piano arrangement, nimble ivory-ticklers (music director Mark Hartman and associate music director Alex Thompson) leave the audience wanting nothing.”
— My fair lady, triangle arts and entertainment