Music Direction & Conducting

Musical leadership philosophy:

As a music director and conductor, Sam always strives for clarity, efficiency, and flexibility. 

They work with patience, passion, and an attention to detail, and they push themselves and other musicians to fully embrace the given style and story in performance.

EXPERIENCE:

I Was Unbecoming Then, music director and conductor, dir. Ilana Khanin (Ars Nova ANT Fest, June 2018, Joust Theater Co., June 2019, The Tank, March 2020, Ars Nova, December 2023)

Dizzy Ire, music director and conductor, dir. Ilana Khanin (Judson Church, Sept. 2019)

The Lydian Gale Parr, associate music director to Alaina Ferris (New Dramatists, Apr. 2018 & Jun. 2019, National Sawdust, Sept. 2019)

SCUM, music director and conductor, dir. Daniella Caggiano (Dixon Place, Dec. 2017, Brick Theater, Jul. 2019)

Multiplicity, music director and conductor, dir. Ilana Khanin (Provincetown Playhouse, May 2019)

Soho Rep. Gala, assistant music director to Alaina Ferris (Apr. 2018, Apr. 2019)

Salome, music director and conductor, dir. Meg Araneo (Citizen Arts, Nov. 2018)

Myrmidon, assistant music director to Alaina Ferris, dir. Sarah Hughes (The Tank, Mar. 2018)

Heathens, by Sam Kaseta, dir. Sam Kaseta (The Tank, Mar. 2017)

Scheherazade, music assistant to Ian Axness, dir. Erin Ortman (Prospect Theater, July 2016)

The Offending Gesture, music assistant to Alaina Ferris, dir. Meghan Finn (The Connelly Theater, Jan. 2016)