Steve is originally from Worcester and trained at Leeds College of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He is currently the Musical Director and Vocal Coach at Jason Thomas Academy, an Associate Tutor at Falmouth University and Callywith College, and previously taught Musical Theatre at Laine Theatre Arts and Guildford School of Acting.

 

He was Musical Supervisor for Five Guys Named Moe (Marble Arch), Diamond (Kings Head), Fame (UK Tour) and The House That Nat Built (UK Tour), and was also Musical Director on the London productions of Rent (Duke Of Yorks), A Model Girl (Greenwich), Bent (Trafalgar Studios), Hair (Gate Theatre) and Fame (Victoria Palace). His UK Tours as Musical Director include Rocky Horror Show, Spend Spend Spend, Fame, Carousel, Smokey Joe’s Café and 42nd Street, along with The Rat Pack (Portugal) and Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be (GSA).

 

Assistant MD credits include The Genius Of Ray Charles (Theatre Royal, Haymarket), Songs My Mother Taught Me (Savoy Theatre, London) and UK tours of Hollywood And Broadway and Magic Of The Musicals, while pantomimes include Jack And The Beanstalk (Hall For Cornwall), Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin and Snow White (Guildford), Cinderella (Derby) and Peter Pan (Crawley).

 

On numerous concert tours Steve has played for Michael Ball, Petula Clark, Shirley Bassey, Sarah Brightman, Elaine Paige, Andrea Bocelli and Lorna Luft, and in 1999 accompanied Larry Adler at Pizza In The Park, London. He also performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Big Band, and from 1992 to 1995 was Musical Director for Combined Services Entertainment.

 

Steve orchestrated A Model Girl (Greenwich Theatre), was Musical Arranger on Hair (Gate Theatre) and one of the Musical Arrangers on That’s Amore (UK Tour) and Burn The Floor (World Tour). He was also Musical Arranger for the Royal Schools Of Music Jazz Syllabus, National Youth Jazz Orchestra and P&O Cruises.

 

He’s published three books of Jazz Piano arrangements, The Beatles For Jazz Piano, Thelonious Monk – Straight No Chaser and Jazz Club Piano Solos (Volume 1), composed the score for the musical Diamond, Incidental Music for the play My Bed Was Too Comfy and the theme tune for the children’s cartoon series Raindrops.