Instrumentalist - Piano
| Worldwide
Biography
Pianist Kevin Cole is an award-winning concert performer, musical director, arranger, composer, vocalist and archivist whose repertoire includes the best of American Music with a particular affinity for the music of George Gershwin.
Current and Recent Activities
- Orchestre National Radio France
- Detroit Symphony
- Utah Symphony
- Ravinia Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (reengagement)
- Boston Philharmonic (reengagement)
- Colorado Symphony
- Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl
- BBC Concert Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall
- National Symphony at Kennedy Center
- San Francisco Symphony
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Philadelphia Orchestra
- Pittsburgh Symphony
- Minnesota Orchestra
- Nashville Symphony
- Dallas Symphony
- Seattle Symphony
- Albany Symphony at Carnegie Hall
- Hong Kong Philharmonic
- Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
- Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra
- New Zealand Symphony
- Edmonton Symphony
- Wolf Trap
- Savannah Music Festival
- Castleton Festival
- Chautauqua Institute
Recent Collaborations
- Sylvia McNair
- Dawn Upshaw
- Brian d’Arcy James
- Karen Morrow
- Melissa Manchester
- John Lithgow
- Donna McKechnie
- Christine Andreas
- Hollis Resnik
- Klea Blackhurst
- Kim Criswell
- William Warfield
Endeavors
- Gershwin at One Symphony Space: PBS television special – featured soloist with the Nashville Symphony
- Play It Again, Marvin! - A Celebration of Marvin Hamlish: writer, co-producer and performer with Pittsburgh Symphony
- Here To Stay - The Gershwin Experience: multimedia concert – writer, co-producer and performer with multiple orchestras
Noteworthy
- Gramophone Musical Album of the Year, 1995 for Gershwin’s Oh, Kay! with soprano Dawn Upshaw (Elektra/Nonesuch)
Other Recordings
- Cole Plays Gershwin – solo piano
- In The Words of Ira – The Songs of Ira Gershwin – vocal/jazz trio
Recent Director and Teaching Positions
- Pasadena Play House - Musical Director
- Michigan Ensemble Theatre – Musical Director
- San Francisco Shakespeare Festival – Musical Director
- Royal George Theatre (Chicago) – Musical Director
- Interlochen Center for the Arts – Master Classes in musical theatre vocal performance
- North Carolina School of the Arts – Master Classes in musical theatre vocal performance