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Joseph Thalken
Joseph Thalken was music director and arranger for Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes in 2024 and returns for Patti LuPone: Matters of the Heart in 2026.
He is an award-winning composer, conductor and pianist whose theater and concert works have been performed internationally. He is the composer of the musicals Was, Harold & Maude, Fall of ’94, Borrowed Dust and Inventions for Piano, and his concert works encompass chamber, choral, orchestral, wind ensemble and vocal music. His ballet Chasing Home was recorded and released by the Dallas Chamber Symphony (Richard McKay, music director) in 2024.
In addition to his collaborations with Patti LuPone, he has served as music director and/or arranger for many luminaries of Broadway and classical music, including Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Renée Fleming, Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie, Liz Callaway, Sierra Boggess, Catherine Malfitano, Elizabeth Futral, Kristin Chenoweth, Sally Wilfert, Polly Bergen, Faith Prince, Hugh Panaro, Michael Crawford, Howard McGillin, Jason Danieley, Nathan Gunn, Rod Gilfry, Brian Stokes Mitchell and many more.
He has taught music theater composition at Yale and is a proud graduate of Northwestern University.
He is an award-winning composer, conductor and pianist whose theater and concert works have been performed internationally. He is the composer of the musicals Was, Harold & Maude, Fall of ’94, Borrowed Dust and Inventions for Piano, and his concert works encompass chamber, choral, orchestral, wind ensemble and vocal music. His ballet Chasing Home was recorded and released by the Dallas Chamber Symphony (Richard McKay, music director) in 2024.
In addition to his collaborations with Patti LuPone, he has served as music director and/or arranger for many luminaries of Broadway and classical music, including Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Renée Fleming, Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie, Liz Callaway, Sierra Boggess, Catherine Malfitano, Elizabeth Futral, Kristin Chenoweth, Sally Wilfert, Polly Bergen, Faith Prince, Hugh Panaro, Michael Crawford, Howard McGillin, Jason Danieley, Nathan Gunn, Rod Gilfry, Brian Stokes Mitchell and many more.
He has taught music theater composition at Yale and is a proud graduate of Northwestern University.