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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.
Joseph Thalken is an award-winning composer, conductor and pianist whose theater and concert works have been performed internationally. Recent recordings include Baby Face Nelson and the Femme Fatale, recorded by the Temple University Wind Symphony and his ballet, Chasing Home, played by the Dallas Chamber Symphony, available on all streaming platforms. He is the composer of the musicals Was, Harold & Maude, Fall of ’94, Borrowed Dust and Inventions for Piano. His concert works encompass chamber, choral, orchestral, wind ensemble and vocal music as well as composing music for the podcast Radio Play Revival.
In addition to his collaborations with Patti LuPone, he has served as music director and/or arranger for luminaries of Broadway and classical music, including Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Renée Fleming, Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie, Liz Callaway, Sierra Boggess, B.J. Ward, 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.
Joseph Thalken is an award-winning composer, conductor and pianist whose theater and concert works have been performed internationally. Recent recordings include Baby Face Nelson and the Femme Fatale, recorded by the Temple University Wind Symphony and his ballet, Chasing Home, played by the Dallas Chamber Symphony, available on all streaming platforms. He is the composer of the musicals Was, Harold & Maude, Fall of ’94, Borrowed Dust and Inventions for Piano. His concert works encompass chamber, choral, orchestral, wind ensemble and vocal music as well as composing music for the podcast Radio Play Revival.
In addition to his collaborations with Patti LuPone, he has served as music director and/or arranger for luminaries of Broadway and classical music, including Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Renée Fleming, Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie, Liz Callaway, Sierra Boggess, B.J. Ward, 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.