Composer, Orchestrator and Musical Director - Peter Casey

Peter Casey is one of Australia's most versatile Musical Directors, having established a career spanning the genres of musical theatre, arena presentations, symphonic concerts, orchestration, television and recording. Over several decades he has been at the helm for many commercial musical theatre productions; guiding, nurturing and supporting talent as they navigate the storytelling required by this demanding genre. Mr Casey has been Musical Director on a vast array of shows that have covered different styles and the work of many composers. These include Les Miserables, The Sound of Music, The king and I, Evita, The Producers, Chicago, Smokey Joe's Cafe, The Wizard of Oz, Company, Song and Dance, Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang, Anything Goes and Annie. He has been an Orchestrator and Arranger for many Australian artists including Anthony Warlow, Debra Byrne, Olivia Newton-John, David Hobson and John Farnham. Peter Casey has worked extensively in South East Asia, co-composing and orchestrating several musical productions, operas and recordings in Singapore and Korea. He was co-composer and Orchestrator for the Korean musical opera The Last Empress, which toured to London, Los Angeles and New York, and the Orchestrator and Conductor for the Korean film, Typhoon. He has been Guest Conductor and Orchestrator for the West Australian Symphony, Adelaide Symphony and Queensland Symphony Orchestras. In 2018 Peter Casey was named on the Queen's Birthday Honours List as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in recognition of 40 years of service to the Musical Theatre industry. Stages conversations available in iTunes, Spotify and Whooshkaa.