Boko Suzuki

Boko is currently music directing Rent on Broadway after having music directed both national tours, as well as supervising the Australian production. Boko most recently music directed the national tour of Swing!, for which he was nominated for an L.A. Drama Critic's Circle Award, and the first national tour of Mamma Mia! Boko has conducted, composed or played for many of Canada's top theatre companies, including the Stratford and Charlottetown Festivals, the Grand Theatre, Tarragon, and YPT. He has played shows such as CATS, Les Miserables and The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and conducted Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, The Who's TOMMY and Sunset Boulevard, as well as appearing as guest conductor with the Toronto Symphony at Roy Thomson Hall.  Boko has composed original scores for many stage productions, including Naomi's Road and Timothy Findley's The Stillborn Lover, and was commissioned to compose the overture for the opening ceremonies of the Confederation Bridge in Prince Edward Island.

Workshops for 2005