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Stephen Hose
Piano (Keyboard Connection)
BIOGRAPHY, February 2019
He is currently Pianist in Residence at Lauderdale House performing monthly lunchtime recitals, and has performed at most of the London concert halls in addition to appearances in France, Sweden, Ireland , Germany and the USA.
Stephen has worked extensively as a Musical Director and conductor in London and regional theatre. He was Music Director and pianist leading a chamber ‘band’ for The Merry Opera Company from 2010 to 2016 working on new and accessible interpretations of classic works as well as new pieces - The Magic Flute (Riverside Studios and on tour 2013 ), a ‘burlesque’ La Traviata (Upstairs at the Gatehouse London, South England tour and Malaysia) and Troy Boy (aka La Belle Helene) - all directed by Kit Hesketh Harvey); Barber of Seville; and Kiss Me Figaro and Around the World in Thirty Two Arias for which he also did the arrangements.
He collaborated with Director John Ramster to create a staged production of Handel’s Messiah with 12 singers who moved around the church throughout the performances earning regular standing ovations. He was Music Director & Conductor for over 50 touring performances including St John’s Smith Square.
He was Music Director for Opera UK from 2005 to 2015. His role ranged from conducting full orchestras, leading chamber ensembles from the piano and solo accompaniment. Productions included La Traviata (London and English Tour), The Barber of Seville (Bloomsbury Theatre & Irish tour), A Night at the Opera (Ireland tour), Cosi fan Tutte (Bloomsbury Theatre and touring UK and Ireland), The Merry Widow, El Amor Brujo and School For Lovers (also at the Cardiff International Festival of Music Theatre), An Evening with Puccini and Keep the Home Fires Burning (a World War 1 compilation) Stephen also worked regularly with Opera UK’s soloists in chamber recitals across London.
Stephen was Musical Director and Associate for five productions of ITV’s Christmas Glory, filmed variously from New York, Llandaff Cathedral and Westminster Abbey and featuring stars from opera and pop including Sir James Galway, Charlotte Church, Montserrat Caballe, Robin Gibb and Bryn Terfil. Other TV work includes The Choir (BBC2), the People’s Passion featuring Jessye Norman and Sir Thomas Allen for the BBC and for Twenty Twenty TV’s documentary for Channel 4 on the Titanic.
Stephen was also Chorus Master for Jessye Norman’s concerts of Duke Ellington’s Sacred Songs at the Barbican Theatre London and the ancient theatre at Epidavros, Greece. Outdoor work has included conducting the Mardi Gras Orchestra which launched the Mardi Gras Arts Festival and performed at the Classic FM Stage, and The Lost Colony at the 2,000 seat outdoor theatre on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, USA.
Other work has ranged from working on new musicals (Musical Supervisor for Casanova at Greenwich Playhouse & The Kings Head) and devising musical shows (Coloured Lights at Jermyn Street Theatre & Greenwich Playhouse) to 2 years at the English Theater of Frankfurt, plus work at the Churchill Theatre Bromley, Birmingham Rep, Plymouth Theatre Company, the Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Nell Gwynne Theatre Hereford and The Swan Theatre Worcester. Productions have included – Whistle Down The Wind, Chicago, Sweeney Todd, Side By Side By Sondheim, Barnum, Godspell, Blood Brothers, Little Shop of Horrors, Jack the Ripper and West Side Story .
OPERA
2010 - 2016 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2001-06 2003-06 1996 1993 1992 1988 1986 1983 1981-2 | Music Director/Conductor for Handel’s Messiah for The Merry Opera Company’s annual UK tour of their staged production Music Director/Pianist/Arranger for Around the World in Thirty Two Arias for the Merry Opera Company on tour Music Director/Pianist for Barber of Seville for the Merry Opera Company’s tour Music Director/Pianist for Keep the Home Fires Burning for Opera UK on tour Music Director/Pianist/Arranger for Kiss me Figaro! for the Merry Opera Company at The Riverside Studios and on tour Music Director/Pianist (with chamber ensemble) for The Magic Flute (adapted by and directed by Kit Hesketh Harvey) for The Merry Opera Company at Riverside Studios and on tour Music Director/Pianist (with chamber ensemble) for La Traviata (new translation by Kit Hesketh Harvey) for The Merry Opera Company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse Theatre,London (4 weeks), touring the UK and 3 weeks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Music Director/Pianist (with chamber ensemble) for Troy Boy (new translation of La Belle Helene by Kit Hesketh Harvey) for The Merry Opera Company at Upstairs at the Gatehouse Theatre, London (4 weeks) and touring the UK Music Director/Pianist (with chamber ensemble) for Orpheus Downunder for Unexpected Opera at Croydon Warehouse (4 weeks), Scoop and touring the UK Music Director/Pianist (with chamber ensemble) for Barber of Savile Row for Unexpected Opera at Croydon Warehouse (4 weeks), Scoop and touring the UK Music Director/Pianist (with string quartet) for Barber of Seville for OperaUK touring Ireland and at The Bloomsbury Theatre, London Music Director/Pianist for a Night at the Opera for OperaUK touring Ireland Music Director/Pianist (with string quartet) for Cosi Fan Tutte for OperaUK touring Ireland and England Music Director/Pianist (with string quartet) for Cosi Fan Tutte for OperaUK in September/October at Blackheath Concert Halls London and the Charter Theatre Preston Conductor and Music Director (with full orchestra) for The Merry Widow for OperaUK in October at the Bloomsbury Theatre Music Director/Pianist for School for Lovers (Cosi Fan Tutte highlights) and El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla at Bloomsbury Theatre, London in April and Cardiff International Festival of Music Theatre October for OperaUK Musical Director/Pianist for Love, Lust & Betrayal (an Evening with Giancomo Puccini) at the Bloomsbury Theatre for Opera UK in April Conductor of full orchestra for inaugural season for Opera UK (Cosi fan Tutte) at Questors Theatre and Christ College Hospital Horsham, Director: Jane McCulloch Accompanist and Musical Director for concerts with soprano Scheherazade Pesante (Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Barbican Church, Leighton House, Lauderdale House) Accompanist and Musical Director for soprano Mary Curtis (Ramour Theatre, Carlingford Heritage Centre, Ireland Conductor for Opera Della Luna's new adaptation of Lucia di Lammermoor translation and direction by Jeff Clarke, orchestrations by Richard Balcombe Pianist for Opera Italiana Concert at Dublin Festival and Royal Overseas League Pianist for Opera Italiana Concerts at Goodwood House, Lancaster House, The Arts Club and Brighton Royal Pavilion Chorus Master for touring production of Il Turco In Italia Music Director for London City Opera productions (all directed by Barrie Wilmore): The Marriage of Figaro- Westminster Theatre, London (full orchestra) Lucia di Lammermoor - Bloomsbury Theatre, London (full orchestra) Die Fledermaus - Provincial Tour (pianist) Pianist for The Telephone by Menotti at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Repetiteur for Senseless (Opera by Francis Millward) - performance at I.C.A. followed by tour arranged by Lumiere & Son Full-time Repetiteur for Opera Roundabout (repertoire included The Marriage of Figaro, Don Pasquale, Faust, The Dinner Engagement |
MUSICAL THEATRE
Musical Director/Conductor unless otherwise indicated* indicates Piano Musical Director
May 2009 May/Jun 2008 Apr 2008 Aug/Sep 2007 Mar to Jun 2007 Nov 2006 Apr/Jun 2006 Nov 2005 May 2005 Apr 2004 Apr/July 2003 Dec 1999 Aug 1999 Jul 1999 Jun 1999 Jul 1998 Mar 1998 Oct 1997 Jul 1997 Jun 1997 May 1997 Mar 1997 Sep/Oct 1996 May 1996 Sep95/Jan96 Oct94/Jul 95 Jun 1994 May 1994 Jun 1993 Mar 1993 Nov 1992 Jun 1992 Jun 1992 Dec 1991 Jun 1991 Jun 1990 May 1989 Jun 1988 Oct 1984 Apr 1984 Mar 1984 Oct 1980 Apr 1980 Sep 1979 | Coloured Lights* A Celebration of Kander & Ebb Casanova Olé: El Libro Español Coloured Lights* Footprints of the Giants* Seasonal Sauce* The Lost Colony Jack the Ripper* Fingask Follies* Hellfire Corner* George’s Marvellous Medicine* Whistle Down The Wind Ellington Sacred Songs Ellington Sacred Songs Chorus Line Everything's Terrific, Help! After The Ball* Joan of Arc* Under Milkwood* Sweeney Todd Class of '97* Most Happy Fella* Chicago & South Pacific* Taking Off (Class of '96)* Blood Brothers* Little Shop of Horrors* Barnum Meet Me In St.Louis Kiss Me Kate Anything Goes Devised Production* Sweeney Todd Godspell* Bye Bye Birdie* West Side Story The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Chicago My Fair Lady Bashville Cabaret Sawdust and Spangles* Godspell* Stop the World* Side by Side by Sondheim* | Jermyn Street Theatre Greenwich Playhouse Bloomsbury Theatre (OperaUK) Greenwich Playhouse Lauderdale House Watermill Theatre, Newbury Roanoke Islan, North Carolina USA Jermyn Street Theatre Scottish Castle Tour The Hall for Cornwall Birmingham Stage Company Churchill Theatre, Bromley Chorus Master; Epidavros Amphitheatre, Greece Chorus Master; The Barbican Barnet College Musical Associate, The Electric Theatre, Guildford The Electric Theatre, Guildford Guildford Playhouse The Electric Theatre, Guildford Miskin Theatre, Dartford Guildford Playhouse & Fortune Theatre, London (Guildford School of Acting) Guildford School of Acting Rose Bruford College Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford & Whitehall Theatre, London English Theater, Frankfurt English Theater, Frankfurt Bloomsbury Theatre, London Willyots Centre, Bloomsbury Theatre, London Guildford School of Acting Mountview Theatre School Bloomsbury Theatre, London Mountview Theatre School Mountview Theatre School Bloomsbury Theatre, London Bloomsbury Theatre, London Bloomsbury Theatre, London Bloomsbury Theatre, London Birmingham Rep.Ass. to Anthony Bowles Kenton Theatre, Henley Mountview Theatre School Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke Plymouth Theatre Company Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury | Tim McArthur Tim McArthur Jane McCulloch Tim McArthur Tim McArthur Helen Watson Jane McCulloch Tim McArthur Helen Molchanoff Marie Macneill Graeme Messer Nick Bly Jessye Norman Jessye Norman Rob Alexander P Wilmott/ C Walker Marie Macneill Jane Mc Culloch Jane Mc Culloch Robbie McGovern Jane Mc Culloch Lynne McVernon Sally Marshall Peter Craze Mark Urquhart Mark Urquhart Rex Doyle Robin Sherringham Graham Howes Rex Doyle Jonathan Butterill Graham Howes Gill Meguido Gill Meguido Richard Evans Richard Evans Nigel Nicholson Chris Pickles John Bromley Tony Craven Chris Hayes Chris Hayes |
PRODUCTIONS AS MUSICAL DIRECTOR / TV
2010 2009 Dec 2001 Dec 2000 Dec 1999 Mar 1999 | Pianist for new documentary on the Titanic for Twenty Twenty TV for Channel 4 Accompanist for The Choir for Channel 4 Christmas Glory Musical Director for ETV for BBC1 Christmas Glory Musical Associate for ETV for BBC1 Christmas Glory Musical Associate for SVC for ITV The People's Passion Musical Associate for SVC for BBC1 | Gareth Malone John Michael Phillips John Michael Phillips Derek Bailey Tony Cash/John Scott |
The Christmas Glory and People’s Passion productions featured Jessye Norman, Charlotte Church, Montserrat Caballe, Bryn Terfil, Robin Gibb, Roberto Alagna, Sir Thomas Allen, Ron Moody, Robert Hardy and Kevin Whately, and were filmed in New York, Westminster Abbey and Llandaff Cathedral.
PANTOMIME
Dec 2006 Nov/Jan 96/7 Dec 1993 Dec 1992 Dec 1984 Dec 1983 Dec/Jan 80/1 Dec/Jan 79/80 | A Christmas Carol Puss in Boots Puss in Boots Babes in the Wood Cinderella Jack & The Beanstalk Robin Hood Aladdin | Marina Theatre, Lowestoft Palace Theatre, Watford Guildford School of Acting Grays, Essex Mountview Theatre School Torch Theatre, Milford Haven Nell Gwynne Theatre, Hereford Nell Gwynne Theatre, Hereford | Bruce James Gerry Tebbutt Alan Brown Peter Bridge John Bromley Andrew Manley Don Houghton Don Houghton |
EXPERIENCE AS AN INSTRUMENTALIST
- Pianist in Residence at Lauderdale House since May 2017 performing monthly lunchtime recitals
- Regular playing as a soloist, with chamber groups, in orchestra pits, and as an accompanist to singers and choirs
- Knowledge of a diverse range of styles - classical and chamber music repertoire, opera, contemporary composers, musical theatre
- Orchestral playing
Work includes:
Recitals: Include Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, St. Martins In The Field, St James Piccadilly, touring in Britain and appearances in France and Germany
Chamber Music: Amati Piano Trio:
Member since 1984 - concerts include Music Clubs, Festivals such as Leominster and Cheltenham, and London appearances and touring
Contemporary Music: Regular concert work (including premieres) with different instrumentalists - venues include Purcell Room, British Music Information Centre
Cabaret:
QUALIFICATIONS
Royal Academy of Music 1969-1974
1971 1972 | L.R.A.M. Teachers G.R.S.M. & Professional Certificate | 1972 1973 1973 | Frances Simms Award and Frederick Westlake Prize Vaughan Williams Scholarship L.R.A.M. Performers |
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Instruments
Piano (Keyboard Connection), Keyboards, Piano