BOB FOSTER

MUSICAL DIRECTOR/ COMPOSER/ ARRANGER/ KEYBOARDS

 

PRODUCTION CONTRACTS

   

DIRTY DANCING

HAIRSPRAY **

Musical Director

Musical Director/ Piano

Mirvish Productions

Mirivish Productions/ Jack O'Brien

OTHER SELECTED THEATRE

   
     

ROBIN HOOD

DISCO CIRQUE

BOYS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH

(March '09 - previously known as

'The Beautiful Game')

CANADIAN EXPLOSION

ROCK AND ROLL

SNOW WHITE AND THE...

...GROUP OF SEVEN

CALIFORNIA DREAMING II

A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD ***

LEGENDS

TWIST AND SHOUT

WORLD GOES ROUND

BATBOY

FIRE *

EVITA

BRITISH INVASION

 

CABARET

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

CAMELOT

GOOD

A SIDE OF SONDHEIM

MY FAIR LADY

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

PIAF

OKLAHOMA!

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

INTO THE WOODS

LEADER OF THE PACK

NINE MONTHS

MO' MAGIC

 

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

 

*Betty Mitchell Award -

Outstanding Musical Direction

 

** Dora Award Nomination -

Outstanding Musical Direction

 

*** Sterling Nomination -

Outstanding Musical Direction

Musical Director/ Keyboards

Musical Director

Musical Director

 

 

Musical Director/ Arranger

Musical Director

Musical Director

 

Musical Arranger

Musical Director/ Piano

Musical Director

MD/ Arranger/ Piano

Musical Director

Musical Director

Musical Director/ Piano

Associate MD/ Piano

MD/ Arranger/ Piano

 

Musical Director/ Piano

Musical Director/ Piano

Associate MD/ Pianist

Musical Director/ Arranger

Musical Director

Musical Director

Musical Director

Musical Director

Keyboards

Musical Director/ Piano

Assistant MD/ Keyboards

Keyboards

Musical Director/ Piano

Keyboards

Keyboards

 

Keyboards

Ross Petty Productions/ Ted Dykstra

Charlottetown Festival

Manitoba Theatre Centre/

Really Useful Group/

Andrew Lloyd Webber/ Ben Elton

Stage West/ Tim French

Grand Theatre/ Valerie Moore

Elgin Theatre/ Ross Petty Productions

 

Stage West, Calgary/ Tim French

Citadel Theatre/ Jim Warren

Drayton Entertainment

Drayton Entertainment/ Alex Mustakas

Drayton Entertainment/ David Rogers

Bathurst St. Theatre/ Michael McGinn

Theatre Calgary/ Richard Rose

MTC/ Theatre Calgary/ Tim French

Stage West, Calgary/

Stage West, Mississauga/ Anne Allan

Theatre Calgary/ Valerie Moore

Stage West, Calgary/ Max Reimer

MTC/ Theatre Calgary/ Citadel/ S Schipper

Theatre Junction/ Kevin McKendrick

Lunchbox Theatre/ Mark Bellamy

Stage West, Calgary/ D Proctor

Theatre Calgary/ Ian Prinsloo

Stage West, Calgary/ D Proctor

Theatre Calgary/ Paul Aspland

Stage West, Calgary/ D Proctor

MTC/ Theatre Calgary/ Miles Potter

Theatre Calgary/ Bob Baker

Stage West, Calgary/ Wayne Tibbets

Lunchbox Theatre/ Elise Dewsberry

Stage West, Calgary/

Stage West, Mississauga/ Wayne Tibbets

Theatre Calgary/ Brian Rintoul

 

FILM AND TELEVISION

   

TRIPLE SENSATION

Composer/ Pianist/ Adjudicator

CBC TV/ Garth Drabinsky

WORKSHOPS

   

BITTERGIRL

EVANGELINE

MD/ Arranger/ Piano

Musical Director/ Arranger

Mirvish Productions/ Michael Waller

Mirvish Productions/ Ted Dykstra

OTHER LIVE ENGAGEMENTS

   

1997- 2001

 

 

 

2002- 2004

2002

 

1993-2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1980-1988

touring keyboard player with JANN ARDEN; including extensive Canadian

toursin 1997 & 1998, performances at 1998 Juno Awards, in conversation with

Peter Gzowski, Much Music Intimate & Interactive...

Co-writer and player on all three of her CD's

Musical Director, Bjorn Again North America

Songwriting Workshops at the Canadian College of Performing Arts

Piano for the Bernstein Mass with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra,

Conducted by Has Graf

Musical Director for TOM JACKSON (North of 60)

Band member/ Organizer for many touring acts/ occasions, including

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame talent contest,

Bud Country talent search,

BO DIDDLEY, PAUL BRANDT, CHRIS CUMMINGS, AUBREY MANN ...

Two Years with Vancouver guitarist GAYE DELORME, playing keyboards

and keyboard bass

Freelance producer, arranger, and keyboard player in Hamburg, Germany

Writer, producer, arranger and guitarist of band with international success,

including several top 20 singles with Phonogram, CBS and RCA

STUDIO WORK

 

Songwriter and guitar player on Jann Arden's internationally acclaimed CD's 'Happy?', 'Living Under June',

'Time For Mercy' and 'Blood Red Cherry'

Co-wrote the following songs: Good Mother, Looking For It, Hanging By A Thread, It Looks Like Rain,

Give Me Back My Heart

Recently played keyboards on latest album by Mae Moore 'Mae Moore' and on

Lin Elder's CD, 'One Beautiful Wife'

Operator and co-writer of digital recording studio 'Studio 267'

Writer and producer and session player of jingles, corporate video soundtracks

Regular producer and session player at Calgary recording studios including Sundae Sound,

Studio West 11th, Hamiltone Productions

Deal with many computer recording platforms including Protools, Cubase and Digital Performer

 

AWARDS

Socan Airplay Award for 'Looking For It' and 'Good Mother'

Platinum CD's for 'Happy?', 'Living Under June', 'Time For Mercy'

Winner of the Greg Bond Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theatre (Betty Mitchell Awards)

 

NOMINATIONS

Betty Mitchell Awards - Musical Director; Fiddler On The Roof, Sound of Music, Joseph...Dreamcoat

Cjay Music Awards - Keyboard Player

 

INSTRUMENTS

Piano, Keyboards, Guitar, Voice

 

RECORDING PLATFORMS

Protools, Cubase, Digital Performer

 

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