COLLABORATORS

JACK LENZ
ORCHESTRATOR, MUSIC SUPERVISOR

Jack Lenz is an acclaimed composer, musician, producer and musical director. Throughout his prolific career, he has composed music for motion pictures, television, documentaries, Canadian news programs, award shows, and has directed studio sessions in countries around the world – including Canada, the U.S.A., Great Britain, Russia and Slovakia. Jack’s work covers the broad landscape of entertainment media, having been featured in blockbuster films, including Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ; movies of the week such as The Good Witch and CBC’s The Trojan Horse; popular television series like Due South and The Designer Guys; children’s television programs such as Mr. Meaty on Nickelodeon; and has served as musical director for countless live broadcast events.

JEFFREY BOLDING
ADDITIONAL MUSIC,
ASST. MUSIC DIRECTOR

Jeff Bolding is a gospel singer, actor, and musical director. He is a native of Washington, DC, and a three time AUDELCO winner.

He is honored to have received his first AUDELCO in the original cast of GREAT MEN OF GOSPEL, Elizabeth Van Dyke, Author/Director, Woodie King, Producer, New Federal Theatre (2002). This production was recently re-released in concert format and performed in NJ, November 2017.

Other AUDELCO wins include best ensemble production of revised Ain’t Nothing But the Blues, (2010), serving as Musical Director (nominated for best MD).

Jeff served 20 years in music ministry at The Abyssinian Baptist Church and was the director/pianist for The Chancel Choir and Inspirational Voices

Other projects include The First Lady, (OMG), The Flip Side of the Coin, Miss Hazel’s House of Heavenly Rest, and most recently, To You, Mr. Hughes, (April 2018),

JOHN BRONSTON
MUSIC DIRECTOR

John Bronston is a conductor, musical director, arranger, and composer. He previously served as the conductor of the North American tour of Hair and the associate conductor for the tours of Smokey Joe’s Café and Ain’t Misbehavin. Regionally he has musically directed works including Into the Woods, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Color Purple, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Beyond the Rainbow, and The Wiz. He has helped develop several new works in New York working with such companies as NYMF (New York Musical Theatre Workshop), NYTB (New York Theatre Barn), The Workshop Theatre, The Women’s Project, and MTF (Musical Theatre Factory). As a composer, his musical Fairy Tale was produced off-Broadway and his regional incidental and vocal scores include Good Woman of Szechwan, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, and the Glass Menagerie at companies including Richmond Shakespeare Festival and Stagedoor Manor.

DEVON WYCOVIA BUCHANAN
CHOREOGRAPHER

DeVon Wycovia Buchanan is a proud alumni of Nashville School For The Arts, started his career as a performer in Children’s Theatre with Sesame Street LIVE! From there, he went on to do Cruise Ships, Regional Theatre, and Broadway Tours.

In 2014, he started choreographing for Street Theatre Company in Nashville, Tennessee. Creating choreography for shows like PASSING STRANGE, CARRIE: THE MUSICAL, and HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL.

Being a full time choreographer and performer, DeVon decided that he also wanted to become an instructor for future performers, so he started teaching dance classes in varies establishments like TM PRODUCTIONS, MASTER DANCE WORXX in LAS VEGAS, and LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY; where he created “ASCEND”. A prize winning piece dedicated to the BLM Movement; focusing on the development of humanity ascending racism and hatred, to equality and love.

TAYLOR MOORE
PERCUSSION

Taylor Moore, a Chicago native, is an award-winning, drummer, percussionist and actress. Dubbed The Princess of Percussion, Taylor Moore has played with a multitude of great musicians like Rock 'n Roll Hall of Famer Shirley Alston Reeves of The Shirelles, jazz fusion artists Roy Ayers and Shelia E, as well as jazz icons, the late Jimmy Cobb and Grammy Award-winning vocalist Cassandra Wilson. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Taylor received her Bachelor's in Music Performance and Production. In 2018, Taylor Moore toured extensively with Jay-Z’s personally signed artist, Victory Boyd and toured Europe with The Richard Waters’ Blues Band. Before the COVID19 Pandemic, Taylor was recording and touring with Blue Note Records artist, Kandace Springs. Also, with a number of acting credits to her name, Taylor has been featured in various film and theater productions as lead and supporting actress. Taylor’s acting and drumming talents were combined when she was called upon to shoot a commercial for an energy drink called, MAX by Maxwell House Coffee. Follow Taylor Moore via FB/IG @MsTaylorMoore

SAM URDANG
ADDITIONAL MUSIC

Sam Urdang began playing guitar and writing original songs at the age of 15. He has branched out into the realm of piano and harmonica, and posts and impressive mastery of vocal percussion, also referred to as the boxing physically, he has trained and bearings thousand downs, including breakdowns hip-hop swing Latin tap ballet and jazz he is fluent in French Spanish Turkish Italian and I studied engine light in for three years. He has an interest in the world automatic voice training he served as the assistant and worked on search Productions as as you like it, merchant of Venice, measure for measure, king Richard II. New sentence Sam has a bachelors of fine arts in Acting at Rutgers University with the mason gross school of the arts.