Liz Kantor
Biography
Liz is a Boston-based music director, orchestrator, arranger, and accompanist. After playing piano since the age of 3, Liz began music directing for theatre her freshman year of college. Her many years acting and performing herself have shaped how she interacts with actors, creatives, and technicians. Regional: Moulin Rouge, Emerson Colonial Theater (Music Assistant); Jagged Little Pill, American Repertory Theater (Music Assistant); SHE, OBERON (Composer, Orchestrator); United We Stand, NYMF (Contributing Composer); Beyond Words, NYMF (Contributing Composer). Tours with the Brown Box Theatre Project: Songs for a New World (Music Director, Conductor), Broadway Jukebox (Music Supervisor, Orchestrator, Arranger). Harvard University: Next to Normal, Spring Awakening, 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, The Rocky Horror Show, (Music Director, Conductor). B.A. in Molecular and Cellular Biology and English from Harvard University.
Professional Experience
- Regional
- Concerts/Cabaret
- Education
- Tours
Regions
- Boston/New England
Maestra Expertise
- Theatrical Composer (Music and Lyrics)
- Music Director/Conductor (Pianist)
- Music Assistant
- Orchestrator
- Vocal Arranger
- Instrumentalist/Pit Musician
- Music Copyist
- Music Transcriber
- Music Producer/Record Producer
- Recording Studio Engineer
- Audition Pianist
- Class/Voice Lesson/Rehearsal Pianist
- Rehearsal Pianist
Primary Instruments
- Bass - Double/Electric
- Drums
- Piano
- Synthesizer
- Voice
Software
- Finale
- MainStage
- Pro-Tools
- Sibelius