Polina Senderova
She/Her
Biography
Polina Senderova is a Music Director, Dueling Pianist, and Multi-instrumentalist. She grew up in Queens and Great Neck, NY and currently lives in Nashville.
Piano bar experience: Howl at the Moon Dueling Pianos, 10+ locations; Holland America Line and Norwegian Cruise Line; several army base tours; “dueling pianos” and solo piano bars in NYC, London, Oslo, St. Maarten, Santa Barbara, Chicago, Nashville, and more. Singing, piano, violin/fiddle, drums, bass, and guitar.
Musical theater experience: Polina started music directing shows when she was 15 years old, and it’s still one of her favorite roles. Most recently, she was the Associate Music Director of the Off-Broadway show “A Sign of the Times,” and the Keyboard Swing on the Aladdin and Mean Girls Broadway tours. Other favorite MT experience includes being Music Supervisor and Arranger of X:1969, a Fleetwood Mac musical about the Manson cult (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2022), MD of original reading of "Pants! The Jimmy Pants Musical" by Joseph Church (NYC, 2021), and MD of Company (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 2021).
M.A. Music Direction, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. B.S. Journalism, Northwestern University. Pre-College Degree Violin and Piano, Manhattan School of Music.
No robots were used in the writing of this bio.
Professional Experience
- Off Broadway
- Regional
- Concerts/Cabaret
- Tours
- Community Theatre
- Master’s Degree
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
- Nashville Area
Interested in touring?
- Yes
Maestra Expertise
- Music Director/Conductor (Pianist)
- Music Director/Conductor (Baton)
- Vocal Director and/or Choral Prep
- Music Assistant
- Orchestrator
- Vocal Arranger
- Instrumentalist/Pit Musician
- Music Transcriber
- Keyboard Programmer
- Music Producer/Record Producer
- Audition Pianist
- Class/Voice Lesson/Rehearsal Pianist
- Rehearsal Pianist
Primary Instruments
- Violin - fiddle
- Piano
- Ukulele
- Violin
- Voice
Additional Instruments
- Bass - electric
- Drums
- Guitar - acoustic
Software
- Ableton
- Dorico
- Finale
- GarageBand
- Logic
- MainStage
- Sibelius
Affiliations
- THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS (AFM)
