COMPOSER • MUSIC DIRECTOR • PIANIST
DANCE ACCOMPANIST
Originally trained by the Boston Ballet School, as soon as he moved to NYC he knocked on the doors and handed his resume to all the great studios in the city. J-W now plays regular classes at Joffrey Ballet School, The Ailey School, Ballet Hispanico, Ballet Academy East, and Ballet Arts Center for Dance.
He also regularly subs for Peridance, Gibney Company, New York Theatre Ballet, Marymount Manhattan College, Molloy University and others.
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As an accompanist, he has experience in ballet for multiple levels which include; professional, pre-professional, adult and children's divisions.
Click here for chosen excerpts of my ballet repertoire.
Outside of dance he has worked as an accompanist for NYC theaters and venues such as 54 Below, Green Room 42, SoHo Playhouse, The Theater Center, The Tank and regional theaters such as Huntington Theatre in Boston, The Old Globe in San Diego, St. Louis Rep in St. Louis and even for MIT (yes, that MIT).