About Me

Nicole D'Angelo (they/she) is a music director, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist in the NJ/NYC area. A recovering classical musician, they majored in piano and bass clarinet at Montclair State University before pursuing musical theater full time. Nicole was the assistant music director and script consultant for the Broadway musical How to Dance in Ohio, for which they received a special Drama Desk Award as a member of the show’s groundbreaking accessibility team. They are a music director on staff at the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan and the Head Music Director at French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts in Hancock, NY. They have also worked extensively in professional, community, and educational theater spaces across NJ and NYC. Nicole is proudly Autistic and a passionate advocate for authentic representation and equitable hiring of disabled artists in the musical theater industry. They would love to tell you all about their cats Whizzer, Hope, and Charley!

I have music directed over 100 full-scale productions but here are some of my favorites:

Resume Highlights

NYC

  • How to Dance in Ohio (Broadway) -
    Asst. Music Director/Keyboard 2 Sub/Conductor Trainee
    Special Drama Desk Award - Authentic Autistic Representation Team

  • The Civility of Albert Cashier (Off-Broadway, Trans Entertainment Guild) -
    Music Director/Music Supervisor/Piano/Conductor

Regional

  • Into The Woods (Vanguard Theater Company) -
    Music Director/Piano/Conductor/Orchestral Reduction

  • Tuck Everlasting (Vanguard Theater Company) -
    Music Director/Piano/Conductor/Orchestral Reduction

  • “Finishing The Hat” Sondheim Revue (Actors Studio of NJ) -
    Music Director/Piano/Conductor/Arrangements

Community Theater

  • Once (StageWorks Theatre Group) -
    Music Director/Cello/Bass Guitar/Pennywhistle/Piano/Vocals

  • Violet (StageWorks Theatre Group) -
    Music Director/Piano/Conductor/Orchestral Reductions

  • Fun Home (Elmwood Playhouse) -
    Replacement MD/Piano/Conductor

Educational Theater

  • Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Montclair State University)
    Assoc. Music Director/Keyboard 2/Accordion

  • Suffs (French Woods Festival) - World Amateur Premiere
    Music Director/Keyboard 2/Conductor

  • Kimberly Akimbo (French Woods Festival) - World Amateur Premiere
    Music Director/Keyboard 1/Conductor

  • The SpongeBob Musical (French Woods Festival)
    Music Director/Piano/Accordion/Ukulele/Conductor

  • A Chorus Line Teen Edition (Vanguard Theater Company)
    Music Director/Piano/Conductor/Ableton design

Download full resume (PDF)

Additional Skills/Experience

But wait, there’s more! In addition to music direction, I am proud of these skills that I’ve developed:

S K I L L S

  • Piano Conducting

  • Stick Conducting

  • Excellent sight-reader

  • Audition Piano

  • Copy work (Finale/Dorico)

  • Mainstage Programming

  • Proficiency with Ableton and QLab

  • Symphonic experience (Piano/Celesta, Woodwinds)

  • Disability Advocacy

I N S T R U M E N T S

Professional:

Piano, Accordion, Flute/Picc,

Oboe, All Clarinets, All Saxes

Some experience:

Bassoon, Trumpet,

Euphonium, Percussion,

Recorder, Pennywhistle,

Cello, Bass Guitar, Ukulele

I am also a trained singer and a Meisner-trained actor and love actor-musician shows!