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At a glance
Let’s play favorites! TV Show: At the moment, Hacks Musical Artist: There are many, but the ones I always come back to are Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder and Vulfpeck Musical: It has to be a tie between Little Shop of Horrors and Sweeney Todd Food: Fried calamari Color: Aqua blue Ice cream: Chocolate peanut butter Place I’ve been: Norway. It’s so serene and beautiful |
The long version Dave Klodowski is a New York based music director, pianist, vocal coach, arranger, copyist, singer and songwriter. Dave played piano for the 2018 Off-Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof directed by Joel Grey at the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene/Stage 42. He served on the music teams for the Broadway touring productions of Kinky Boots, Escape to Margaritaville, Elf the Musical and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Dave music directed the world premiere of Ragtag Theatre's Hansel and Gretel at Barrington Stage Company as well as collegiate productions of The Last Five Years at Columbia and Godspell at Fordham University. He has music directed many solo concerts and performances including Alex Newell’s performance at the 2022 LGBT Center Gala and Kathryn Allison’s solo show at the Legacy Theatre. In recent years, he has been involved in the development of various new musicals, such as Hood at Asolo Repertory Theatre directed by Mark Brokaw and A Transparent Musical directed by Tina Landau with Center Theatre Group. As a singer, Dave fronted a Billy Joel-style piano show on Seabourn Cruise Line and has headlined guest entertainer shows with a cappella groups on Disney, Norwegian and Royal Caribbean ships. Dave co-founded and sings baritone in zephyr vocal band, a 6-person a cappella group based in New York. In 2021, he released an original children's pop album under the name "Davey K" called Things to Know, co-produced with Peter Yang. He continues to write music as Davey K for his growing YouTube channel. Dave holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Ithaca College where he sang in the Ithaca College Choir, mainstage operas, and male a cappella group, Ithacappella. In his senior year, he was selected to study at OperaWorks in Los Angeles. With an extensive knowledge of vocal pedagogy, he teaches private voice lessons and coachings. Dave is also a church musician and subs around the city as an organist and cantor. Instagram: @daveklodowski See full resume. 
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