Bryan Bird
Ornithology: Past Performances
For the purposes of this list, a music director typically plays piano for rehearsals and performances, in addition to teaching the vocal parts, keyboard-conducting the orchestra, and collaborating creatively with the director regarding the music. A keyboard-conductor directs the orchestra while playing the primary keyboard. An accompanist or show pianist is the primary keyboardist for the show but does not conduct or teach parts. Acting roles are designated with the character name "in quotation marks."
Beck Center for the Arts
Lakewood, Ohio
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Keyboard 2
March 26 - April 25, 2010
American Idiot
Co-Music Director/Keyboard-Conductor
July 10 - August 16, 2015
Annie
Keyboard 2
December 7, 2012 - January 6, 2013
Annie
Keyboard 2
December 6, 2013 - January 5, 2014
Annie
Keyboard 2
May 11-20, 2018
Billy Elliot
Keyboard 2
July 8 - August 16, 2016
Carrie: the musical
Keyboard 2
March 24 - April 2, 2017
City of Angels
Assistant Music Director/Keyboard 2
July 7 - August 13, 2017
Forever Plaid
Music Director
September 12 - October 12, 2014
Gypsy
Keyboard 2
July 6 - August 12, 2018
Hairspray
Keyboard 2
July 8 - August 14, 2011
Jerry Springer: The Opera
Music Director
February 18 - April 17, 2011
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Keyboard 2
December 3, 2010 - January 2, 2011
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Keyboard 2
December 2-31, 2011
Legally Blonde
Keyboard 2
July 6 - August 12, 2012
The Little Mermaid
Keyboard 2
December 2-31, 2016
The Little Mermaid
Keyboard 2
December 1-31, 2017
The Marvelous Wonderettes
Keyboard 2
September 16 - October 16, 2011
Mary Poppins
Keyboard 2
December 5, 2014 - January 4, 2015
Mary Poppins
Keyboard 2
December 4, 2015 - January 3, 2016
Matilda
Keyboard 1
July 12 - August 11, 2019
Peter Pan
Keyboard 2
December 4, 2009 - January 3, 2010
The Producers
Keyboard 2
July 16 - August 22, 2010
Ruthless!
Keyboard 2
September 16 - October 16, 2016
Shrek
Keyboard 2
December 7, 2018 - January 6, 2019
Shrek
Keyboard 2
December 6, 2019 - January 5, 2020
Spamalot
Keyboard 2
July 12 - August 18, 2013
The Wizard of Oz
Keyboard 2
May 9-18, 2014
Xanadu
Keyboard 2
September 14 - October 14, 2012
Young Frankenstein
Keyboard 2
July 11 - August 17, 2014
The Brecksville Theatre
Brecksville, Ohio
City of Angels
"Angel City Four (Tenor)"
March 13-29, 2009
Legally Blonde
Keyboard 2
February 7-23, 2020
Cassidy Theatre
Parma Heights, Ohio
Company
"Paul"
September 19 - October 5, 2008
The Fantasticks
Synthesizer (Harp)
February 29 - March 16, 2008
Little Shop of Horrors
Music Director
October 5-21, 2018
The Cleveland Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Annual Meeting
Music Director/Arranger (opening and closing songs)
June 3, 2015 at Severance Hall
Elyria Summer Theatre Association
Elyria, Ohio
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Show Pianist
August 2003
Fiddler on the Roof
Trombone
July-August 2001
Hello, Dolly!
Trombone
July-August 2000
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Keyboard 2
July 2002
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
"Levi"/"Butler"
July 26-29, 2007
Little Shop of Horrors
Keyboard 2
July 24-27, 2008
Oliver!
Trombone
July-August 1999
Once Upon a Mattress
Show Pianist
July 2003
Great Lakes Theater
Cleveland, Ohio
Mamma Mia!
Keyboard 2 Substitute
October 20, November 3 & 10, 2018
Lakeland Civic Theatre
Kirtland, Ohio
Anyone Can Whistle
Keyboard 2
February 3-18, 2012
Next to Normal
Substitute Keyboard-Conductor
February 16, 2013
Magnificat High School
Rocky River, Ohio
Aida
Accompanist/Keyboard-Conductor
November 18-27, 2011
Annie
Accompanist/Keyboard-Conductor
November 18-27, 2016
Cats
Accompanist/Keyboard-Conductor
November 17-26, 2017
Cinderella
Accompanist/Keyboard-Conductor
November 20-28, 2015
Footloose
Accompanist/Keyboard-Conductor
November 16-25, 2018
Grease
Accompanist/Show Pianist
November 14-23, 2008
Matilda
Accompanist/Keyboard-Conductor
November 22 - December 1, 2019
The Pajama Game
Accompanist/Keyboard-Conductor
November 22-29, 2014
Peter Pan
Accompanist/Keyboard-Conductor
November 16-25, 2012
Ragtime
Accompanist/Show Pianist
November 20-29, 2009
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Accompanist/Show Pianist
November 16-18, 2007
The Wiz
Accompanist/Keyboard-Conductor
November 19-28, 2010
Working
Accompanist/Keyboard-Conductor
November 22 - December 1, 2013
The Hudson Players
Hudson, Ohio
City of Angels
Music Director
April 30 - May 22, 2010
Independence Community Theatre
Independence, Ohio
Songs for a New World
Music Director
May 5-20, 2017
Olde Towne Hall Theatre
North Ridgeville, Ohio
The 1940s Radio Hour
Substitute Keyboard-Conductor
February 26, 28, March 4, 5, 2004
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music Director
April 27 - May 12, 2012
Beehive: The '60s Musical
Music Director
April 26 - May 11, 2019
Cabaret
Accompanist/Keyboard-Conductor
February 13 - March 8, 2003
Camelot
Music Director
February 16 - March 10, 2007
The Cardigans and The Taffetas
"Chuck"
October 15-30, 2010
Forever Plaid
Accompanist/Keyboard-Conductor
October 17 - November 2, 2002
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
Music Director
April 19 - May 4, 2013
The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!
Music Director
April 24 - May 9, 2015
Pump Boys and Dinettes
Music Director/"L.M."
October 12-27, 2007
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Music Director
February 21 - March 15, 2014
St. Ignatius High School
Cleveland, Ohio
Stagecrafters Youth Theatre
Orange High School, Pepper Pike, Ohio
Chicago (High School Edition)
Show Pianist
April 12-13, 2019
Hairspray
Show Pianist
April 13-14, 2018
Strongsville Community Theatre
Strongsville, Ohio
The Last 5 Years
Music Director
October 16-25, 2015
Western Reserve Playhouse
Bath, Ohio
Assassins
Co-Music Director
October 25 - November 9, 2019
The Bridges of Madison County
Co-Music Director
March 1-16, 2019
Heathers
Music Director (rehearsals only)
July 26 - August 10, 2019
Tomorrow Morning
Music Director
March 9-24, 2018