CARL GREENWOOD

Carl studied at Leeds College of Music. Whilst there, he won the Friends Prize for Jazz and

Popular Piano. He was also the pianist for Leeds College of Music Big Band and the Duke

Ellington Repertory Orchestra, which performed the European premier of Ellington’s The Drum Is

A Woman suite. Carl has worked as the MD for a number of performances and productions;

2024/25 Snow White, 2023/24 Beauty and the Beast, 2022/24 Aladdin, (Devonshire Park Theatre,

Eastbourne), 2013 Cinderella (New Victoria Theatre, Woking), staring Justin Fletcher, Zoe Salmon

and Hal Cruttenden, 2012 Dick Whittington (New Victoria Theatre, Woking), staring Stephen

Mulhern, Ashleigh and Pudsey, Strictly Swing and Divos and Divas in association with Prima

Artists and P&O Cruises, working alongside Olivier Award-Winning actress Leanne Jones and

directed by Julia Chenery; the Cheeky Chappie Brighton Fringe Festival, directed by Andrew

Lynford; the Pier Theatre, Bournemouth’s 2005 summer seasons of The Good Old Days and We’ll

Meet Again.

Carl has played with Ruthie Henshall, Clare Teal, Bobby Worth, Liane Carroll, the Kay Sisters,

Bruce Adams and has worked as arranger for singer Susan Maughan, the Lauren Samuels concert at

the Hippodrome Theatre, Eastbourne; the swing singer Shane Hampsheir, the Paul Davis Big Band,

The Brit Tones and ICC Records. Carl was the pianist at singer Michelle Heaton’s wedding, which

was shown on ITV2. He is also a freelance pianist for London’s top ceilidh band - Licence to

Ceilidh; The American Four Tops; Twist and Shout. Carl is very much in demand as a freelance

MD, player and arranger and as keyboard programmer working on

Keys 2/Cover conductor for ‘The Parent Agency’ written by David Baddiel and Dan Gillespie Sells,

“Fiddler On The Roof” at the Menier Chocolate Factory / Playhouse Theatre

(Directed by Sir Tevor Nunn), ‘The Boyfriend’ at the Menier Chocolate Factory as well as most

recently taking over as Assistant MD/Keys 2 and keyboard programmer for the UK tour of

Hairspray and keys 1/cover conductor on the UK/Zurich tour of Tina the musical.

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