Denise Puricelli

Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre

Denise Puricelli, M.M., B.F.A., S.U.N.Y. Stonybrook, serves as musical director for Musical Theatre division productions, serves as a private coach, and teaches Musical Theatre Workshop.

Broadway: Conducted Elton John's Aida, Little Shop of Horrors, Brian Wilson's Good Vibrations; Pianist for Mamma Mia (Broadway and National Tour), Hairspray, Sweet Charity (2005 revival), Sunset Boulevard, Bombay Dreams, Fosse, Dance Of The Vampires, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Scarlet Pimpernel, Les Miserables, Cats (Broadway and National Tour), Once Upon A Mattress, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, The Who's Tommy, Jekyll And Hyde, 1776, Oh! Calcutta!

Off Broadway: Conducted Laura Nyro's Eli's Comin' at The Vintage Theatre.

Performed and/or recorded with: The Orchestra of St. Luke's, The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, The Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Eos Orchestra, Illuminati (Avant Rock), Arthur Kampela Band, Columbia Composers Forum, Stamford Symphony Orchestra, Composers Concordance; Small Jazz Ensembles with singers including René Fleming (St. Luke's Orchestra Pops) & Lillias White (Brooklyn Philharmonic Pops)

Undergraduate studies at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Further studies at The Mannes School (conducting with Rudolph Palmer).