DWIGHT OKAMURA

DWIGHT OKAMURA has been the orchestral pianist for the Berkeley Symphony, the California Symphony, the Skywalker Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony. He has accompanied various Bay Area vocal ensembles including Chanticleer, Musae, the Bracebridge Singers, the Choral Arts Society, the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, the San Francisco Girls Chorus and the Young Women’s Choral Project. He is currently the musical director of The Songbirds, under the auspices of the Children’s Theatre Association of San Francisco, since 2003, and also of the SF Epiphany Center’s annual Gala Fundraiser at the Family Club. He is also the composer of three musicals: “Grow Up”, produced in 1984 by the New Conservatory Children’s Theater; “Strikers”, produced in 1995 by Doublemask Productions; and “Burning Louise”, currently in the workshop stage. Dwight has been a keyboardist with the Best of Broadway series, and has played in the pre-Broadway premiers of “Mamma Mia”, “Wicked”, “The Mambo Kings”, “Lestat”, “Legally Blonde”, “Beautiful” and “Roman Holiday”, in addition to “The Lion King”, “Altar Boyz”, Matthew Bourne’s “Edward Scissorhands”, “Baz Luhrrman’s La Boheme”, and the revival of “A Chorus Line”, which he also played on the cast recording. He has been the musical director for the ‘Bay Area Teen Idol’ competition, held bi-annually at the Venetian Room, since its inception in 2011.