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Thomas W. Douglas has been involved with more than 175 musical theatre, symphonic, opera and oratorio productions. Highlights include conducting Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Phantom of the Opera in Basel, Switzerland, and the stage roles of Fats Waller in Ain’t Misbehavin’ in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Caiaphas in Jesus Christ Superstar, and King Amonasro in Elton John’s Aida. This is his first season as the Music Director and Conductor of the Newton Mid Kansas Symphony and has also worked as musical director for the Music Theater of Wichita, West Virginia Public Theater, East Carolina Theatre and Carnegie Mellon University having conducted production of Showboat, Ragtime, The Full Monty, Hairspray, Oklahoma, Cats, Footloose, and White Christmas, among many others. Douglas has served as musical director for many record breaking shows at Pittsburgh's City Theatre, including Master Class and Mundo Mangia with Jilline Ringle. Douglas has been a soloist with the Pittsburgh Opera, the Pittsburgh Symphony, Canton Symphony, Westmoreland Symphony and the River City Brass Band, and frequently performs Joe Negri’s Mass of Hope. Thomas is in his eighth year as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Bach Choir who has received critical acclaim for innovative programming, including the Pittsburgh premiere of the Bernstein Mass. He has served as Chorus Master of the Canton Symphony and as guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony Chorus under Eduardo Mata. Next season he will be guest conductor with the Wichita Symphony. He has also served as a member of the Choral/Opera panel for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and is a recipient of the Mary Jane Teall award for theatre in Wichita and the Robert Frankel award for development of new musicals at City Theater. Presently, Douglas is on the faculty of both the Drama and Music School at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the Founder and the Artistic Director of the Pinnacle Players and the Neighborhood Opera Company, which is preparing an urban rewrite of The Magic Flute.