William
Wade has written in a wide variety of forms and
styles. His musicals include Warsaw,
set in the Warsaw Ghetto 1939-’43, and Alice, an adaptation of the Lewis
Carroll novels. Among his commissions
are the ballets “The Empty Pot” (Francis Patrelle, choreographer), based on a
Chinese folk fable and “Mole Music” (Bill Hastings, choreographer) based on a
children’s book of the same name for the Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet. Other works include “Fantasia on Carols of
the Nativity” (for chorus and orchestra) and various chamber pieces, both for
the concert hall and for dance.
In
addition to his compositional efforts, William has musically directed over
one-hundred musicals and cabarets. His
Broadway credits include work on Fosse, Swan Lake, and The
Look of Love. He has done
arrangements for Ann Reinking’s Broadway Theatre Project, Jacques D’Amboise’s
National Dance Institute, and Rosie O’Donnell’s Rosie’s Broadway Kids. He has taught for American Musical and
Dramatic Academy (NYC) and is a founding faculty member of the Professional
Musical Theatre Workshop at Manhattan School of Music. He has worked for Mark Morris Dance Group,
American Ballet Theatre, Feld Ballets, Jennifer Muller, Donald Byrd, and Elisa
Monte.
William holds a BA in Music Composition from the University of South Florida and is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.
