Elliot Lawrence has been the Music Director of the Tony Awards show since its television inception. He was composer/conductor for the Oscar winning film “Network” and the opening sequence for “The French Connection.” He served as conductor and orchestrator for a host of fondly remembered original Broadway productions, among them “Bye Bye Birdie,” “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” (winning a Tony Award for music direction), “The Apple Tree,” “Here''s Love,” “Golden Rainbow,” “Golden Boy,” and “Sugar.” He is the recipient of seven Emmy® Awards for several shows, including “The Kennedy Center Honors,” which he music directed for 12 years.



Jamie Lawrence has been honored with four Emmy® Awards for his compositions and arrangements. He produced the music to the feature film “The Ballad of Jack and Rose” starring Daniel Day Lewis and produced/conducted the score for “Music of Regret” starring Meryl Streep. He has scored numerous documentaries – most recently these for HBO: “Dealing Dogs,” “Methadonia,” and “Shot in The Dark,” directed by Adrian Grenier. He also has a side gig as a writer/performer of children’s songs under a secret alias – Jamie Broza.



John McDaniel’s credits include: “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” (2 Emmy® Awards), Comedy Central “Friars Roasts” ‘99, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 (Arranger, Conductor), “A Rosie Christmas” (Arranger, Conductor), Tony Awards ‘97, ‘98, ‘00 (Arranger). Broadway: “Brooklyn, the Musical” (Producer, Music Supervisor, Arranger, Orchestrator), “Grease!” (Music Director, Arranger), “Chicago” (Conductor), “Patti LuPone on Broadway” (Arranger), “Annie Get Your Gun” (Music Supervisor/Arranger, Grammy Award/Record Producer), “Taboo” (Music Supervisor, Arranger). John has several recordings incl. 3 solo CDs.