Daniel Bowling

Head of Musical Theatre

Musical Theatre - Head of Musical Theatre

Sought-after music supervisor, conductor and music director as well as author and vocal coach

Worked with Disney, Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Webber

Supervised or directed the music for some of the industry’s most iconic shows including Les Mis, Mary Poppins, Phantom, Miss Saigon and Cats

Daniel has over twenty years of Musical Theatre industry experience working for some of the profession’s biggest producers including Disney, Cameron Mackintosh, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group and Joop van den Ende’s Stage Entertainment. As a music supervisor, he has overseen many of the industry’s most iconic productions including Mary Poppins, Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon, Cats, Joseph and Avenue Q, in London and worldwide. Currently Music Director for The Lion King at the Lyceum in London, Daniel is also a sought-after conductor and music director as well as author and vocal coach.

A graduate of Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Daniel studied conducting with Michael Tilson Thomas, Leonard Bernstein, Max Rudolf and Sergiu Celibidache amongst others. Having started his career as a trumpet player, Daniel was Principal Trumpet of the New World Symphony from 1988 to 1992 and performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra and St Louis Symphony under many of the greatest conductors of the late twentieth-century.