Joseph Thalken is an award-winning composer, conductor and pianist whose theater and concert works have been performed internationally. He is the composer of the musicals Harold & Maude, Was, Fall of 94, Borrowed Dust, and Inventions for Piano, and has written several dance scores, including Chasing Home and Life Interrupted. He has served as music director and/or arranger for luminaries of Broadway and classical music, including Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Rebecca Luker, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Renée Fleming, Kristin Chenoweth, Polly Bergen, Faith Prince, Marin Mazzie, Elizabeth Futral, Catherine Malfitano, Denyce Graves, Joshua Bell, Michael Crawford, Julian Ovenden, Howard McGillin, Jason Danieley, Nathan Gunn, Rodney Gilfry and Brian Stokes Mitchell, among others.