Ben Covello is a New York Music Director, Pianist/Conductor, Guitarist, and Vocal Coach. Ben Covello needs to update this bio. Not included in it is the fact that he was just in LA for several months playing guitar and serving as Associate Conductor for Deaf West's revival of American Idiot. Also not included is the fact that Ben is currently subbing the keyboard 1 book for Outsiders on Broadway. He is also involved with a new musical called Fouad of Nazareth that is currently recording an album, and has a planned NY run as Music Director/Pianist/Guitarist He also forgets to mention that he was Associate Music Director/keys 2 for a new show called Gun and Powder at Paper Mill Playhouse, as well as his involvement as Associate Music Director/keys 2 for the new show MAGGIE at Goodspeed Opera House and his involvement as Associate Music Director for the new show THE 12 at Goodspeed Opera House. He really needs to update this bio...or just consolidate/delete the following paragraphs after the monologue you just read...
He was recently touring the country (and world!) as part of the Rent 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour where he served as Music Director/Piano/Conductor as well as Associate Music Director/Keys 2/Guitar 2 (Ben likes to wear many metaphorical hats. He can't really pull off the physical hat look, but that's ok!) He also toured with the 50th Anniversary Jesus Christ Superstar Tour where he filled in on Keys 2/Hammond B3 for 2 weeks (Ben is aware that he looks like a contender for the lead role, and this was a missed opportunity for his thriving acting career). He also had a stint subbing the keys 1 chair for Wicked on Broadway.
Off-Broadway, Ben has been and continues to be involved with exciting new productions, Music Directing and playing piano for a new production at BAM that is now being developed internationally along with another New York run, and playing for many new developmental workshops at various illustrious (and not so) illustrious spaces, including Lincoln Center, BAM, Ripley-Grier Studios, the Manhattan Theatre Club, and Pearl Studios, to name a few (you decide the illustrious-ness of each).
As a vocal coach, Ben works with established Broadway stars as well as up and coming vocalists in the theatre industry and beyond.
When not working on Touring, Broadway or Off-Broadway shows, or developing new shows, Ben can almost always be found Music Directing and playing piano for shows at 54 Below, Birdland, Green Room 42, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. He probably spends more time behind the piano at 54 below than his own living room. As they say, 54 Below is Broadway's living room, they just left out "also Ben's".
Ben also is involved with various arranging, orchestrating, and writing projects. He also plays piano and is involved frequently with the arranging and recording process with Robyn Adele Anderson's solo projects and a hodge-podge of the musicians of Post-Modern Jukebox.
He was recently touring the country (and world!) as part of the Rent 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour where he served as Music Director/Piano/Conductor as well as Associate Music Director/Keys 2/Guitar 2 (Ben likes to wear many metaphorical hats. He can't really pull off the physical hat look, but that's ok!) He also toured with the 50th Anniversary Jesus Christ Superstar Tour where he filled in on Keys 2/Hammond B3 for 2 weeks (Ben is aware that he looks like a contender for the lead role, and this was a missed opportunity for his thriving acting career). He also had a stint subbing the keys 1 chair for Wicked on Broadway.
Off-Broadway, Ben has been and continues to be involved with exciting new productions, Music Directing and playing piano for a new production at BAM that is now being developed internationally along with another New York run, and playing for many new developmental workshops at various illustrious (and not so) illustrious spaces, including Lincoln Center, BAM, Ripley-Grier Studios, the Manhattan Theatre Club, and Pearl Studios, to name a few (you decide the illustrious-ness of each).
As a vocal coach, Ben works with established Broadway stars as well as up and coming vocalists in the theatre industry and beyond.
When not working on Touring, Broadway or Off-Broadway shows, or developing new shows, Ben can almost always be found Music Directing and playing piano for shows at 54 Below, Birdland, Green Room 42, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. He probably spends more time behind the piano at 54 below than his own living room. As they say, 54 Below is Broadway's living room, they just left out "also Ben's".
Ben also is involved with various arranging, orchestrating, and writing projects. He also plays piano and is involved frequently with the arranging and recording process with Robyn Adele Anderson's solo projects and a hodge-podge of the musicians of Post-Modern Jukebox.