Joseph Thalken

Joseph Thalken is an award-winning composer, conductor, and pianist whose theater and concert works have been performed internationally. His ballet "Chasing Home" was recently released by Albany Records, performed by the Dallas Chamber Symphony, and is available on all streaming platforms. He is the composer of the musicals Was, Harold & Maude, Fall of ’94, Borrowed Dust and Inventions for Piano, and his concert works encompass chamber, choral, orchestral, wind ensemble, and vocal music. He has served as music director and/or arranger for luminaries of Broadway and classical music, including Bernadette Peters, Julie Andrews, Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Renée Fleming, Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie, Liz Callaway, Sierra Boggess, Catherine Malfitano, Elizabeth Futral, B.J. Ward, Kristin Chenoweth, Sally Wilfert, Polly Bergen, Faith Prince, Hugh Panaro, Michael Crawford, Howard McGillin, Jason Danieley, Nathan Gunn, Rodney Gilfry, Brian Stokes Mitchell and many more. He has taught music theater composition at Yale and is a proud graduate of Northwestern University.