Composition with Ko T.

Ko Tanaka is a Japanese composer/conductor/Musical Theater Writer who was born in Saga, Japan. He has been writing and producing his music for more than 10 titles of theater works in Japan. ​ After a couple of years of composing for Japanese game company, he decided to become a musical theater composer/writer, he released and performed his first original musical “The Monster” in Nagoya, Japan. After he moved to the U.S. he studied Broadway-style composing and lyric writing with Michael Wartofsky, Bill Elliott (Tony Award Winner), conducting with Peter Cokkinias, Eric Stern (Grammy Award Winner). ​ In 2019, he has been appointed as one of the conductors of Berklee Musical Theater Orchestra and performed his original musical tune “The Monster” at Berklee Performance Center(1,215 seat theater). After his performance, he received contact from one of the faculty member Julius P. Williams (President of the Conductors Guild, Residence Composer of Boston Symphony Orchestra) to be taught his private lesson. He recently has been appointed composer for Off-Broadway Musical “Poupelle of Chimney Town” a new musical based on the bestselling Japanese picture book. The musical will open Off-Broadway in 2021 and the animated feature film "Poupelle of Chimney Town" will be released in December 2020. ​ He is a first-class member of the Dramatists Guild of America since 2019.