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18 Facts About Brad Ellis

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Brad Ellis is an American composer, musical director, singer, orchestrator, and jazz pianist.

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One of his teachers introduced him to the music program at Boston's Berklee College of Music, where Brad Ellis studied music composition starting in the late 1970s, earning his degree between gigs over the next fifteen years.

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Brad Ellis had a long association with the continuously evolving Off-Broadway satirical revue Forbidden Broadway where he met his wife, comedienne Eydie Alyson.

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Brad Ellis arranged, orchestrated and conducted members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for their 2006 album Unexpected Dreams: Songs from the Stars, in helping support the Philharmonic's "Music Matters" fund for music education.

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Brad Ellis created, with Jason Alexander, Seven Broadway Shows in 7 Minutes.

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Brad Ellis is the composer of the original music for the 2009 Off Broadway run of The Tin Pan Alley Rag, which told the story of a fictional meeting between musical greats Scott Joplin and Irving Berlin.

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Brad Ellis has composed or played piano for many TV shows and films, including Gilmore Girls, and original ragtime cues Gilmore Girl's last episode of the last season.

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In 2009, Brad Ellis joined the production team which created the new television series Glee.

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Brad Ellis joined the team as a musical director and vocal coach, but received additional duties as an on-screen, virtually non-speaking character providing piano accompaniment to the glee club.

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The enigmatic role has led to Brad Ellis being featured in interviews with People magazine, CNN.

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In 2009, Brad Ellis was part of the team that created the music and lyrics for the opening number for 81st Academy Awards telecast, performed by Oscar host Hugh Jackman.

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The four main creators won the 2009 Emmy Award for Original Music and Lyrics for their work, while Brad Ellis was bestowed a certificate of honor by the Emmy award's Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, in June 2010, for his contributions of original music and lyrics to the number.

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13.

In 2011, Brad Ellis worked with Robert Ulrich, casting director for Glee, on the first special episode of The Glee Project, coaching 80 potential candidates for the show.

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Brad Ellis was featured in the music segment of the special one-hour "Audition Process" episode that teased in the pilot of The Glee Project.

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In July, 2013, Brad Ellis was pianist for Glee star Matthew Morrison's run at the 54 Below nightclub in Manhattan.

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Brad Ellis continues to be the music director, orchestrator and arranger for Matthew Morrison as he tours, performing with major symphony orchestras, and in cabaret venues throughout the world.

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Brad Ellis worked as a music director for The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again on FOX TV directed by Kenny Ortega.

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18.

Brad Ellis received a heart transplant in 1999, after suffering from heart failure due to a virus as a child.

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