James Dobinson

Arranger

James Dobinson is an Australian-American music director, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer. With a particular eye for the development of new musicals, his work has been seen on Broadway, off-broadway and US national tours, at regional companies across the United States, in London, and across Australia. As music supervisor/conductor: West End-aimed The Roads to Loch Lomond, currently playing in Phoenix, Arizona; the new production of Peter And The Starcatcher, for which he also contributed new music; the original New York and London companies of The View UpStairs; Kate Miller-Heidke's Bananaland; Tim Finn’s Twelfth Night; the original New York companies of Clinton: The Musical; seasons for Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre New York, Cape Fear Repertory Theatre North Carolina, the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, The Crown Uptown in Wichita, Kansas, La Boite Brisbane, Queensland Theatre; developmental workshops at Goodspeed Musicals Connecticut, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Opera Australia, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, among many others. 

As arranger/orchestrator: The Roads To Loch Lomond; Peter and the Starcatcher; The View UpStairs (also album co-producer); Clinton; Guys and Dolls 2015 US National Tour; Bananaland; Twelfth Night; Joh For PM!; Brisbane's Lord Mayor's Christmas Carols. Concert orchestrations for Caroline O’Connor, Alexis Fishman, Tyce Green, Naomi Price, Max Vernon, BMF, and many others. Album arrangements: Like They Do In The Movies and the upcoming Motown album, both for Michael Longoria on Broadway records.

Keyboards: Back To The Future, Hamilton, An American In Paris, The Band's Visit, Between The Lines, jazz singer (and father of Amy) Mitch Winehouse, many others.