Colin Fowler

Colin Fowler (music director) began his musical studies at the age of five in Kansas City, went on to study at the Interlochen Arts Academy, and continued his education at the Juilliard School, where he received his bachelor of music degree in 2003 and his master’s in 2005. While at Juilliard, he studied piano with Abbey Simon, organ with Gerre Hancock and Paul Jacobs, harpsichord with Lionel Party, and conducting with James dePriest and Judith Clurman. A versatile musician and conductor, Fowler works in many areas of the music scene in New York City. He is a veteran conductor and keyboardist of many Broadway shows, including Jersey Boys, In the Heights, Wicked, and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. As a classical soloist and collaborative artist, he has performed and recorded with many world-renowned musicians and ensembles, including Deborah Voigt, Renée Fleming, The Knights, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has arranged and conducted for numerous television and film productions, including Yellowstone and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women. Fowler began to collaborate with the Mark Morris Dance Group in 2005 and has performed more than 60 pieces with the company on almost every keyboard instrument possible, including the harmonium and toy piano. He has conducted performances of Mozart Dances, Acis and Galatea, The Hard Nut, and L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, and helped edit and create more than 15 videodances with Mark Morris during the pandemic. Hailed by the New York Times as “invaluable” and “central to Morris’ music,” he was appointed Music Director of MMDG in 2013.