Eric Fotre Leach

217.836.4927

EricFotreLeach.com
EricFotreLeach@Gmail.com

Music Director, Pianist, Arranger, Vocalist, Vocal Coach, Teacher

New York Youth Vocal Coaching and Educational Work

- A Class Act: New York (currently)
- APPLAUSE: New York (currently)
- Star2Be Productions
- Vocal Coach (Freelance)

Music Director/Pianist for agent showcases, private lessons, master classes and full shows
Music Director/Pianist for youth classes, production musicals and private lessons
Music Teacher/Pianist for vocal, a cappella and audition workshops
Works with youth of all ages in NYC on technique and improving confidence, integrating

proper vocal warmups, teaching/coaching of audition material, improve sight reading

Flat Rock Playhouse YouTheatre as Music Director of all Childrens Productions

- Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Music Dir./Vocals/Guitarist, Orch: 5
Arranged period music to add to original adaptation of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; taught all vocal parts; cast
and worked with onstage acoustic band of youth musicians and performed in the production alongside the child actors
- Disney's Peter Pan Jr. as Music Director/Arranger
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Created audition cuts; auditioned/cast youth singers; rehearsal pianist and music/vocal director; re-worked and
layered pre-recorded tracks with easy musical cues for the young singers, added live instruments for color; created
practice demos for at-home practicing; worked with projection designer to create time-specific musical transitions
- The Boxcar Children as Music Director/Arranger
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Research period music to add into play for musical variety; worked with featured vocalists; created percussive a
cappella piece for youth performers using onstage props/scenery as instrument
- Beyond the Wardrobe/Narnia as Music Director/Composer/Piano
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Composed music for a short adaptation of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe aimed specifically at middle school
performers and singers; musical/vocal director; created rehearsal demos for at-home practicing, performance pianist

Additional Youth/Collegiate Production Credits

- Sweet Charity
- Once on This Island
- Songs of Stephen Schwartz

Music Director/ Accompanist

Music Dir./Conductor/Key 1 Orch: 4
Music Dir./Conductor/Key 1 Orch: 3

Palace Theatre Teen Youth Company

Flat Rock Playhouse Apprentice Company
Flat Rock Playhouse Apprentice Company

Youth Music and Theatre Classes Created/Instructed

Vocal Technique Coaching young singers the basic fundamentals of the voice such as proper breathing, tone
production, posture, musicality, appropriate repertoire and how to perform for an audience
Voice and Music Studio Teaching students how to combine their voice with an instrument, finding balance between
voice and accompaniment, working on how to accompany themselves
Show Choirs Vocal/Instrumental Arranger, Pianist and Instructor for all age levels, teaching basic acting and music
fundamentals through theatre games, songs and short scenes while working toward a cumulative performance
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Rising Stars A kindergarten through 5 grade performance based class geared at introducing young performers to the
rehearsal process, singing with confidence, music reading, basic movement and performing

Applicable
Skills

Learn/play/sing by ear very well, compositional skills, vocal and instrumental arranging, conducting, vocal and piano sight
reading, audition pianist, vocal coaching for young voices, patient and encouraging, collaborative with a positive work ethic, high
energy, great with youth of all ages, performing for and teaching youth of all ages, musical acting/comedic experience, additional
instruments studied: voice, trombone, tuba and violin, Sibelius and Finale, administrative skills, casting experience, video editing

Education
and Degrees - Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois 2005 2010

Bachelor of Arts in Music with a Concentration in Musical Direction/Accompanying

Minors: Theater and Marketing; Graduated with Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Courses Studied: Musical Direction/Conducting, Piano, Collaborative Piano, Voice, Composition