Fred Barton
| Fred Barton | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | October 20, 1958 |
| Occupation(s) | composer, lyricist, director, actor, singer, arranger, conductor, pianist |
| Instruments | Piano, vocals, orchestration |
| Years active | 1977-present |
| Website | www |
Fred Barton (born October 20, 1958) is an American composer, lyricist, director, actor, singer, arranger, conductor, and pianist who made his New York debut in 1982 as co-creator-arranger-performer-pianist in the original company of the long-running revue Forbidden Broadway, appearing in the New York, Los Angeles and Boston productions for 2,000 performances, and on the cast album for DRG Records. In 1985 the show won a Drama Desk Award.Forbidden Broadway ran for 27 years off-Broadway, and won a special Tony Award in 2006.
Barton grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts, the son of prominent radar scientist David K. Barton and Ruth Barton. His mother's family included generations of musicians, including her first cousin Paul Desmond, the jazz saxophonist.
He has a B.A. in Music from Harvard University, where he wrote numerous musical comedies and revues with collaborator Andy Borowitz, including the Hasty Pudding Theatricals's 130th annual production, "A Thousand Clones." Barton has a Master's degree in Film and Television Music from the University of Southern California, where he won the annual Harry Warren Award in that field.
Fred Barton currently serves as producer, host, arranger and conductor of "American Showstoppers: Classic Show Tunes In Concert with The Fred Barton Orchestra" at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University. Guest performers have included Vivian Reed, Beth Leavel, and Lee Roy Reams, among dozens of other Broadway headliners.
As a TV composer, he has served as Associate Composer of Scholastic's hit series The Magic School Bus (starring Lily Tomlin), still airing worldwide; Musical Supervisor of the international hit show Olivia, orchestrator and conductor of the Emmy-Award-winning "Wonder Pets;" and Associate Composer of the ACE-Award-winning series "Eureeka's Castle on Nickelodeon. He also contributed music to Michael Moore's series ''The Awful Truth'.
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