GRAMMY Award-winner Jeff Tyzik is one of America’s most innovative and sought after pops conductors. Tyzik is recognized for his brilliant arrangements, original programming and engaging rapport with audiences of all ages. This is the 13th season that Tyzik has held The Dot and Paul Mason Principal Pops Conductor’s Podium at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He also serves as Principal Pops Conductor of the Oregon Symphony and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, a post he has held for 30 years. Tyzik made his debut with the New York Philharmonic in September 2023 and closed the 2023-24 season conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Frequently invited as a guest conductor, Tyzik has appeared with over one hundred orchestras including the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Milwaukee Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

In May 2007, the Harmonia Mundi label released a recording of works by Gershwin with Tyzik conducting the RPO and acclaimed pianist Jon Nakamatsu. This recording stayed in the Top 10 on the Billboard classical chart for over three months. Alex Ross of The New Yorker, called it “one of the snappiest Gershwin discs in years.” “His concert is the kind of thing that’s likely to give classical music a good name, perhaps even make it seem, dare I say, relevant,” writes John Pitcher of the Gannet News Service.

As an accomplished composer and arranger, Tyzik has had his compositions recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vancouver Symphony and Doc Severinsen with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. He has also produced and composed theme music for many of the major television networks, including ABC, NBC, HBO, and Cinemax, and released six of his own albums on Capitol, Polygram and Amherst Records. He produced a GRAMMY Award-winning album, The Tonight Show Band with Doc Severinsen, Vol. 1. Tyzik’s subsequent recordings with Severinsen garnered three more GRAMMY nominations.

Tyzik has written over 400 arrangements, orchestrations, and compositions for orchestra. A consummate musician, Tyzik regularly appears as a guest conductor in the RPO’s classical subscription series. He has also been commissioned to compose original works for orchestra, including a Trombone Concerto, which was funded by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts and subsequently performed at Carnegie Hall. Tyzik conducted the world premiere of his original work New York Cityscapes with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in 2010. Tyzik composed a Timpani Concerto, commissioned by the RPO, and also led the RPO in the premiere of his new orchestral suite, Images: Musical Impressions of an Art Gallery to rave reviews. In the 2015-16 season, Tyzik premiered his new work Jazz Concerto for Violin and Orchestra on his Philharmonic Series performance with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2018, the Eastman Wind Ensemble released Images, an all Tyzik CD of his compositions for wind ensemble. The Eastman Wind Ensemble recently recorded Tyzik’s Jazz Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Wind Ensemble and Symphonies for release in the fall of 2024.

In 2023, Jeff Tyzik launched his new publishing company TyzikMusic.com. This digital site features over 150 arrangements, orchestrations and compositions for symphony orchestra, chamber music ensembles and wind ensemble.

A native of Hyde Park, New York, Tyzik began his life in music when he first picked up a cornet at age nine. He studied both classical and jazz throughout high school and went on to earn both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Eastman School of Music. While there, he studied composition/arranging with Radio City Music Hall’s Ray Wright and jazz studies with Chuck Mangione. Tyzik subsequently toured with Mangione as lead trumpet and worked on five Mangione recordings as a producer and performer from 1976 to 1981.

Committed to performing music of all genres, Tyzik has collaborated with such diverse artists as Leslie Odom Jr., Megan Hilty, Chris Botti, Matthew Morrison, Wynonna Judd, Sutton Foster, Tony Bennett, Art Garfunkel, Dawn Upshaw, Marilyn Horne, Arturo Sandoval, The Chieftains, Mark O’Connor, Doc Severinsen, and John Pizzarelli. Tyzik has created numerous original programs that include the greatest music from jazz, classical, Motown, Broadway, film, dance, Latin and swing.

With co-producers Greenberg Artists and Schirmer Theatrical, Jeff Tyzik has created 20 new orchestra pops programs that have been presented by 150 orchestras in the past three seasons.

For more information about Jeff Tyzik, please visit www.tyzikmusic.com

Brie Cassil is a singer, actress, and composer and has traveled all over the world for her art. She has led Musical Theatre Workshops in Brazil, as well as opened for Adler (original drummer for Guns & Roses band) with her original band, Rebel. Brie has had the pleasure of singing in several different genres of music in her career. She has sung everything from Opera to Rock. In the world of theater, she has been seen in many productions such as Beauty and The Beast (Belle), Urinetown (Little Sally), RENT (Mimi), The Marvelous Wonderettes (Suzy), and the new rock musical Chix 6 (Blast). Brie is excited and honored to be performing on multiple productions with symphony orchestras where she gets to sing the music of some of her biggest artistic influences. You can follow her @briecassil and check out her website for more information at www.briecassil.com.

With a career spanning over 20 years, Irish born Colin Smith has led a musical life as varied as it is impressive. With his former band MrNorth, while on RCA, they toured extensively with the likes of The Who, Van Halen, Sheryl Crow, and Journey among many others. As a solo artist, songs from his two records have been licensed to movies and TV alike. Colin has been seen in live collaborations with Alicia Keys and has worked multiple times on Saturday Night Live as the featured vocal talent. Most recently, Colin has been seen touring with Christina Aguilera, duetting with her on the GRAMM- winning Say Something to audiences across the globe, as well as performing background vocals for the show. Colin splits his time between NYC and LA.

Leading a new generation of soulful crooners, Paul Loren is a singer, songwriter, producer, and consummate entertainer. A native New Yorker, Paul was raised on the rich legacy of soul, classic pop, and the Great American Songbook, and in those musical idioms he feels most at home.

Taking elements from early R&B, jazz, and Brill Building pop, he crafts his music with an ear towards timelessness. “I started singing at three years old along with the little 45rpm records my mom would play and started playing piano at four years old. The voices I remember most and identify with are Ray Charles, Frankie Valli, Sam Cooke, Sinatra, Aretha, Otis, and Tony Bennett. Growing up in New York, Billy Joel was also a big influence.”

Paul completed his first headline tour in 2019, also having performed in the past as a support artist for: The Temptations, as part of Stamford’s Summer Concert Series “Wednesday Night Live”, Brendan James, American Idol Winner Taylor Hicks, David Bromberg, and sold out Joe’s Pub at the Public in NYC multiple times. Paul was also selected by Jennifer Lopez to perform at her Birthday Gala in Las Vegas, showcased at The SoHo House NYC, was a featured artist at the AAA Radio Convention in Boulder, CO, and shared the stage with Paul Shaffer, Queen Latifah, and Christie Brinkley at Target’s launch event for New York Fashion Week.

Paul’s appearance on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon showcased his talents for millions of viewers; with a winning song and viral video to boot. In addition, Paul landed his first television sync on NBC’s Mysteries of Laura, performed on the Nationally Syndicated Radio Show America Weekend with Ed Kalegi, has partnered with The Ryan Seacrest Foundation, showcased at the headquarters of the world-renowned Leo Burnett Ad in Chicago, and had the unique honor of performing at the legendary STAX Museum in Memphis, TN. While in Memphis, Paul had the rare opportunity to record in the world-renowned Sun Studio in the same room as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and so many other pioneers of Rock and Roll.

Paul was also a finalist in the “Unsigned Only” singer songwriter competition for 2018. His debut single All By Myself was supported by radio stations Lighting100 in Nashville, SiriusXM’s The Pulse, WCOO Charleston, and KPND Spokane, among others. His follow up single, I Know A Place, premiered on Huffington Post and received rave reviews along with over 200K views in its first week. Paul’s single, We’ll Be Together Again, written and recorded at home during the early spring of 2020, continues to be a beacon of hope for those affected by uncertainty. All of the proceeds from the song were sent to a COVID-19 relief charity. During the pandemic’s first wave, Paul’s weekly online music show, The Leisure Lounge, was live streamed from his home in NYC and ran for 15 consecutive weeks, broadcasting to thousands of viewers around the world.

Guitarist Oscar Rodriguez has produced projects including Jukebox the Ghost, Jon the Guilt, and Rikki Will, in addition to hundreds of songs for the YouTube Audio Library, the Facebook Sound Collection, Marmoset Music, and Premium Beat. He is a co-founder of Track Tribe, a music and media collective, and often collaborates with drummer and vocalist Zach Jones.

Zach Jones is a drummer, producer, singer, and songwriter based in Brooklyn, NY. Most recently, he served as the drummer for Sting on his My Songs world tour. He has performed and recorded with A Great Big World, Secret Someones, Elle King, Ingrid Michaelson, John Gallagher Jr., and many others. Zach also writes and records music with his own group, Zach Jones & the Tricky Bits. Their first full-length album, Plastic Soul, was released in 2022.