Tony Castro

Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning at Guildhall School of Music & Drama
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Whitstable, England, United Kingdom, UK

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Credentials

  • EMCC affiliate member
    EMCC UK
    Jan, 2021
    - Nov, 2024
  • Senior Teaching Fellow
    Trinity Laban
    Jan, 2019
    - Nov, 2024
  • SFHEA (Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy)
    Advance HE
    Jan, 2016
    - Nov, 2024
  • QTS
    Canterbury Christ Church University
    Jul, 2004
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Performing Arts
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning
      • Apr 2020 - Present

    • Music Director
      • Sep 2017 - Present

    • Composer & Librettist - "Oh I do like to be"
      • Jan 2019 - May 2019

      New 25-minute choral work for community choir, commissioned by the Thanet Big Sing Community Choir, world premiere at Turner Contemporary, May 2019.

    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Musical Theatre teacher
      • Sep 2011 - Aug 2020

      Teaches MT performance (Acting through Song); vocal development (Group Singing); academic development, undergraduate research and essay-writing skills.

    • Programme Leader (Musical Theatre)
      • Sep 2007 - Aug 2011

      Established the new FDA in Musical Theatre at Trinity (the 1st such programme in a UK conservatoire); designed and led the new BA in Musical Theatre.

    • United Kingdom
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Music Supervisor - Rocky Horror Show (South Aftrica)
      • Nov 2019 - Feb 2020

    • Music Supervior - Rocky Horror Show UK Tour (2018)
      • Dec 2018 - Nov 2019

    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Lecturer (Maternity cover)
      • Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

    • Music Director/Executive Producer - HONK! (musical)
      • Jan 2019 - May 2019

    • Conductor - University Wind Ensemble
      • Oct 2015 - May 2019

      Music Director, Lecturer, Composer, Researcher

  • Thanet Big Sing Community Choi
    • Margate, England, United Kingdom
    • Composer & Librettist - "On the Tram to Nayland Rock"
      • Jan 2018 - Jun 2018

      New 25-minute choral work for community choir, commissioned by the Thanet Big Sing Community Choir, as part of the 2018 Turner Contemporary exhibition on TS Elliot's "Wasteland". World premier at Turner Contemporary, June 2018. New 25-minute choral work for community choir, commissioned by the Thanet Big Sing Community Choir, as part of the 2018 Turner Contemporary exhibition on TS Elliot's "Wasteland". World premier at Turner Contemporary, June 2018.

    • United Kingdom
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Music Supervisor, Rocky Horror Show UK Tour 2016
      • Dec 2015 - Dec 2016

    • Conductor - Red Volcano
      • Sep 2016 - Oct 2016

      Performance at Turner Contemporary (Margate) to celebrate 5 years of the Choir/Art Gallery. Performance at Turner Contemporary (Margate) to celebrate 5 years of the Choir/Art Gallery.

    • United Kingdom
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Music Supervisor Rocky Horror London 2015
      • Jun 2015 - Sep 2015

    • Music Supervisor Spamalot UK tour 2015
      • Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

    • Musical Supervisor - Rocky Horror Show 2013/14 (Australia tour)
      • Nov 2013 - Jul 2014

    • United Kingdom
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Music Supervisor - SPAMALOT (West End)
      • Oct 2012 - Apr 2014

    • Musical Director - Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (workshop)
      • Nov 2013 - Dec 2013

    • Music Supervisor/MD - ROCKY HORROR SHOW (UK tour 2012-13)
      • Oct 2012 - Nov 2013

  • GFO / ATG
    • Australia
    • "Audition Consultant": Rocky Horror (Australia)
      • Jun 2013 - Jun 2013

      Advising on vocal/musical casting for 2014 Rocky Horror (Australia) Tour planned Advising on vocal/musical casting for 2014 Rocky Horror (Australia) Tour planned

  • ATG
    • Harold Pinter Theatre, London
    • Production Musical Director: SPAMALOT (West End)
      • Jul 2012 - Sep 2012

  • Tete a Tete
    • London, United Kingdom
    • Conductor - AMERIKA
      • Aug 2012 - Aug 2012

      Conducted World Premiere of AMERIKA, a new opera by Samuel Bordoli. Conducted World Premiere of AMERIKA, a new opera by Samuel Bordoli.

    • United Kingdom
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Production Musical Director: SPAMALOT (UK tour 2011-12)
      • Dec 2011 - May 2012

    • Music Director
      • Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

      Conductor for Thanet Community Choir Conductor for Thanet Community Choir

    • Producer/Project Manager
      • 2007 - 2008

      Effectively CEO for the company plus Producer for Whistle Down the Wind (Greenwich Theatre). Effectively CEO for the company plus Producer for Whistle Down the Wind (Greenwich Theatre).

    • United Kingdom
    • Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • BTEC External Verifier
      • 2004 - 2008

    • BTEC External Verifier
      • 2004 - 2008

    • BTEC External Verifier
      • 2004 - 2008

    • United Kingdom
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Musical Director
      • 1990 - 1995

      MD for Miss Saigon, Phantom of the Opera MD for Miss Saigon, Phantom of the Opera

Education

  • Canterbury Christ Church University
    QTS
    2003 - 2004
  • The Open University
    MEd, Education
    1990 - 2000
  • Banff Centre
    Fine Arts, Canada - Music Theatre Studio
    1983 - 1984
  • City University London
    BSc (Hons), Music
    1979 - 1983
  • Guidlhall School of Music and Drama
    LGSM, Accompaniment
    1979 - 1983
  • The Pimlico School, London
    1971 - 1979

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