Douglas Whyte is a talented and versatile musician. He is an experienced musical director and conductor, a highly sought-after pianist and has composed and arranged music for film, television and theatre.

Since gaining two degrees in music, Douglas has worked extensively in theatres in the west end of London and on tour for Cameron Mackintosh, Andrew Lloyd Webber and the Royal National Theatre and in television and radio he has worked for the BBC and ITV in Glasgow, Manchester and London.

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Douglas is the Musical Director for the Cameron Mackintosh production of Avenue Q at the Gielgud Theatre, London. avenueqthemusical.co.uk

Other credits as musical director/conductor include:

West end/touring productions of Les Misérables (CML), Sunset Boulevard (RUG), The Threepenny Opera (RNT)

Musical director of PopIdol series two (TalkbackThames)

Musical director/conductor of Can’t Sing Singers (BBC1) including the live television final

Musical director/conductor of Follies with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow)

Musical director/conductor of The Wiz and Agents Showcases (Royal Academy of Music)

Associate musical director of WorldIdol (TalkbackThames), Soapstar Superstar (Granada), Hit Me Baby One More Time (LWT)

Assistant musical director/conductor of west end/touring productions of Martin Guerre (CML), Phantom Of The Opera (CML), Whistle Down The Wind (RUG)

Conductor of Christmas concert and radio broadcast with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Musical director/conductor of Shehallion including recording sessions with the Scottish Opera Orchestra

Musical supervisor of The Highland Quest, Search For A Scottish Musical (CML)

Musical supervisor of Chasing Fate (Birmingham Hippodrome)

Douglas's experience as a composer and arranger ranges from solo instruments to symphony orchestra, classical to contemporary.

He is able to record and produce music in his studio at home or in larger commercial studios when necessary. His well-equipped project studio features ProTools LE, state of the art orchestral and ethnic sample libraries and a 6’ Yamaha C3 grand piano.

His credits include:

Title and incidental music for Vet Safari (BBC1), Can't Sing Singers (BBC1), Tsunami Prayers (BBC2)

Celtic dance show, Shehallion (Polygram/International Artists)

Youth-at-risk musical, Chasing Fate (Birmingham Hippodrome)

Irish musical, The Famished Land (In pre-production)

Incidental film music for The Notebooks of Cornelius Crow (Perception Pictures)

Various orchestral and chamber concert pieces

Arranged songs for Daniel Boys’ album So Close

Arranged songs for Soapstar Superstar (Granada), PopIdol (TalkbackThames), WorldIdol (TalkbackThames), Can’t Sing Singers (BBC1)

Arranged The Old Man Of Hoy for the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra