The Band
Assistant Musical DirectorJim Henson
Jim completed his degree in Music and Sound Recording at the University of Surrey in 2005. At that time he was also the Musical Director for ATA Productions, arranging and conducting for a number of showcase performances at the London Palladium, Her Majesty’s and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Jim was MD for Twelfth Night, The Musical (Qdos) at the Edinburgh Fringe before joining the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Other touring credits include: MD for This Is Elvis; MD for Blood Brothers (also Phoenix Theatre, London); Assistant MD for Scrooge; and Dr Dolittle. He has also been responsible for arrangements and orchestrations for Dr Dolittle (UK tour); The Concert They Never Gave; and for the keyboard programming for Half a Sixpence (UK tour). When not touring, Jim works as a freelance tutor at Mountview Theatre School, and the London School of Musical Theatre.