The BYE Team
Joseph Baker -Artistic Director
Joseph has been working as a conductor and pianist on and around Broadway for more than 20 years. Shows he has performed include: WICKED, SHREK, THE LION KING , BLOOD BROTHERS, THE LIFE, GRAND HOTEL, STARLIGHT EXPRESS, THE TAP DANCE KID, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, CATSKILLS ON BROADWAY, THE LIFE , FOOTLOOSE, and BELLS ARE RINGING. He has also done duties as Orchestrator, Vocal Arranger or Dance Arranger on shows as: BUBBLY BLACK GIRL, THE GREEN HEART, and FOOTLOOSE. Across the sea, Joseph has worked on the Japan tour of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS as music director and conductor. Since 1999 he has been a guest conductor, arranger, and music director for the HYUNDAI Theatre company in Seoul, Korea, performing their successful productions of TRIPITAKA, ANOTHER SUN and CHANG POGO there and all over the world. He has performed with several well-known artists, and especially enjoys work in the concert pops field. He has conducted for artists such as Helen Reddy, Petula Clarke, Art Garfunkel, Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, Jackie Mason, Carole King, and David and Shaun Cassidy. He has recently had some success as a composer and producer in film and TV, Composing the score for the smash hit documentary MAD HOT BALLROOM, and is Composer-Arranger–Producer for an exciting children’s TV series on Public Television WLIW called DITTYDOODLE WORKS. He also works as a recording music producer, and his work is currently on recordings by Jeremy Kushnier, (RENT), Petula Clark, Jonny Peterson, Steven Lutvak, and J. Mark McVey. His other “musical life” includes projects in his own midtown studio, and when not being a musical arranger, he arranges time with his children Rosemary and David Baker. He can be contacted at [email protected]
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Amelia DeMayo - Vocal Director
Amelia runs a vocal technique program for professional youth, training children ages five to college age, together with her co-teachers Marianna Karpatova, Gulnara Mitzanova, and Liliana Sotirova. Amelia’s students have appeared in countless theatrical productions. Her students have appeared on Broadway and/or Broadway National Tours of A Little Night Music, Beauty and the Beast, Billy Elliot, Bye Bye Birdie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!, Happiness, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Les Miserables, Ragtime, The Lion King, The Color Purple, Little House on the Prairie, Mary Poppins, The Miracle Worker, Peter Pan, Scrooge the Musical, Shrek, 13, West Side Story, White Christmas, among others. Off-Broadway student credits include A Christmas Carol, American Girl Revue, American Girl Circle of Friends. Her students have also been the voices for projects such as Barbie CDs, Backyardigans, Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go, Kids Bop, etc. Amelia also has written several songs and musicals for young audiences. These have been presented in the Professional Children's Theater Series, co-written and produced by Deb Roberts at the Cultural Department at the JCC on the Palisades. As a performer, credits include:Cats (Grizabella & others), Les Miserables (Cosette and Ensemble), Evita (Eva Perone), Barber of Seville (Rosina),The Marriage of Figaro (Susanna), Un Ballo in Maschera (Oscar). Ms. DeMayo also provides Career Consulting to families with professional children. Contact Amelia at [email protected].
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Meet The Rest of our Team
Danielle Colangelo
Danielle trained as a voice student of Amelia DeMayo's beginning at 11 years old. An avid dance student, Danielle trained at Coupe Dance Studio in Nanuet, NY, The Joffrey Ballet, American Theater Dance Festival, and Broadway Dance Center beginning at 2 years old through high school. Danielle was also very active in theater growing up, having performed regionally with Yorktown Stage, Helen Hayes Youth Theater, and Random Farms Kids theater - to name a few. She was also part of one of the original casts of "The New Kid" - an anti-bullying educational tour, which later moved Off-Broadway. Danielle furthered her dance studies at the University of Colorado @ Boulder, where she received as BFA in Dance in 2011. Since graduation, Danielle as focused on her work as a choreographer. Now all grown up, Danielle recently returned to Random Farms Kids Theater as a choreographer. She is also a resident associate choreographer with The Children's Theater Company in NYC under the direction on Mehr Mansuri - who is on the commitee for the National Endowment for the Arts. Danielle is also a resident choreographer on artistic staff at Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Camp each summer. Along with her choreography work and BYE, Danielle also teaches throughout the NY/NJ metro areas.
Danielle trained as a voice student of Amelia DeMayo's beginning at 11 years old. An avid dance student, Danielle trained at Coupe Dance Studio in Nanuet, NY, The Joffrey Ballet, American Theater Dance Festival, and Broadway Dance Center beginning at 2 years old through high school. Danielle was also very active in theater growing up, having performed regionally with Yorktown Stage, Helen Hayes Youth Theater, and Random Farms Kids theater - to name a few. She was also part of one of the original casts of "The New Kid" - an anti-bullying educational tour, which later moved Off-Broadway. Danielle furthered her dance studies at the University of Colorado @ Boulder, where she received as BFA in Dance in 2011. Since graduation, Danielle as focused on her work as a choreographer. Now all grown up, Danielle recently returned to Random Farms Kids Theater as a choreographer. She is also a resident associate choreographer with The Children's Theater Company in NYC under the direction on Mehr Mansuri - who is on the commitee for the National Endowment for the Arts. Danielle is also a resident choreographer on artistic staff at Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Camp each summer. Along with her choreography work and BYE, Danielle also teaches throughout the NY/NJ metro areas.
Caitlin Donohue
Caitlin Donohue is a Manhattan-based actor, singer, teacher, writer, and multimedia specialist. She’s loved working with the talented staff and kids of BYE for the past few years. Caitlin made her New York stage debut as Scheherazade in the Atlantic Theater Company’s 1001 NIGHTS (New York Times Critic’s Pick, music by EGOT-winner Robert Lopez) and has since performed at the 14 Street Y, Symphony Space, 54Below, BergenPAC, and Theatre Row. Recent Off-Broadway credits include The Marvelous Wonderettes (Missy), Addy & Uno (Addy, world premiere cast), Peter Rabbit (Mother Rabbit - with music & book co-written by Amelia Demayo!). She's appeared regionally at Kansas City Starlight, Cutler Majestic Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Priscilla Beach Theatre, Interlakes Theatre, and more. As a teacher, Caitlin spent many summers as a drama instructor at Derryfield Repertory Theatre in New Hampshire, where she took on various directorial, choreographic, musical, design, production, and stage management responsibilities. She recently spent a semester teaching drama at an elementary school for children with autism. Currently, Caitlin specializes in early childhood literacy as a teacher at Book Nook Enrichment in NYC. She holds a journalism degree from Boston University. You can find out more about Caitlin at caitlin-donohue.com.
Caitlin Donohue is a Manhattan-based actor, singer, teacher, writer, and multimedia specialist. She’s loved working with the talented staff and kids of BYE for the past few years. Caitlin made her New York stage debut as Scheherazade in the Atlantic Theater Company’s 1001 NIGHTS (New York Times Critic’s Pick, music by EGOT-winner Robert Lopez) and has since performed at the 14 Street Y, Symphony Space, 54Below, BergenPAC, and Theatre Row. Recent Off-Broadway credits include The Marvelous Wonderettes (Missy), Addy & Uno (Addy, world premiere cast), Peter Rabbit (Mother Rabbit - with music & book co-written by Amelia Demayo!). She's appeared regionally at Kansas City Starlight, Cutler Majestic Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Priscilla Beach Theatre, Interlakes Theatre, and more. As a teacher, Caitlin spent many summers as a drama instructor at Derryfield Repertory Theatre in New Hampshire, where she took on various directorial, choreographic, musical, design, production, and stage management responsibilities. She recently spent a semester teaching drama at an elementary school for children with autism. Currently, Caitlin specializes in early childhood literacy as a teacher at Book Nook Enrichment in NYC. She holds a journalism degree from Boston University. You can find out more about Caitlin at caitlin-donohue.com.