He collaborated with John Lithgow on two albums of orchestra music for children as composer, arranger, conductor, and producer. Since 1993 he has led the 19-member Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra which has performed widely and recorded four CDs. Feinstein’s conductor in the US and England. He arranged and produced Michael Feinstein’s Grammy-nominated album “THE SINATRA PROJECT” and has toured as Mr. He provided additional orchestrations for the 2013 Broadway production of CINDERELLA and the 2011 Broadway revival of ANYTHING GOES.īill Elliott is a prolific arranger for the Boston Pops, New York Pops, and Hollywood Bowl Orchestras, and has recently written orchestra arrangements for Barbara Hannigan, Kelli O’Hara, Sutton Foster, and Josh Groban’s “STAGES” album. In 2012 he received Tony and Grammy nominations for his work on the Broadway musical NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT (as orchestrator and co-producer of the cast album) and an Emmy nomination as Music Director for Michael Feinstein’s PBS Special “The Sinatra Legacy”. In 2015 he orchestrated two additional Gershwin musicals: the Chichester (England) Festival Theater debut production of DAMSEL IN DISTRESS and the Encores! revival of the 1924 Gershwin musical LADY BE GOOD. He was co-orchestrator for both the 2017 Broadway production of BANDSTAND and the 2015 production at the Paper Mill Playhouse. His recent work on Broadway has earned three Tony nominations, including a win for AN AMERICAN IN PARIS in 2015 and two Drama Desk nominations, including a win for BANDSTAND in 2017. Bill Elliott is an arranger, orchestrator, composer, conductor, and bandleader who has made a specialty of composing, arranging, and producing vintage styles of music.
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