Broadway Music Director, Conductor and Pianist, William Waldrop, currently serves as the Assistant Conductor for Broadway’s longest running musical, The Phantom of the Opera. In 2017 he finished a highly celebrated run as Music Director and Conductor of the Broadway revival of Cats at the Neil Simon Theatre. Equally comfortable on the podium with the orchestra on stage or conducting from the pit, Maestro Waldrop has been hailed for his ‘dynamic conducting’ and has been praised in cities all over the US and abroad. Waldrop is also a frequent guest conductor with orchestras all over the United States. An accomplished vocal coach, William accompanies and advises many star clients performing in current Broadway productions such as The Phantom of the Opera and Wicked. Also an active educator, he leads regular master classes throughout New York. Waldrop’s extensive experience on Broadway as both a conductor and pianist and his love of the American Songbook have made him a sought after conductor and one of the best and brightest new faces on the symphonic pops stage today.