HAROLD WHEELER (Orchestrator) is a composer, arranger, orchestrator, musical director, musical supervisor, and musician. While he may be best known for his 17 seasons as musical director of the ABC show Dancing With the Stars, Wheeler has received six Tony® Award nominations for his Broadway orchestrations. Select Broadway credits include Side Show, Hugh Jackman—Back on Broadway, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Never Gonna Dance, Hairspray, The Full Monty, Dreamgirls, The Wiz, The Tap Dance Kid, and Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music. Wheeler was the second African-American to conduct the Academy Awards and has done so on four occasions. He earned an Emmy® nomination in 2018 for his work on the 90th Academy Awards. Wheeler was also one of two conductors during the closing ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics. Wheeler received a NAACP Theatre Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. He is married to television and Broadway performer Hattie Winston.