LIGHT UP THE NIGHT

Mason Griffin is an in demand musical theater accompanist, coach, conductor, and music director. He studied music at Louisiana State University (LSU) with Dr. Pamela Pike, Dr. Jeffrey Perry, and Terry Patrick-Harris. In NYC, he has worked with LaGuardia High School, Amas Musical Theatre, MTCA, Jen Waldman Studio, The New York Film Academy, Applause NY, Broadway Classroom, The West End Lounge, NYU, CCNY, Sing for Your Seniors, and UNIS. As music director, highlight shows include: Naked Boys Singing! (Off-Broadway), RENT, Les Miserables, The Addams Family, Spelling Bee, A Funny Thing...Forum, Little Shop of Horrors, I Love a Piano, Company, and Dreamgirls. A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Mason was the guest conductor of Louisiana State University's annual spring musical theater showcase Singo de Mayo for six years. He has had the pleasure of working with industry professionals such as: Taylor Negron, Steve Martin, Edie Brickell, Patti Murin, Baayork Lee, Mrs. Kasha Davis, Jeremy Jordan, and Andrew Rannells. He has performed throughout NYC at 54 Below, The Duplex Cabaret, Theatre Row, The Laurie Beechman, Uncle Charlie's Piano Bar, Haswell Greens, The 13th Street Repertory Theater and The Triad Theatre. Mason created No Blue Monday and co-created Bosom Buddies, both cabaret shows celebrating the music and lyrics of Jerry Herman. He is the minister of music at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church on Long Island and teacher at the Institute for American Musical Theatre.

Dr. Peter Thoresen is an award-winning voice teacher, countertenor, and music director specializing in musical theater. His students appear regularly on Broadway, win Tony Awards, and sing on national tours and concert venues all over the world, and play recurring roles on hit TV shows. Currently, his students are making waves in Broadway’s Hamilton, School of Rock, Anastasia, Kinky Boots and Brigadoon, to name a few, and rocking the airwaves in the reboot of Murphy Brown, Broad City, Brooklyn 99 and the hit horror film Hereditary. Peter is an inaugural recipient of the Joan Frey-Boytim Award for Independent Teachers, a national prize awarded by the National Association of Teachers of Singing. He is also a voice professor in the musical theater department at Pace University’s School of Performing Arts in NYC. In addition to his thriving private studio, Peter Thoresen Vocal Studios, he also serves on the voice faculties of Musical Theater College Auditions (MTCA) and Broadway Kids Auditions in NYC. He holds a doctorate from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where he also served as a member of the visiting faculty. He guides artists through audition and performance preparation through a constant focus on enhancing technique and artistry, along with cultivating a love of repertoire, language, and style.