1. Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
2. James Newton Howard to Kevin Jarre

Peter Howard Biography ((?)-)

Children: Jason.

Gender

Male

Occupation

Dance music arranger, vocal arranger, music director, composer, conductor, musician

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Dance and vocal arrangements, Annie, Columbia, 1982
• Dance sequence playback arranger, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984
• Dance music arranger, Stepping Out, Paramount, 1991
• Also worked on Mame, Zelig, and 1776.
• Stage Work
• Assistant to Mr. Allers, My Fair Lady, Mark Hellinger Theatre, NewYork City, 1956-1962, then Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1962, later Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1962
• Assistant to Mr. Blackton, Oh Captain!, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1958
• Dance arranger and performer, Say, Darling, ANTA Playhouse, New York City, 1958, then Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1958-1959
• Pianist, A Party with Betty Comden & Adolph Green, John GoldenTheatre, New York City, 1958-1959
• Assistant conductor, The Sound of Music, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1959-1962, then Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1962-1963
• Dance arranger, Subways Are for Sleeping, St. James Theatre, New York City, 1961-1962
• Dance arranger, Carnival!, Imperial Theatre, New York City, 1961-1962, then Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1962-1963
• Dance and incidental music arranger, I Can Get It for You Wholesale, Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1962, then Broadway Theatre, 1962
• Dance arranger, Here's Love, Shubert Theatre, 1963-1964
• Dance and incidental music arranger, Hello, Dolly!, St. James Theatre, 1964-1970
• Dance and vocal arranger, The Roar of Greasepaint--The Smell of the Crowd, Shubert Theatre, 1965
• Music director and vocal arranger, How Now, Dow Jones, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1967-1968
• Conductor, Her First Roman, 1968
• Music director and dance arranger, 1776, 46th Street Theatre, NewYork City, 1969-1972
• Dance arranger, Minnie's Boys, Imperial Theatre, 1970
• Dance arranger, Ari, Mark Hellinger Theatre, 1971
• Music direction and incidental music arrangement, Prettybelle, 1971
• Dance and incidental arranger, Tricks, Alvin Theatre, 1973
• Dance music arranger, Chicago, 46th Street Theatre, 1975-1977
• Music director and dance music arranger, Annie, Alvin Theatre, 1977-
• Dance and incidental arranger, Hello, Dolly!, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1978
• Dance music arranger, The Grand Tour, Palace Theater, New York City, 1979
• Music director, Barnum, St. James Theatre, 1980-1982
• Music director, Dance a Little Closer, Minskoff Theatre, New YorkCity, 1983
• Music director, Baby, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1983-1984
• Dance music arranger, The Tap Dance Kid, Broadhurst Theatre, 1983-1985
• Music director, Harrigan 'n Hart, Longacre Theatre, New York City,1985
• Music supervisor and arranger, Tatterdemalion, Douglas Fairbanks Theatre, New York City, 1985
• Musical Director and piano, Elisabeth Welch: Time to Start Living,Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1986
• Musical director, Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood, Ritz Theatre, NewYork City, 1986
• Music director, Into the Light, Neil Simon Theatre, New York City,1986
• Music supervisor and arranger, Stepping Out, John Golden Theatre,1987
• Conductor, The Pajama Game, New York State Theater, New York City,1989
• Orchestrator, Liza Minelli: Stepping Out at Radio City, Radio CityMusic Hall, New York City, 1991
• Dance and incidental arranger, Crazy for You, Sam S. Schubert Theatre, 1992-1996
• Additional dance music arranger, 110 in the Shade, New York StateTheater, 1992
• Music director, Comedy Tonight, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1994
• Dance arranger, Hello, Dolly!, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 1995-1996
• Dance arranger, Swinging on a Star, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1995-1996
• Dance music arranger, Chicago, Richard Rogers Theatre, New York City, 1996-
• Dance arranger, 1776, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1997-1998
• (With David Crane) Dance arranger, Minelli on Minelli, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1999-2000
• Music director, Thank You Broadway!, Alice Tully Hall, New York City, 2002
• Dance music arranger, Chicago, National Theatre, Washington, DC, 2003
• Major Tours
• Dance and vocal arranger, The Wizard of Oz, U.S. and Canadian cities, 2001-2003
• WRITINGS
• Stage Music
• Incidental music, A Desert Incident, John Golden Theatre, New YorkCity, 1959
• Incidental music, Ari, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1971
• Television Music
• Specials
• Dance and incidental music, Crazy for You, PBS, 1992
• Episodic
• Wrote for Sesame Street, PBS.
• Television Writing
• Series
• Wrote Wolf Tales, a children's puppet show.