George is a musical director, vocal coach and session musician based in the United Kingdom. He studied at the RNCM and University of Leeds, and has performed around the UK and Internationally. He has also featured on CBBC with the West End Musical Choir.

​

George has been on the music teams for Freaky Friday (MD, HOME Manchester); Chitty Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Assistant MD - UK Tour), The Book Thief (Associate MD - Octagon Bolton /Curve Leicester/Belgrade Coventry), George Takei’s Allegiance (Assistant MD - Charing Cross) and Tarantino Live (Associate MD/UK Resident MD - Riverside Studios), as well as Music Supervisor/MD on several new works by composer Jude Taylor and Gus Gowland. George is a keen advocate for Children’s Theatre, and is currently the musical director for the UK and International tours of Spot’s Birthday Party and workshop for David Walliam’s There’s a Snake in My School. His Bette Midler Revue Bette: From Bathhouse to Broadway (co-written with Jonathan Booth) has been performed at Brighton and Greater Manchester Fringes.

​

Alongside this, George is in demand as a session player and “dep", including The Wizard of Oz, Kinky Boots, The Color Purple (UK Tours), The Holiday - Live in Concert and La Voix - The Eighth Wonder of the World.

 

His work as an orchestrator and arranger has been performed around the UK, including Jason Manford's Christmas Charity Concerts (Bridgewater Hall, Manchester), An Evening with Rob King (The Lowry, Salford), and co-orchestrating Lucie Jones At Christmas (Her Majesty’s Theatre, London/St David’s Hall, Cardiff). He has also worked on orchestrations, vocal arrangements and tracks for the UK Tour of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Red Entertainment), and provided additional orchestrations for the World Premier of The Book Thief at Bolton Octagon.

 

George also works as a freelance vocal/repertoire coach and has worked with students at at Mountview (Manchester), The Northern Ballet School, the RNCM Young Company, StageBox, and Phil Winston’s Theatreworks.

 

Recent Credits: Freaky Friday (HOME, Manchester); There’s a Snake In My School (Workshop); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK Tour); Little Shop of Horrors (UK Tour); Spot’s Birthday Party (UK/International Tour); Evita (Curve, Leicester); The Book Thief (Curve Leicester, Belgrade Coventry, Bolton Octagon); Tarantino Live (Riverside Studios); Into The Woods (RNCM); Allegiance (Charing Cross Theatre); Annie Get Your Gun (The London Palladium); Crossroads Pantomimes (MD Cover); Soul Sisters (UK Tour); Good Fun (Kings Head Theatre).

 

For more information on George’s work please find him on Facebook (George Strickland Music), and Instagram (gstrickland91).