The Ensemble
Meet The Cast
Connor Sturge, Keyboard
Connor Sturge is a New York-based pianist, drummer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist whose versatility spans classical music, jazz, R&B, and contemporary styles. A lifelong pianist, Connor began classical training in childhood, earning numerous awards and scholarships at piano competitions in Canada. He holds degrees from Berklee College of Music and the Berklee Global Jazz Institute, where he completed his master’s on a full scholarship. Connor has performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival and co-leads That Trio! with Liz Sinn and Jack Davies. His original EP, CODE BREAK, showcases his work as a composer, performer, and producer, using technology and improvisation to explore human connection.
Liz Sinn, Keyboard 2
Liz Sinn is a New York City-based pianist, composer, vocalist, arranger, and copyist whose musical voice draws from jazz, pop, classical, Brazilian, Latin American, and South Indian Carnatic traditions. Her performance credits include Birdland Jazz Club, Bimhuis, Ravinia Festival, and Disneyland, and she co-leads jazz-fusion group That Trio! with Connor Sturge and Jack Davies. Liz has collaborated with GRAMMY Award-winner Neal Smith, Charlie Rosen’s GRAMMY Award-winning 8-Bit Big Band, Il Divo, and Chloë Agnew of Celtic Woman. Liz also works in arranging, copywork, and conducting, with credits including concert productions for internationally acclaimed artists Andrés Cepeda and Daymé Arocena.
Luke Norman, First Violin
Hailing from Menlo Park, California, Luke Norman is a violinist, composer and producer who performs Jazz, Fusion and Classical music. A graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, Luke has performed at venues across the United States and Mexico, most notably Carnegie Hall. Luke released his debut EP, “Running Late”, in June of 2026 under his artist name h2. The EP features five original compositions in the Fusion idiom and is available on all streaming platforms. Luke is grateful and excited to perform the music of Ghostbusters, and hopes to answer the question: Who you gonna call?
Eve Wodarcyk, Violin
Eve Wodarcyk is a fiddler/violinist based in New York. She specializes in folk and alternative playing styles, and has performed in a variety of shows, including Into the Woods with the INSPIRE Theatre Company and Chaps! with the Hale Centre Theatre. Her musicianship is supplemented by a strong background in arts administration and digital marketing. She currently works as the administrative director for the Mike Block String Camp and project operations director for Mike Block, and performs in several bands in the New England area.
Jack Davies, Bass
Jack Davies is an acoustic & electric bassist from Ontario, Canada. After graduating from Berklee College of Music with the Wes Wehmiller Memorial Scholarship, Jack has been touring across North America with acts such as The Wildmans, Mei Semones, Ally the Piper, and more. When off the road, Jack runs a lesson studio of 50+ students and also composes music of his own. Most recently, his EP of jazz-fusion instrumentals “Terrarium” was released on all streaming platforms. Aside from music, Jack is an avid movie-goer, novel reader and is always open to recommendations for good stuff to dig into.
Keefer Glenshaw, Cello
Keefer Glenshaw is a musician, cellist, and performance artist based in Brooklyn NY. A recent graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Keefer performs as a solo act, and with his punk rock band, The Romance. As a cellist, Keefer has recorded with artists such as G Eazy, The Wooten Brothers, JAY1, and many more. In addition to playing in the DIY scene in New York, Keefer plays Young Jeezy and the Color of Noize Orchestra, and Rick Ross with the Renaissance Orchestra. As a performance artist, Keefer combines his musicianship with endurance performances, and has completed two 24 hour performances.
Noah Leiva, Cello
Noah Leiva is a Texas native and freelance cellist currently based in Denton, TX. At 28 years old, he brings over 18 years of musical experience to his work as a performer, educator, and recording artist. Noah graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in Jazz Studies and Performance. Throughout his career, he has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with The Temptations, Kurt Elling, and the Turtle Creek Chorale. He performs and records both his own music and alongside other artists, with a passion for connecting with people through expressive musicianship. Outside of music, Noah enjoys rock climbing, cooking, and spending time with his pets.
Kyra Sims, Horn
Kyra Sims is a performing artist and writer living in NYC. She has worked as a backing French hornist and session musician for artists such as Rosalía, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jon Batiste, Carole King, and Lizzo, and, as of May 2026, has performed on all seven continents as both a soloist and a collaborative musician. She has worked on Broadway on shows such as the Tony Award-Winning musical Illinoise, The Lion King, The Great Gatsby, and Anastasia. Kyra Sims is also a dynamic sound artist, which earned her a nomination for a New York Innovative Theater Award for Sound Design.
Valerio Apuzzo, Trumpet
Valerio Apuzzo is an Italian trumpet player, composer, and educator based in Boston. A graduate of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute and Siena Jazz Academy, he has performed across the United States and Europe in a wide range of jazz and contemporary music settings. His collaborations include artists such as Danilo Pérez, Kenny Werner, George Garzone, Jason Palmer, and Kevin Harris. Valerio has appeared at venues and festivals including Auditorio Parco della Musica, Casa del Jazz, Gregory’s Jazz Club, Wally’s Cafe Jazz Club and Umbria Jazz Winter. His playing brings together improvisation, lyricism, and influences from contemporary jazz and Italian music.
Xander Dawson, Flute
Xander Dawson is a woodwind doubler specializing in musical theatre, cabaret, and commercial performance. He is thrilled to join the orchestra for Ghostbusters in Concert. His previous touring credits include The Music Man and The Great Gatsby. He has performed internationally on cruise ships with Explora Journeys and Azamara Cruises. His regional credits include Ogunquit Playhouse, along with cabaret performances at 54 Below and The Green Room 42. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in performance from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
Zachary Gassenheimer, Clarinet
Zachary Gassenheimer is a clarinetist and educator based in the Hudson Valley. He holds the position of Second/Eb Clarinet with the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra and Second Clarinet with the Glens Falls Symphony. Zachary is a recent graduate of The Orchestra Now (TON) at Bard College and has also performed with the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Canada), the Glimmerglass Festival Orchestra and the Aspen Music Festival. He holds an Artist Diploma from the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor’s Degree from Vanderbilt University where he studied with Joaquin Valdepeñas, Bil Jackson, and Bixby Kennedy.
Meet The Crew
Danielle Jagelski, Conductor / Music Director
Danielle Jagelski is a conductor, composer, and creative producer, serving as Artistic Director and Co-founder of Renegade Opera. She is currently the Music Director of Ghostbusters in Concert National Tour. Hailed as “a prime example of socially responsive artistry in the 21st century” (I Care If You Listen), she is recognized for her community based practices in all of her disciplines. Highlights include “Voices of Mannahatta” with Voices of Ascension, Raven Chacon’s “Voiceless Mass” with International Contemporary Ensemble, conductor of Relatives Ensemble with New Music Concerts-Toronto, “Next Gen3” with Beth Morrison Projects, Brian Current’s “Missing” at Anchorage Opera, Nico Muhly’s “Dark Sisters”, Ruby Fulton’s “Adam’s Run”, and The Witcher In Concert national tour. An active composer, her work has been presented at Roulette Intermedium, the National Gallery of Art, Performance Space New York, Green Room 42, among others. She is a current Discovery Grant awardee with Opera America, Creator Fund recipient from New Music USA, LIFT grantee from Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, American Composers Forum Recomposing America Artist, and First Peoples Fund Performing Arts Fellow. Danielle studied orchestral conducting with George Manahan at Manhattan School of Music, choral conducting at Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and classical composition with Janika Vandervelde.
Jemina Brechoire, Substitute Conductor
Originally from France, Jemina Brechoire is a composer, conductor, pianist, and vocalist based in New York City. A graduate of Berklee College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, her work moves between classical music, jazz, and interdisciplinary performance. She has performed at venues including the Kennedy Center, National Sawdust, The Jazz Gallery, and The Public Theater, and collaborated with artists and organizations including Balenciaga and Vocalconsort Leipzig (Germany). Upcoming performances this season include DerHaus Festival Ajijic (Mexico), premiering Brechoire’s newest project. Her artistic practice draws on improvisation, storytelling, and cross-cultural musical traditions, informing her work across composition, performance, and conducting.
Eli J Medina, Lighting Director
Born and based in New York City, Eli J Medina is a lighting designer, programmer, and electrician. Their touring credits include The Life & Music of George Michael and Dirty Dancing in Concert. Their lighting design work includes collaborations with the Jon Lehrer Dance Company and the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus. Eli has just one question for you. If there’s a ghost, who you gonna call?
Frank Ingalls, PSM & Backline Tech
Frank is a Las Vegas-based stage manager who is super excited to join the Ghostbusters! (In concert) This is his first touring production.
Matthew Sallee, Projectionist / Playback
I’m a touring video engineer with a passion for making complex technology disappear behind a seamless live experience. My work has taken me through arenas, concerts, and live productions, where I’m happiest somewhere between a video rack, a show call, and a problem that needed solving five minutes ago. When I’m not on tour, I enjoy tinkering with computers, gaming with friends, exploring new technology, and building creative projects. I also have a soft spot for Dungeons & Dragons, good food, and anything that brings people together. I’m always looking for the next thing to learn, build, or figure out.
Ryan Gravett, Audio Engineer
Sound Designs include The Washington Ballet (Resident Designer), the 60th Anniversary production of The Medora Musical, Sweeney Todd (East Carolina University), Together Live (Right Angle Entertainment (Tour)), A Christmas Carol and Every Brilliant Thing (Olney Theatre Center), The Devil’s Music: The Life and Times of Bessie Smith (George Street Playhouse). Mix credits include the National Tours of Beetlejuice The Musical, Chicago the Musical, The Producers. The Secret Garden, Kiss Me Kate, Camelot and Man of La Mancha (The Shakespeare Theatre Company) and the Grammy Award winning Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, in Rochester, NY. A big thanks to my sound teams and Christy!
Scott Montgomery, Tour / Company Manager
Scott began touring as Merch Manager on the First National Tours of Hello, Dolly! and Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. He later worked on Take Me Out at Second Stage Theater (2022 Tony Award, Best Revival of a Play) as COVID Safety Manager, served as Company Manager at Theatre By The Sea, and as Assistant Company Manager on the Second National Tour of Come From Away. A University of North Texas graduate and lifelong Ghostbusters fan, Scott thanks his hometown librarians, who eventually gave him his own VHS copy of Ghostbusters after he checked out the film countless times before he was five.
Creative Team
Schirmer Theatrical, Producer
Betsey Perlmutter, Senior Vice President
Alex Kosick, Director of Operations & Finance
Evie Miller, Artistic Operations Assistant
Black In Presents, Co-Producer
John Kinsner, CEO
Alek Deva, CFO & VP of Produced Events
Mike Kasper, COO & VP of Touring Operations
Alina Goodman, Assistant Manager of Touring Operations
Creative Services
Peter M. Bernstein, Score Arranger & Consultant
Marc Mann of Music Production Services, Inc., Synth Designer & Score Consultant
Michelle Szeto-Piras, Marketing, Evergold
Rachel Poston, Marketing, RPM
Stephanie Myers, Marketing
Sacks & Co., Public Relations
The Team, Booking Agent
Schirmer Theatrical
Schirmer Theatrical (part of Wise Music Group) is a creative producer at the intersection of music, theater, and technology—where legacy meets reinvention—shaping and transforming iconic artist catalogues into immersive, contemporary performance experiences for international stages. With a focus on multidisciplinary creation, we develop new symphonic experiences, theatrical concerts, and experiential productions that expand how audiences encounter music. Our creative projects are rooted in collaboration, bringing together top performers, composers, choreographers, directors, visual artists, orchestras, movie studios, and creative partners. Recent and upcoming collaborations include “Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony,” ‘Revolution: The Music of the Beatles – A Symphonic
Experience,” “Ennio Morricone: The Official Symphonic Experience;” the estates of Thelonius Monk, Ravi Shankar, and Duke Ellington; and film with live orchestra projects, including “Ghostbusters in Concert,” and The Red Violin. Schirmer Theatrical honors artistic legacy while pushing performance forward, resulting in globally scalable productions that redefine musical storytelling as immersive, collaborative, and alive.
Black Ink Presents
Black Ink Presents is a leader in turn-key solutions for live entertainment experiences. Black Ink provides creative direction, design, and production management for concerts, tours, and other unique and immersive events nationwide. The company also produces “live-to-film” shows, in which a full orchestra or band performs a film score live, synced with a screening of the film or other media. Notable projects include: Labyrinth in Concert (over 100 performances worldwide), The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert in cities around the world, featuring special guests such as Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers, and Catherine O’Hara; Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki conducted by iconic Japanese film composer Joe Hisaishi; Rocketman in Concert featuring Elton John; La La Land in Concert conducted by composer Justin Hurwitz in arenas and concert halls around the world; Coco in Concert, Encanto in Concert, and The Lion King 30th Anniversary Celebration, all at the Hollywood Bowl and all filmed for release on Disney+.
Schirmer Theatrical is a concert production company specializing in the creation of symphonic experiences, film with live orchestra concerts, and theatrical productions.
The Director
Ivan Reitman
Ghostbusters Director & Producer Ivan Reitman (1946-2022) – has been the creative force behind films beloved by audiences around the world – from raucous comedies like Animal House, and Stripes, to more sophisticated delights like Dave, Six Days Seven Nights, and Twins.
2019 was a busy year for Reitman when he worked closely as a producer with director and son Jason Reitman on the next chapter of the Ghostbusters franchise, Ghostbusters: Afterlife in addition to A Babysitter’s Guide To Monster-Hunting for Netflix.
The career that has brought so much laughter to us began in Canada, where Reitman’s family emigrated from Czechoslovakia when he was four-years-old. Reitman studied music at McMaster University, but soon turned his talents to film and theater, when he joined forces with the National Lampoon and brought us the groundbreaking sensation, Animal House. Following the success of that film, Reitman returned home to Canada to direct Meatballs, still considered one of the most successful films made in Canada.
His string of hits continued with Stripes and the Ghostbusters series, which teamed Bill Murray with Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis; Dave, starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver; Legal Eagles, starring Robert Redford and Debra Winger; Six Days Seven Nights, with Harrison Ford and Anne Heche; Evolution, starring David Duchovny and Julianne Moore; and a series of films that revealed an untapped comic persona for action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger: Twins, Junior, (both co-starring Danny DeVito) and Kindergarten Cop.
In 1984, Reitman was honored as Director of the Year by the National Association of Theater Owners and the next year received a Special Achievement Award at the Canadian Genie Awards. In 1979, and again in 1989, for the films Animal House and Twins, Reitman was honored with the People’s Choice Award. In November of 1994, Reitman became the third director honored by Variety magazine in a special “Billion Dollar Director” issue. At the end of 2000, Reitman’s films Animal House and Ghostbusters were honored as two of this past century’s funniest movies by the American Film Institute. Reitman led The Montecito Picture Company, a film and television production company, with partner Tom Pollock. He was married to former Quebec film actress Genevieve Robert for more than 40 years. Together, they had three children and lived in Santa Barbara, California.
The Composer
Elmer Bernstein
In the history of film music, Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004) is among the iconic and the legendary. With a career that spanned an unparalleled 5 decades, he composed more than 150 original movie scores and nearly 80 for television, creating some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history and in doing so redefining how movies were scored. His score for The Man With the Golden Arm brought intense, aggressive jazz to the big screen; the rousing Western anthem of The Magnificent Seven set the standard for western scores for years to come; the lyrical and quietly moving music of To Kill a Mockingbird is simply timeless; and the jaunty, thumb-nosing march of The Great Escape is still heard 50 years later. In the ’70s and ’80s his comedy scores for National Lampoon’s Animal House and Ghostbusters changed the way comedy films have been scored ever since. Working for everyone from Cecil B. DeMille (The Ten Commandments) to Martin Scorsese (The Age of Innocence), his career connects Old Hollywood to the new. He is also the only person to be nominated for an Academy Award in every decade from the 1950s to the 2000s.
Film Credits
GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
FILM WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA
An IVAN REITMAN Film
Music By ELMER BERNSTEIN
COLUMBIA PICTURES Presents
An IVAN REITMAN Film
A BLACK RHINO/BERNIE BRILLSTEIN Production
Starring BILL MURRAY · DAN AYKROYD
and SIGOURNEY WEAVER
Also Starring HAROLD RAMIS · RICK MORANIS
Music by ELMER BERNSTEIN
Executive Producer BERNIE BRILLSTEIN
Written by DAN AYKROYD and HAROLD RAMIS
Produced and Directed by IVAN REITMAN
GHOSTBUSTERS © 1984 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All rights reserved.
