Daryl Waters
{{Short description|American composer, arranger, and orchestrator}}
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Daryl Waters is an American composer, arranger, conductor, and orchestrator who has worked on many shows both on and off-Broadway.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/onstage/2010/06/east_cleveland_native_daryl_wa.html|title=East Cleveland native Daryl Waters talks about his Tony award-winning career as orchestrator|website=cleveland.com|access-date=2023-05-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://newpittsburghcourier.com/2014/07/20/black-conductors-make-history-on-broadway/|title=Black conductors make history on Broadway|website=newpittsburghcourier.com|access-date=2023-05-07}} He has received numerous Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations for orchestration, and won the 2010 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for Memphis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Daryl-Waters/|title=Daryl Waters|website=broadwayworld.com|access-date=2023-05-07}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/year/2010/category/any/show/any/?q=Daryl%20Waters|title=WINNERS / 2010 (DARYL WATERS)|website=tonyawards.com|access-date=2023-05-07}}
Life and career
Waters was born in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/salisburypost/docs/02142011-sls-a01/3|title=Salisbury Post|website=issuu.com|access-date=2023-05-07}} He made his Broadway debut as associate conductor on Leader of the Pack in 1985. He was the co-composer of the musical Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk, which earned him a Tony Award and Grammy Award nomination in 1996.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/daryl-waters/7702|title=Daryl Waters|website=grammy.com|access-date=2023-05-07}}
Waters is a member of the American Federation of Musicians and the Dramatists Guild of America.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dramatistsguild.com/members/darylwaters|title=Daryl Waters|website=dramatistsguild.com|access-date=2023-05-07}} He has collaborated with artists such as Eartha Kitt, Leslie Uggams, Sammy Davis Jr., Jennifer Holliday, Nell Carter and more.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/daryl-waters|title=DARYL WATERS|website=thehistorymakers.org|access-date=2023-05-07}}
Awards and nominations
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| Year
!Result !Award !Category !Work !Ref. |
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| rowspan="3"|2023
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |rowspan="3"|New York, New York |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|Outstanding Orchestrations |
| 2019
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Drama Desk Award |Outstanding Orchestrations |
| 2016
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |rowspan="2"|Tony Awards |rowspan="2"|Best Orchestrations |
| rowspan="2"|2010
|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |rowspan="2"|Memphis |
| style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|Drama Desk Award |Outstanding Orchestrations |
| rowspan="2"|1996
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Tony Awards |rowspan="2"|Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk |
| style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated
|Best Musical Show Album |
References
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External links
- {{IBDB name|11568}}
Category:American male composers
Category:American conductors (music)
Category:Livingstone College alumni
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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