Instruument: Guitar

Guitarist Bill Bridges is a composer and arranger of varied experience. He was accompanist for Lena Horne and has performed accompanying Peggy Lee, Eartha Kitt, Franky Laine, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others. Bill has played and/or music directed theatrical productions including CATS, Shenandoah, Man of La Mancha, A Chorus Line, Grease, and Cabaret, and performed on television and film scores.  He was John McDermott's Musical Director for several years. Bill performs with the Canadian Opera Company, and freelances with artists Guido Basso, Hagood Hardy, Kathryn Moses, David Warrack and Almeta Speakes. Bill was a founding member of Quintessence, a string quartet and guitar ensemble.