About

Flynn Sturgeon is a musical director, orchestrator and accordionist who enjoys a busy career working across multiple styles and settings. He is a specialist in musical theatre and folk traditions, and a choir director.

 

Flynn is the music director of 42 Balloons by Jack Godfrey which will be premiering at The Lowry in April 2024. He is also the music director and orchestrator of the sell-out and critically acclaimed Roles We’ll Never Play, London’s ‘miscast’ concert series. The show hosts huge line-ups of talent, recently having played at the Apollo, Lyric and Vaudeville Theatres, and at West End Live every year.

 

His recent work has included developing new musical theatre writing, audition piano across multiple productions, teaching, orchestrating, and depping on shows (recently including Cover Conductor / Dep. Accordion on Cabaret, and Dep. Accordion / Keys 2 on The Witches).

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In education, Flynn frequently teaches at many of London's top drama schools including Urdang, Trinity Laban, London Theatre Runway, London Studio Centre, ArtsEd, Performance Preparation Academy, Mountview and Associated Studios. Recently, Flynn was the musical theatre specialist accompanist at his former university, Royal Holloway, and was for five years the musical director of the Rainbow Nation Dance Academy. 

 

Flynn is a winner in the 2020 Creative Courage for Life Awards, in the category of Outstanding Singing Teacher for his work as a children’s vocal coach and teacher.

 

He read music (BMus) at Royal Holloway, University of London, where he was awarded a first-class degree with honours. Flynn specialised in orchestral conducting, orchestration and Orientalism/race studies within musical theatre and opera.