Dan Reitz

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Composition
Trombone
Comedy

Baby Shark #reharmz

Trombone

Tragic Broadway, Smooth Trombone

Comedy Trombone

Classic Movies With Dan

Comedy

Stella By Starlight

Trombone

Baby Beluga #Reharmonized

Trombone

“Rocco” (murky groove)

Composition

Minimal Piano No. 1

Composition

Tutorial: How to Play Song From The Discount Store

Comedy

Baseball Stats With Dan

Comedy

Fantoche

Composition

Minimal Piano No. 3

Composition

Improvise to This #1

Composition

Minimal No. 4 – “Drops”

Composition

Populus

Composition

Minimal Piano No. 2

Composition

Improvise to This #2

Composition

Let People Off The Train First

Comedy Composition

I Don’t Wanna F— the Fishman (from The Shape Of Water, Mama)

Comedy

Improvise to this #3

Composition

Tutorial: How to Write a Christmas Song

Comedy

Improvise to This #4

Composition

Dan Reitz is a musician, composer, educator, comedy professional, and media producer rooted in Buffalo, New York and New York City.

In Buffalo he is the founder and creative director of Buffalo Improv House and is on the music faculty at SUNY University at Buffalo.

As a composer he has written & produced music for Netflix Animation, international ad campaigns, and the podcasts Serial, Crimetown, and This American Life.

Like many musicians from his generation, he owes a lot to his K-12 schooling, especially his participation in the music program at Williamsville East High School. As a high school musician he was a performer in the Grammy All-American High School Jazz Ensemble, was the winner of Outstanding Trombone Solo at the Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington Festival and was the recipient of several national composition awards.

He is musical director and pianist for Your Love, Our Musical, Baby Wants Candy, Shamilton, VERN, and many other musical comedy shows. He has performed internationally including at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, at Improv Iceland, and throughout North America as both a comedy music director and as a jazz trombone player. He has taught at Princeton University, Sarah Lawrence College, and was a K-12 teacher for the better part of eight years.

Movies & Streaming

Leo (Netflix / Happy Madison)
Dude Turned Dad (Fatherly)
Earth’s Mightiest Show (Marvel)

Podcasts & Radio

Serial
Off Book (Earwolf)
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (Starburns)
This American Life (PRX)
Crimetown (Gimlet)
Audible (Various projects)

Live Performances

Buffalo Improv House (Founder)
Baby Wants Candy (NYC, UK, Touring)
Your Love, Our Musical (NYC, Touring)
Blank! The Musical (NYC)
Vern (NYC)
Shamilton (NYC, Touring)
Broadway at the W (NYC)
North Coast (NYC)
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog (NYC)
Thrones! The Musical Parody (UK)
50 Shades! The Musical Parody (Touring, NYC, UK)
Musical Megawatt @ the Magnet Theater (NYC)
Peoples Improv Theater (Musical Director, Various Shows) (NYC)
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (various shows) (NYC)
Joe’s Pub (various shows) (NYC)
The Blue Note (NYC)
Small’s Jazz Club (NYC)

Teaching

Sarah Lawrence College
Collegiate School
Princeton University
Bank Street School for Children
American High School Musical Theatre Festival
Buffalo Public Schools

Education

Syracuse University: BM, Music Composition (Cum Laude)
SUNY University at Buffalo: EdM, Music Education

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Baby Shark #reharmz

Tragic Broadway, Smooth Trombone

Classic Movies With Dan

Stella By Starlight

Baby Beluga #Reharmonized

“Rocco” (murky groove)

Minimal Piano No. 1

Tutorial: How to Play Song From The Discount Store

Baseball Stats With Dan

Fantoche

Minimal Piano No. 3

Improvise to This #1

Minimal No. 4 – “Drops”

Populus

Minimal Piano No. 2

Improvise to This #2

Let People Off The Train First

I Don’t Wanna F— the Fishman (from The Shape Of Water, Mama)

Improvise to this #3

Tutorial: How to Write a Christmas Song

Improvise to This #4