GEOFFREY KO is a New York based music director, arranger, and orchestrator who primarily works in new musical theater. He is the music director of The Notebook, currently on Broadway, by Ingrid Michaelson and Bekah Brunstetter and directed by Michael Greif and Schele Williams. BROADWAY: The Notebook, Be More Chill. OFF-BROADWAY: Broadway Bounty Hunter, Baby, Billy and the Killers, Generation Me, Renascence. SELECT REGIONAL: Jersey Boys (Paper Mill), Hair (Two River), The Notebook (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Disney’s A Jolly Holiday (Paper Mill), Row (Williamstown), Mystic Pizza (Ogunquit), May We All (Tennessee Performing Arts Center), Punk Rock Girl (The Argyle Theatre), Other World (Bucks County Playhouse), Love in Hate Nation (Two River), The Honeymooners (Paper Mill), and October Sky (Marriott Theater). ORCHESTRATIONS: Baby (MTI/New Off-Broadway Cast Recording), The Museum of Broken Relationships (Daniel Green), The Morris & Essex Line (Salzman and Cunningham), Sweet Charity (Marriott Theater), Explora Cruises, and The American Pops Orchestra. OTHER WORK: Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, The Remarkable Journey to Tianguo, Williamsburg, Born Country, American Songbook (Lincoln Center), and concerts for Disney on Broadway.
As an Orchestrator and Arranger, he has orchestrated experiences for cruise lines such as Explora Journeys, arranged medleys for 100+ performers for The Jimmy Awards, orchestrated reductions for theaters such as The Marriott Theatre, and done new orchestrations for classics such as Baby (with a new book by Richard Maltby, Jr.). He has also orchestrated new musicals such as The Morris & Essex Line by Josh Salzman and Ryan Cunningham and The Museum of Broken Relationships by Daniel Green and David Bell. He has several projects in development including Always Something There (as an Arranger/Orchestrator), a new musical by Sandy Rustin with hit tunes from the 80’s, and Take The Lead (as an MD and co-arranger/co-orchestrator with Bill Sherman).
Originally from Westfield, NJ, Geoff studied at Northwestern University. He is particularly passionate about new work and has been part of the developmental lab, workshop, or world premiere of numerous productions. He also frequently works with students and emerging artists through programs such as The Jimmy Awards.
