BIO
ABOUT
Joanna "Jo" Huling is a versatile and dynamic percussionist and drummer in the Washington D.C./Baltimore region. She is currently the drummer for Mama I'm a Big Girl Now - Off-Broadway at New World Stages (NYC) with Marissa Jaret Winokur, Laura Bell Bundy, and Kerry Butler.
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She has performed throughout the United States and Europe, with venues including the John F. Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Lincoln Theatre, Carpenter Theatre, The Music Center at Strathmore, Maryland Theatre, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Freeman Stage, and the National Gallery of Art.
HIGHLIGHTS
SELECTIONS FROM RECENT ENGAGEMENTS
SPECIAL EVENTS
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Cinema Serenade with Itzhak Perlman - Richmond Symphony
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In Concert: Harry Potter 4&5, Star Wars Return of the Jedi, Films of Tim Burton - Richmond Symphony
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Middleburg Film Festival - with Kris Bowers, Charles Fox, Mark Isham, and Michael Abels
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PBS "A Capitol Fourth" with Keala Settle - "This is Me"
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PBS "A Capitol Fourth" with Lauren Alaina - "Road Less Traveled"
THEATRE
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Mama I'm a Big Girl Now - Off-Broadway - drums
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Penelope - Signature Theatre - "Athena," drums/percussion, backup vocals (sub)
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Merrily We Roll Along - Keegan Theatre - drums
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Mean Girls - percussion
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The Prom - percussion
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Matilda - drums/percussion
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The Secret Garden - percussion
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You're a Good Man Charlie Brown - Adventure Theatre - drums
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Bridges of Madison County - Signature Theatre - drums/percussion (sub)
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Seussical* - Keegan Theatre - drums
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Addams Family - drums
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Legally Blonde - drums
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Addams Family - percussion
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Disney's Newsies - drums
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Unbreakable by Andrew Lippa, East Coast Premiere - Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC - percussion
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Millenials are Killing Musicals by Nico Juber - World Premiere in Los Angeles, CA - percussion
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Disney's Newsies* - Arena Stage - percussion
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Anything Goes* - Arena Stage - percussion
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Messiah the Musical, In Concert - World Premiere - timpani and percussion
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - drums/percussion
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Crazy for You - percussion
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You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - percussion
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella - percussion
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Freaky Friday - drums
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Thoroughly Modern Millie - drums
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Into the Woods - percussion
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Cabaret - drums
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West Side Story - percussion
* - HELEN HAYES AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTION​​
ORCHESTRAL
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Richmond Symphony, Percussion Substitute
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Annapolis Symphony, Percussion Substitute
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Maryland Symphony, Percussion Substitute
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Mid-Atlantic Symphony, Assistant Timpanist, Percussion
ARTISTS & CONDUCTORS
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Itzhak Perlman
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Marissa Jaret Winokur (TONY Winner, Hairspray (Broadway, Tracy), Celebrity Big Brother, DWTS)
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Laura Bell Bundy (TONY Nominee, Legally Blonde (Broadway, Elle), Hairspray (Broadway, Amber))
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Kerry Butler (TONY Nominee, Beetlejuice (Broadway, Barbara), Hairspray (Broadway, Penny)
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Mia Vassilev, Virtuoso Pianist
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Mario Frangoulis (Phantom of the Opera (West End, Raoul), Les Misérables (West End, Marius))
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Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman, Tony Nominee, Broadway's Waitress and Hands on a Hard Body)
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Lauren Alaina (American Idol, Billboard Country #1, ACA New Artist of the Year, Dancing with the Stars)
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Corbin Bleu (High School Musical, Dancing with the Stars, Kiss Me Kate (Broadway))
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Laurence Juber (Paul McCartney & Wings)
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Charles Fox (Composer of Killing Me Softly, themes to Love Boat, 9 to 5, Wonder Woman)
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Kris Bowers (Composer for Bridgerton, Chevalier, King Richard, Inventing Anna)
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Mark Isham (Composer for A River Runs Through It, Blade, Life as a House)
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Soara - Joye Ross (Broadway's Hadestown and Les Miserables)
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Jamshied Sharifi (TONY winner)
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Michael Repper (GRAMMY Nominee)
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Jenny Oaks Baker (GRAMMY Nominee)
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Mister G (Latin GRAMMY Winner)
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Jon Anderson (YES)
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Kevin Short (Metropolitan Opera)
DANCE
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Dance Accompanist, Kinetics Dance Theatre - percussion
COMPLETE RESUME / CV AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
NOW PLAYING
Jo is currently the drummer for Mama I'm a Big Girl Now - Off-Broadway at New World Stages (NYC) with Marissa Jaret Winokur, Laura Bell Bundy, and Kerry Butler.
SHOWS & EVENTS
2024
PERFORMER
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