JOSHUA ZIMMERMAN has worked as Music Director, rehearsal pianist, instructor, arranger, orchestrator, and has performed on piano, keyboards, guitar, banjo, bass, percussion, and voice, for many prestigious local companies, including the 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre, Cornish College of the Arts, Thalia Orchestra, Everett Philharmonic, Seattle Musical Theatre, Second Story Repertory Theater,  Renton Civic Theatre, STAGEright, ArtsWest, Lakewood Playhouse, and Taproot, among many others. He was the recipient of the prestigious "Gypsy Rose Lee" award for outstanding musical direction of a non-equity musical, chosen by the Seattle Theater Writers, in 2012. He was interim conductor for the Issaquah Philharmonic 2011-2013, performs regularly with the Everett Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been teaching private lessons for almost 25 years, most recently at the Gene Nastri School for the Arts, Everett Community College, and Music and Arts.