Sean Kana

Award-winning Music Director Sean Kana is best known for his work on the 2018 pre-Broadway tour of Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, as the Associate Music Director. Currently, Sean is the Music Director and Co-Composer/Arranger of a new musical work, Larry the Musical, which tells the story of Filipino American labor leader, Larry Itliong.

Sean serves as the Music Director of the Broadway bound musical The Hippest Trip: A Soul Train Musical at ACT - San Francisco. Sean's most recent credits also include Swept Away: A New Musical at Berkeley Rep serving as the music director.

Sean has been the Resident Music Director of Broadway By The Bay since 2012 and his most notable accomplishments are In The Heights (TBA Best Music Direction), Miss Saigon, Les Miserables and Beauty and the Beast.

Sean is the music contractor at Berkeley Repertory Theatre and has worked at other theatre companies, such as Theatreworks, Center Repertory Theatre and more. He has toured to Cuba, China, Italy, France and London and throughout the United States music directing, playing keyboards and singing, giving concerts and masterclasses. Sean has also worked at the Lenaea Musical Theatre festival for five years now.

Sean is an accomplished vocal technician, teaching the fusion of musical styles under the classical technique. Sean obtained his degree from San Francisco State University and is well-known in the Bay Area for being a music director for many different venues. He is a celebrated musician and has a talent for teaching and unleashing creativity.