Orlando Morales

Seattle, Washington

Orlando G. Morales (he/him) is a musician, educator, and theatermaker from Seattle, Washington. He is currently Assistant Artistic Director for the Tacoma Refugee Choir and holds a B.A. in American Ethnic Studies and a Masters in Teaching from the University of Washington. He is also on the faculty of the Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab and has over eighteen years of experience teaching music and theater, as well as over thirteen years of professional experience as an arts administrator (Seattle Children’s Theatre; The 5th Avenue Theatre). He is a Johnny Mercer Foundation Songwriters Project alum and a Jonathan Larson Grant finalist (2019, 2020, 2022).

Favorite music directing credits include: the annual “Rally for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” (2017-2023) for the Kent School District; How to Break (2018, 2016), Great Wall (2012), and Cloaked (2011, 2010) for Village Theatre; The Hunger Lounge (2012) for Book-It Repertory Theatre; and The Tempest (associate music director, 2023) for Seattle Rep’s Public Works. Current musical theater writing projects include Psalm (Village Theatre, 2016 workshop) and The Promised Land (O’Neill Center National Music Theater Conference Semifinalist, 2021; The 5th Avenue Theatre, 2018 workshop). Orlando is a co-founder of Rondalya sa Seattle, a Filipino American folkloric music ensemble and is a member of the Shades of Praise Gospel Choir at St. Therese Parish in Seattle. He is an avid aquascaper, proud chinchilla parent, and he grows vegetables.