Education
Purdy studied vocal performance and piano at the University of Mississippi and Vocal Pedagogy at Westminster College.
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Career
He was also a conductor and pianist for Broadway shows. Before working on Broadway, Purdy worked as a Wall Street broker. Purdy spent many years in Europe conducting and playing tours of the musical productions of Grease, A Chorus Lincolnshire, 42nd Street, and with Grease in Paris, France.
His work on Broadway includes Disney"s Tarzan, Glory Days, Peter Pan (starring Cathy Rigby), the original Fantasticks and Frankenstein with Hunter Foster and has also toured the United States with the Broadway Musicals The Full Monty, Spelling Bee, and Peter Pan.
He is on the Voice and Musical Theatre Faculty at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City and the American Musical Theatre Academy of London and is the author of a book entitled Musical Theatre Song: Selection. Preparation and Presentation for the Modern Performer published by Bloomsbury and to be released Winter of 2015.
