musical theatre FACULTY

chip gallagher
DEPARTMENT CHAIR, chip.gallagher@gsarts.net
Chip Gallagher, has been a part of The Governor’s School for the Arts for the past 31 years. A published arranger and composer, he has served as director and musical director for Paramount’s King’s Dominion, Virginia Musical Theatre and The Virginia Stage Company. He is currently Artistic Director for Virginia Musical Theatre. Performing credits include King’s Dominion, Walt Disney World, King’s Productions, the 1984 Presidential Inaugural Celebration, and Virginia Musical Theatre’s productions of The Student Prince, Funny Girl, The Boyfriend, Tintypes, Guys & Dolls, Can-Can, Phantom, Bye, Bye Birdie, White Christmas and The Scarlet Pimpernel. Chip teaches Belt Tech, Audition Tech, and Musical Theatre Workshop.

jeff warner
CHOREOGRAPHER + ASSOCIATE CHAIR, jeff.warner@gsarts.net
Jeff Warner, first began performing in college with a group called “The New Virginians” at Virginia Tech, where he was an architecture major. Since then, he has been performing professionally for over twenty years - for theme park shows, cruise ships, and musicals with regional theaters. Jeff has performed in and/or choreographed over thirty productions with Virginia Musical Theatre and is very proud to have spent the past nineteen years as choreographer and dance teacher for the Musical Theatre Department of The Governor’s School for the Arts. Jeff teaches Jazz, Broadway Styles, Broadway Literature.

Allan Decipulo
MUSICAL DIRECTOR, VOCAL COACHING, allan.decipulo@gsarts.net
A talented pianist/accompanist, Allan is the musical director and vocal coach in the Musical Theater department. Allan has worked for many arts educational institutions including Broadway Dance Center, Ballet Arts, City College of New York and Arena Stage in Washington D.C. Along with accompanying for auditions, rehearsals and vocal classes in New York, he has had the great pleasure of serving as Music Director and Vocal coach with other Broadway Artists in “Take It From The Top”, a New York City based organization which presents performance workshops for aspiring teens across the country. Since moving back to the Hampton Roads area, Allan has accompanied for the Hampton Roads Men’s Chorus, the Children’s Chorus of Virginia, and has played keyboard for Virginia Musical Theatre and Governor’s School for the Arts productions. Currently, Allan is the resident Musical Director for Virginia Musical Theatre, a Teaching Artist for Young Audiences of Virginia, Music teacher at the Stratford School, and serves as pianist/organist at VBCC. Allan received his bachelor’s in Piano Performance from Radford University.
