Joseph Joubert is a hugely versatile musician whose wide-ranging accomplishments and talent as a pianist, arranger, orchestrator, Broadway conductor, and music director have taken him around the world. Most recently Joubert was musical director and orchestrator for Harriet Tubman star Cynthia Erivo in three sold out Tokyo performances.

Next season he will be musical supervisor for Blue at the Apollo directed by Phylicia Rashad starring Lynn Whitfield and Leslie Ugams. Also next year Roundabout Theatre Company will be presenting Caroline, or Change using orchestrations by Joubert. Last summer he was orchestrator with Danny Troob for Alan Menken’s Hercules presented by PublicWorks for Disney. He was music supervisor and orchestrator for Classic Stage Company’s Carmen Jones starring Anika Noni Rose to rave reviews.

His Broadway orchestration credits include: The Color Purple (Drama Desk Nomination), Disaster, Violet (Drama Desk Nomination), Leap of Faith, and Caroline or Change. He was Musical Director for Berry Gordy’s Motown The Musicaland was assistant conductor for Nice Work If You Can Get Itand Billy Elliot. He was also a guest conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Christmas Concert featuring Take 6.

Joubert was Musical Director, Arranger, and Pianist for Norm Lewis’s American Songbook, the PBS Live from Lincoln Center special and was orchestrator/musical supervisor and conductor for the PBS special Three Mo’Tenors and production of Three Mo Divas. He was an orchestrator for the TV show Smash and the film Night’s In Rodanthe. He received a Grammy nomination for Best Arrangement accompanying a vocal for the Broadway inspirational voices Great Joy.

As a record producer and arranger/orchestrator he has worked with Ashford and Simpson,
Diana Ross, George Benson, Patti LaBelle, Whitney Houston, among many others. His orchestrations are used by symphonies across the U.S. including The New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia orchestras.
He appeared in the Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Porgy and Bessas the piano-player Jasbo Brown. Critics have hailed Joubert’s “sensitive and supportive” performances as an accompanist and the “uncommon tonal beauty” of his playing. He has collaborated with such classical singers as Denyce Graves, Esther Hinds, and more and performed with Kathleen Battle at the White House for President Bill Clinton as well as Carnegie Hall.

Joubert is at home arranging and performing in any style from classical to pop, gospel to Broadway, spiritual to R & B. He has reinterpreted classic hymns on his solo piano CD “Total Praise”and most recent solo piano CD “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God: The Joubert Experience” released by GIA Publications. His published arrangements are performed all over the world. As Musical Director for Judy Collins for five years he performed with the London Symphony and many of the major American orchestras.

A link to his extensive recording catalogue can be found here:  https://www.allmusic.com/artist/joseph-joubert-mn0000784075/credits