Miguel Esteban is a Canadian/American Musical Director who recently graduated with a Masters in Musical Directing from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS). He is also a graduate from the University of Toronto, where he received a Bachelor of Music in Classical Piano Performance and a Master of Teaching, both with High Distinction.

He is currently the Assistant Musical Director for the Hamilton UK & Ireland Tour. Previously he was AMD for Figaro at the London Palladium and AMD/cover conductor for The Red Shoes at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Prior to this, he was the Young Cast MD for the Byre Theatre’s panto of Beauty and the Beast in St. Andrews, Scotland. He was also co-MD for a new American musical Fountain of You at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which he also workshopped at the RCS in March 2024.

Prior to his time at the RCS, Miguel worked for a wide range of musical theatre productions as a freelance MD, pit musician (keyboard, violin, viola), keyboard programmer, and rehearsal/audition pianist. He was nominated for his MD work on The Spongebob Musical for “Best Musical Direction and Orchestra Performance (Professional)” in BroadwayWorld Toronto’s 2023 awards.

As the 2022/23 Director of Education & Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity at the Oshawa Little Theatre, Miguel combined his passion for education and musical theatre by founding and leading the OLT Youth Theatre Orchestra, which gave young musicians the opportunity to learn about musical theatre pit playing, attend various workshops related to musician health and pit playing, work with professional musicians and conductors, and perform in the pit for a live show at the end of the year.