Brad Ellis

Birth Name:

Brad Ellis

Profession

Actor, Music department

Named Person of the Year by Donate Life Hollywood in 2011 after supporting the non-profit for years
Graduated from Boston's Berklee College of Music
Recipient of a heart transplant in 1999 after battling chronic issues since childhood
Quote: "I'm not a celebrity, I'm a sub-lebrity․ There is a difference!"
Can often been seen as the background piano player for several hit television programs including "Gilmore Girls", "Glee" and several others
Initially joined "Glee" in an off-screen function, serving as the musical director and vocal coach, however, he would later begin to be featured in on-screen musical numbers
He has been associated with the theatrical shows Forbidden Broadway, Seven Broadway Shows in 7 Minutes and The Tin Pan Alley Rag, among dozens of others
States that one of his most treasured learning experiences came after he was able to study under jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie at Berklee
Helped choose the finalists for Oxygen's "The Glee Project"

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