About Scott Gehman: Composer

As Special Assistant to the President, Dr. Scott Gehman has developed Houston Community College’s comprehensive plan for workforce training and economic development to address the training needs of healthcare institutions, corporate headquarters, banking, real estate, energy, engineering, IT and small business… In addition, Dr. Gehman is Chair of Houston Community College’s Audio Recording and Filmmaking Department. The department hosts the only film program for Texas Colleges with training in sound recording, music production, electronic music, film editing, production and scriptwriting… Scott Gehman has composed music and orchestrations for theatrical musicals over the past twenty years. His music adaptation of Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice toured Houston and Beijing; His music and orchestrations to “The Legend of Yin & Yang,” matched to Burton Harold Wolfe’s book and lyrics, created the first Sino-Caucasian musical ever produced in South China and was documented in PBS Television’s “Making the Legend.” Dr. Gehman studied music at HSPVA, North Texas State and holds a B.M, M.M, and D.M.A from the Shepherd School of Music of Rice University. Prior to his faculty position at HCC, Scott served as Music Director for Strake Jesuit College Preparatory;  was  Director of Houston’s Summer Jazz Workshop; and taught electronic music at Rice University.

Burton Harold Wolfe: Author and Lyricist 
President, Worldwide Stage, Inc.

Performing arts and Special Event Producer and Director,  Burton Harold Wolfe, has been involved with theatrical productions, international events and cultural exchanges for more than two decades. His love is to produce, write and direct Musical theatre productions that contain a wide range of styles and subject matter. The musicals he has directed have received outstanding reviews including those for: Miss Saigon, A Funny Thing Happen On The Way To The Forum, West Side Story, Cabaret, and many others… Mr. Wolfe has had the privilege of working with renowned celebrities: Audrey Hepburn, Helen Hayes, Mickey Rooney, Julio Iglesias, Willie & Lobo and many more.

Another side of Burton Harold Wolfe’s theatrical activities has been to bridge performers and audiences from throughout the world through Culture Exchanges and International Festivals.  Mr. Wolfe organized AsiaFest, a festival featuring more than 350 performing artists, along with trade and commerce officials. The Festival was praised by US President Ronald Reagan as “a breakthrough event.” Currently, Burton Harold Wolfe’s creation of The Legend of Yin and Yang, skillfully merges Chinese acrobats and martial arts performers, side by side with American hip-hop dancers – two dynamic casts from two nations performing together. “The Legend of Yin and Yang,”  is a bilingual production in that the dialogue and songs are sung in both English and Mandarin.  Burton Harold Wolfe’s vision is to create many more bilingual productions that both entertain and enlighten. As he has often said, “The Arts have no borders. International Cultural Exchanges move us all a little closer to world peace and global prosperity...”