Javar
La’trail
Parker

Actor · Singer · Musician · Storyteller

A multidisciplinary performing artist bringing craft, warmth, and musical intelligence to stage, screen, studio, and voice.

Atlanta · AEA · Working across the US, UK & Canada

Performance reels & demos

Watch
& Listen.

Performance, character, and musicianship—from the screen to the stage and recording studio.

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Acting & Singing

Acting Demo Reel

Film & television

Musical Theatre Vocal Reel

Vocal performance

Sail On

Music video

I Love You

Performance video

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Voiceover

Voiceover · English

Voiceover Reel

Selected voice performance work.

Character Work

Animation Demo

Character and animation performance.

Voiceover · Español

Spanish Voiceover Reel

Spanish-language voice performance.

About Javar

One artist.
Many ways to tell a story.

Javar La’trail Parker is an Atlanta-based professional actor, singer, and musician whose career spans more than two decades.

A native of Mansfield, Ohio, Javar has performed throughout the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada—from London’s West End and national tours to regional theatre, concert performance, film, and music direction.

He is a graduate of the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music and holds a Master of Arts in Music Education from CUNY–Hunter College.

20+
Years professional experience
3
Countries of performance work
8
Creative disciplines

Creative practice

Every discipline
feeds the next.

Performance instincts shape the music. Musicianship deepens the storytelling. Each capacity is distinct—and part of one connected practice.

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Performance

Actor

AEA stage and screen performer with credits spanning the West End, national tours, regional premieres, television, and independent film.

Selected credits
02

Vocal

Singer

Bari-tenor with experience in musical theatre, contemporary R&B, concert performance, vocal jazz, and featured solo work.

03

Instrumental

Musician

Expert pianist, organist, and harmonica player, with additional experience in saxophone, trumpet, conducting, and ensemble performance.

04

Leadership

Music Direction

Two-time Suzi Bass Award nominee for Music Direction

Music direction and vocal leadership for productions including Hot Jambalaya, Catching the Moon, and Johnny Appleseed.

05

Original work

Composer

Original music shaped by conservatory training, theatre practice, contemporary sound, and an actor’s instinct for emotional arc.

06

Musical architecture

Arranger

Vocal and musical arrangements built for character, ensemble clarity, and the dramatic life of a song.

07

Recorded music

Songwriter

Songwriter and recording artist behind the contemporary R&B albums The VB Chronicles, Parts 1 & 2.

08

Spoken word

Voiceover Artist

A warm, resonant, expressive voice for commercial, narration, character, theatrical, and branded work.

Compositions & arrangements

Music for
story.

Original scoring, theatrical arrangement, and music direction shaped around character, atmosphere, and emotional arc.

Featured reel · 00:59

CompositionShowreel

A concise collection of original scoring work across narrative film, documentary, and promotional media.

Original arrangements

Choir Boy

A selection of Javar’s original arrangements for Choir Boy, produced at Actors’ Express Theatre in 2026. The arrangements bring theatrical storytelling, ensemble sound, and the emotional life of the production together.

“Under the guidance of Music Director Javar La'Trail Parker, the ensemble delivers spirituals that function like an emotional chorus for the action unfolding around them.”
Joseph Harrison · BroadwayWorld August 11, 2026

Audio · 02

Original Arrangements

Select a track to listen.

Now playing

Motherless Child

Video · 03

Arrangement in Performance

Rainbow Round My Shoulder

Original arrangement · Choir Boy

Rockin’ Jerusalem

Original arrangement · Choir Boy

Music & voice

“A performer’s ear.
A musician’s instinct.
A storyteller’s point of view.”

The VB Chronicles
Parts 1 & 2 · Contemporary R&B

Featured soloist
Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, conducted by Marin Alsop

Selected press

The work,
reviewed.

Critical response to Javar’s work as an actor, singer, and music director.

View review archive

Acting · Rent UK National Tour

“Yuppie sometime-bad guy Benjamin Coffin III seems as peculiar a character as ever, but Javar La’Trail Parker invests him with a surprising degree of humanity.”
All Edinburgh Theatre 20th Anniversary UK Tour

Acting · The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

“Joining them is street-wise-ex-con Mitch Mahoney (hysterically performed by Javar La'Trail Parker), who serves as the contest's dreaded terminator, subtly called the ‘Comfort Counselor.’”
Democrat & Chronicle Geva Theatre

Music Direction · Catching the Moon

“Musical Direction by Javar La’trail Parker keeps the harmonies tight and right in the strike zone.”
Jody Tuso-Key · Speakeysie February 26, 2026

Vocal Performance · Rent UK National Tour

“The whole cast is simply faultless, with highlights from Javar La’Trail Parker as the antagonist Benny in You’ll See.”
Love Midlands Theatre 20th Anniversary UK Tour

Selected credits

From the West End
to the camera.

A body of work across theatre, film, television, concert performance, and music direction.

Download full résumé

West End & Tour

Jesus Christ Superstar

Ensemble · Simon Zealot cover
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Rent

Benny · Roger/Collins cover
UK Tour

Show Boat

Ensemble · Stevedore
New London Theatre

Seussical

Wickersham
U.S. National Tour

Stage & Concert

Les Misérables

Ensemble · u/s Javert
City Springs Theatre Company

A Strange Loop

Thought 6
Actors’ Express

Beauty and the Beast

Ensemble · u/s Beast & Gaston
City Springs Theatre Company

The Scottsboro Boys

Charlie Weems · Victoria Price
Beck Center for the Performing Arts

Leonard Bernstein’s Mass

Featured Soloist
Royal Festival Hall

Screen

Merry Christmas, Well Maybe

Lead
Signal23TV Productions

About Him

Guest Star · Recurring
Signal23TV Productions

Jawaani Jaaneman

Supporting
Black Knight Films

Come Up For Air

Supporting Lead
West Pier Productions

At a glance

Range backed
by craft.

AEA · 6’0” · Bari-tenor · Black hair · Brown eyes

View professional résumé

Music

Piano · Organ · Harmonica · Conducting · Music Direction · Composition · Vocal Jazz · Saxophone · Trumpet

Language & Dialect

Spanish · French · Standard British · London · Northern British

Training

BM, Music Theatre
Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music

MA, Music Education
CUNY–Hunter College

Social & music

Connect
& Listen.

Follow along for performances, new music, and life beyond the stage.

Booking & inquiries

Let’s make something
worth remembering.

Choose the contact that best fits your project or booking inquiry.

Voiceover · Composition · Arranging · Music Direction

Voiceover & music inquiries

For voiceover bookings, composition, arranging, or music direction projects, please contact Javar directly.

Email Javar Javar.Parker@hotmail.com