Joe Zenas

Joe Zenas (born 1967) is an American artist, event producer and musician from California, US. He has served as an event producer for various Super Bowl halftime shows, the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games, and for Universal Studios’ Creative Group.[1][2]

Early life and career

Joe was born in California, US and has completed his Bachelor of Arts in Music at Michigan State University. While studying at the university, he was awarded a position at Disneyland on The All American College Band. Zenas served as events producer for different live events like the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show which featured Michael Jackson. In addition to Super Bowl halftime shows, Zenas helped to produce other events, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games ceremonies in Atlanta, and the Hong Kong 1997 Reunification Spectacular. Zenas served as the producer and director at Universal Studios’ Creative Group.[3][4][5][6]

In 2016 Zenas was appointed to the founding board of directors of the General Entertainment Authority for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In May 2019, Zenas served as the College of Music keynote speaker at Michigan State University. He was also a recipient of the College of Music Distinguished Alumni Award. Zenas has been a noted speaker at Universities and Professional conferences on the topics of experiential design and entertainment including presentations at MIT Media Lab, USC Thornton School of Music, Michigan State University, Destination Dubai (2015), SEGD (2015), Makkah Region Economic Forum (2018), The Joy Conference (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2019), Saudi Entertainment and Amusement Conference - SEA (Riyadh, 2021).[7][8][9][10][11]

Projects
Attraction Location Year
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London: The Making of Harry Potter Leavesden, United Kingdom Most recent expansion: 2019 Opened: 2012
Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2018
Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum Yorba Linda, California 2016
Center for Puppetry Arts Atlanta, Georgia 2015
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi (expansions) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2013
Fernbank Museum of Natural History Atlanta, Georgia 2011
Snow Park at Ski Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2005
Jurassic Park Institute Tour Japan (touring) 2004
Universal 360: A Cinesphere Spectacular Universal Studios Florida, Orlando, Florida 2006
US Pavilion Dubai Expo Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2021
Universal Studios Cinematic Celebration Orlando, Florida 2006
Universal Studios Orlando Super Star Parade Orlando, Florida 2012
Expo 2020 Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2020

References
  1. Burgess, Kirstie (2021-03-03). "SDSU Pep Band Director helps coordinate Super Bowl Halftime Show". The Daily Aztec. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  2. "Spartan story Joe Zenas". www.music.msu.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  3. "Monkey Kingdom theme park set to open in China in 2014". Los Angeles Times. 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  4. "Spartan Story: Experience Orchestrator". Alumni. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  5. "Heinz Field, PNC Park lit blue in nationwide effort to honor essential workers". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  6. Nagraj, Aarti (2016-12-28). "Saudi appoints board for newly created entertainment entity". Gulf Business. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  7. "MSU Music alumnus seeks "passion and flexibility" when hiring to create shared experiences". WKAR Public Media. 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  8. "Joe Zenas | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  9. "WhiteWater, Thinkwell and investor Najibi eye second ACTVENTURE site in UAE". cladglobal.com. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  10. "Bringing Innovators and Technology for Business to YouTube". Dell Technologies. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  11. "Speakers Archive". Saudi Entertainment and Amusement Expo. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
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