2026 Inductee: Don Breithaupt

Emmy Award winner Don Breithaupt co-wrote “All Over the World,” the leadoff single from Chicago XXXVII in 2019, and “Swing Balboa (Down on Riverside)” for the Manhattan Transfer’s comeback album The Junction in 2018. His music for the hit animated series 6teen garnered three SOCAN Awards for him and television scoring partner Anthony Vanderburgh.

Known worldwide for his Juno-nominated Monkey House project, Breithaupt counts among his recent collaborators, Marc Jordan, Rik Emmett, Alfie Zappacosta, and his New York-based lyricist brother Jeff Breithaupt. Breithaupt attended the prestigious Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship and holds a master’s degree in music composition from York University. He and Jeff are three-time finalists for the New York-based Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre Songwriting.