director of the East tour. In discussing the unexpected development of the rock opera formatted, Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist Al Pitrelli said in a 2007 interview: “Rock opera is not that popular right now. But about a dozen years or so ago, Paul O'Neill, Bob Kinkel, Jon Oliva and myself just sat down and said, 'We want to make a record that's representative of all four of our musical backgrounds.' It's not like we were trying to write a record that was current, or get on the charts, or keep up with kids 20, 30 years younger than us.” In 2011, Kinkel began writing, recording, and performing with New York-based vocalist Dina Fanai, who had previously worked as a vocal coach with Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Kinkel was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame in October 2007. The next year, Kinkel commented to Rocknotes Webzine: "It’s just a great honor, to have someone nominate you and then go through the whole thing. That was just a huge honor and it made me feel really good. I was very proud to accept it." Discography Savatage Hall of the Mountain King (1987) Gutter Ballet (1989) Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) Ghost in the Ruins – A Tribute to Criss Oliva (1995) Dead Winter Dead (1996) The Wake of Magellan (1998) Poets and Madmen (2001) Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas Eve and Other Stories (1996) The Christmas Attic (1998) The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (DVD, 2000) Beethoven's Last Night (2000) The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) Night Castle (2009) With others Was (Not Was) - Born to Laugh at Tornadoes(1983) Arthur B. Rubinstein - Wargames Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983) Smashed Gladys - Social Intercourse (1988) Various artists - Fleshtones Present The Big Bang Theory, Time Bomb! with Love Delegation (1988) Paul Winter - Wolf Eyes (1988) Badlands - Badlands (1989) Various artists - Just Say Anything (Vol. V of Just Say Yes) with Royal Crescent Mob (1991) Heyday - Heyday (1994) Various artists - Reaction, Volume 4 with Thom Jack(1994) Co-compositional credits with Trans-Siberian Orchestra Appalachian Snowfall Beethoven Boughs of Holly Christmas Dreams Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 (originally by Savatage) Dreams of Candlelight Faith Noel Fur Elise Ghosts of Christmas Eve Good King Joy I'll Keep Your Secrets Last Illusion Mad Russians Christmas Mephistopheles Return Midnight Misery Mozart Perfect Christmas Night Promises To Keep Remember Snow Came Down Three Kings and I (What Really Happened) "Time You