Music Direction for the Stage
A View from the Podium
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 2 April 2015
- ISBN 9780199993413
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages416 pages
- Size 178x254x20 mm
- Weight 739 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 73 music examples and 31 photographs 0
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Short description:
One of Broadway's foremost music directors emerges from the orchestra pit to tell how the music is put into a musical show. Part descriptive account, part instruction manual, this book offers a unique and invaluable look behind the scenes, from the point of view of the musical chief of staff, the music director.
MoreLong description:
Theater music directors must draw on a remarkably broad range of musical skills. Not only do they conduct during rehearsals and performances, but they must also be adept arrangers, choral directors, vocal coaches, and accompanists. Like a record producer, the successful music director must have the flexibility to adjust as needed to a multifaceted job description, one which changes with each production and often with each performer.
In Music Direction for the Stage, veteran music director and instructor Joseph Church demystifies the job in a book that offers aspiring and practicing music directors the practical tips and instruction they need in order to mount a successful musical production. Church, one of Broadway's foremost music directors, emerges from the orchestra pit to tell how the music is put into a musical show. He gives particular attention to the music itself, explaining how a music director can best plan the task of learning, analyzing, and teaching each new piece. Based on his years of professional experience, he offers a practical discussion of a music director's methods of analyzing, learning, and practicing a score, thoroughly illustrated by examples from the repertoire. The book also describes how a music director can effectively approach dramatic and choreographic rehearsals, including key tips on cueing music to dialogue and staging, determining incidental music and underscoring, making musical adjustments and revisions in rehearsal, and adjusting style and tempo to performers' needs. A key theme of the book is effective collaboration with other professionals, from the production team to the creative team to the performers themselves, all grounded in Church's real-world experience with professional, amateur, and even student performances. He concludes with a look at music direction as a career, offering invaluable advice on how the enterprising music director can find work and gain standing in the field.
If you're interested in the world of musical theater I know you'll enjoy and learn from Joe Church's Music Direction For The Stage: A View From the Podium.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: The View From The Podium
Part I: The Music Director: A Job Description
Chapter 1: Music Direction Yesterday And Today
Chapter 2: Musical Stage Production
Chapter 3: Job Opportunities For Music Directors
Part II: Personnel
Chapter 4: The Production Team
Chapter 5: The Creative Team
Chapter 6: The Music Team
Chapter 7: The Performers
Part III: Preproduction
Chapter 8: Mounting A Production
Chapter 9: The Music: Assessment And Analysis
Chapter 10: Arranging For Music Directors
Part IV: Rehearsals 1: Singers And The Stage
Chapter 11: Overview Of Rehearsal Process
Chapter 12: Individual Vocal Rehearsals
Chapter 13: Ensemble Vocal Rehearsals
Chapter 14: Rehearsals With Directors And Choreographers
Chapter 15: Adapting Music To The Production
Part V: Rehearsals 2: Musicians, Technicians, And The Venue
Chapter 16: Orchestras And Orchestrations
Chapter 17: Instrumental Conducting For The Stage
Chapter 18: From The Studio To The Stage
Part VI: Performance
Chapter 19: Conducting In Performance
Chapter 20: Maintaining A Production And Preserving A Show
Chapter 21: Working As A Music Director
Appendix A: Putting It Together
Appendix B: Bibliography, Suggested Reading, And List Of Musical
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