Musical Director
Thu, 2 Aug 2001, 04:52 pmWalter Plinge4 posts in thread
Musical Director
Thu, 2 Aug 2001, 04:52 pmHi all. I'm studying Performing Arts at University and we have just been given an assignment that I would love to receive your input on. We each have to write a job description for a member of the production team working on creating a piece of music theatre. I am focusing on the role of the musical director. I was hoping that I could get your opinions on the role of the musical director including how much artistic input they should have and whether they should be focused more on the performer or the orchestra.
Thankyou so much, in anticipation.
Adam
Thankyou so much, in anticipation.
Adam
RE: Musical Director
Thu, 2 Aug 2001, 11:44 pmAdam, the fact that I am in no way interested in musicals except Grease (Yet somehow i always seem to be involved in them) will not affect my answer. I feel that the MD should cohort with the director on how he/she wants a song to look and sound like and help each performer accordingly. They should be there basically to guide the performers in their singing. Thats really all an MD can do.