{"product_id":"music-direction-for-the-stage-a-view-from-the-podium-9780199993413","title":"Music Direction for the Stage: A View from the Podium","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\u003cbr\u003ehave the flexibility to adjust as needed to a multifaceted job description, one which changes with each production and often with each performer. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003cem\u003eMusic Direction for the Stage\u003c\/em\u003e, 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\u003cbr\u003eforemost 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\u003cbr\u003eprofessional 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, \u003cbr\u003eincluding 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\u003cbr\u003eproduction 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\u003cbr\u003efind work and gain standing in the field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Church\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199993413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJOSEPH CHURCH\u003c\/strong\u003e is best known for his work as music director and supervisor of two groundbreaking Broadway musicals, \u003cem\u003e The Who's\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eTommy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Lion King\u003c\/em\u003e. He has worked on countless other productions as music director, conductor, keyboardist, and\/or arranger, on and Off-Broadway, nationwide, and worldwide, among them, \u003cem\u003e In The Heights\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSister Act\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLes Miserables\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLittle Shop Of Horrors\u003c\/em\u003e, Randy Newman's \u003cem\u003eFaust\u003c\/em\u003e, and Radio City's \u003cem\u003eChristmas Spectacular\u003c\/em\u003e. Also an active composer, he has written for film, television, the concert stage, and over thirty plays and musicals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40189594927219,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_bf3348ff-1048-4152-8a0e-cc73099c6d05.jpg?v=1655816982","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/music-direction-for-the-stage-a-view-from-the-podium-9780199993413","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}