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Re: Broadway musicians

Author: Chetclarinet
Date: 2010-06-15 12:03

Actually, the Houston Ballet Orchestra uses full orchestrations consistently. The orchestra has a 30 year record of doing so. I am thankfull for this! On the other hand, all of the Broadway touring, and Theatre Under the Stars (local large national regional company)musicals have had reduced orchestrations, often doing away with strings, and reducing the number of woodwind books. This obviously increases the pressure on the remaining woodwind doublers to play mulitple instruments well which is unfortunately becoming a dying art these days. What a thrill it was to recently play a run of the revival of South Pacific for TUTS with an originally scored orchestra of 26, which was acutually advertised in the program! The orchestra was not amplified, a rare treat!

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