Tales & Tips from the Pit: A Guide to Music Directing and Conducting for Community Theatre - Softcover

Henning, Kurt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1508458111 ISBN 13: 9781508458111

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

A handy guide for the community theatre music director and conductor whose formal music studies did not specifically address putting on an actual Broadway show using your local amateur talent. Topics take the reader from score study all the way through Closing Night.

About this title

About the Author

Kurt Henning is a music director/conductor in the Chicago area. He earned his Bachelor's in Double Bass Performance and his Master's in Orchestral Conducting at Northwestern University. He conducted the orchestra and bands at Loyola University Chicago from 1990 - 2000, and then took his baton into local community theatre venues. After eight years and 17 shows, he decided to switch artistic gears and focus on writing, working on a memoir and a screenplay (still working!). Upon deciding to return to conducting for community theatre, the thought of writing a book on the subject came to mind, and this is the result. Kurt is also the proud father of two boys, runs a business as a full-time piano tuner/technician, and is an aviation structural mechanic with the Navy Reserve.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1508458111
• ISBN 13: 9781508458111
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 148