As my career has progressed and I’ve been finding my feet in it, I’ve found myself branching out, like so many musicians, into wider musical areas. Specifically, I’ve been focussing on writing, arranging and orchestrating music. With my time doing Fiddler On The Roof approaching a year now, the steady playing work (which I’ve balanced with depping on the Calendar Girls and Saturday Night Fever UK Tours) has allowed me to direct my energies into these areas much more easily.
Last week held a particularly fun project for me, when I was challenged by two amazing multi-woodwind players (Jack Reddick and Sophie Creaner) to orchestrate something for “as many woodwind instruments as possible” that they could video themselves recording. Challenge quickly accepted, I looked to the 2010 Sondheim revue Sondheim On Sondheim, which contains a white-knuckle arrangement of Something’s Coming from Bernstein’s West Side Story. Between eight parts, I managed to fit in a grand total of 25 different instruments (11 flutes, 3 saxophones, 4 clarinets and 7 recorders) and we made this video. Admire it — some of those instrument changes from Jack and Sophie are truly expert.
Last week held a particularly fun project for me, when I was challenged by two amazing multi-woodwind players (Jack Reddick and Sophie Creaner) to orchestrate something for “as many woodwind instruments as possible” that they could video themselves recording. Challenge quickly accepted, I looked to the 2010 Sondheim revue Sondheim On Sondheim, which contains a white-knuckle arrangement of Something’s Coming from Bernstein’s West Side Story. Between eight parts, I managed to fit in a grand total of 25 different instruments (11 flutes, 3 saxophones, 4 clarinets and 7 recorders) and we made this video. Admire it — some of those instrument changes from Jack and Sophie are truly expert.
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