What Life on a National Tour Teaches a Professional Musician

What Life on a National Tour Teaches a Professional Musician

A national tour combines performance with constant change. The production travels, venues change, schedules move quickly, and the company must deliver a consistent professional experience for every new audience. For a musician, touring becomes an education in...
Behind the Kit: Preparing for a Professional Theatre Production

Behind the Kit: Preparing for a Professional Theatre Production

The audience experiences a theatre production as a finished performance. Musicians experience everything that happens before the curtain rises: studying the score, organizing equipment, rehearsing transitions, adjusting to the room, and building trust with the...
The Drummer’s Role in Bringing Musical Theatre to Life

The Drummer’s Role in Bringing Musical Theatre to Life

When an audience watches a musical, its attention naturally goes to the actors, singers, choreography, scenery, and story. Beneath all of that visible activity is another performance taking place: the orchestra is shaping the pace, energy, and emotional direction of...