Orchestrations for Broadway, Theater, Concert and Film

Annie Live! The beloved musical aired Dec 2 on NBC starring Celina Smith, Harry Connick Jr, Nicole Scherzinger, and Tituss Burgess. Now streaming on Peacock! Happy to be a part of an amazing orchestration team with Lynne Shankel, Brian Usifer and Stephen Oremus (not to mention Phil Lang!).

Sense and Sensibility (Peter Gordon. Orchestrations: Hochman/Coughlin) (Check it out at streamingmusicals.com!)

S&M2 now streaming on PBS for Passport members! Visit pbs.org for more info. And of course you can purchase the film on Blue-ray and DVD from the usual sources.

The House (opera) (Ricky Ian Gordon/Lynn Nottage and Ruby Gerber) (Opera Theater of St Louis) (co-orchestation with the composer).

American Eclipse by Michael John LaChiusa.

Knoxville (Lynn Ahrens/Stephen Flaherty/Frank Galati) (Knoxville, TN -- late summer, 2024).

How to Dance in Ohio (Rebekah Greer Melocik, Jacob Yandura; Sammi Cannold, dir.) (P3 Productions) (Belasco Theater, Broadway - Closed Feb 11).

Billy Strayhorn: Something to Live For (Strayhorn/Ellington, Zellers, Gash; Kent Gash, dir.) (starring Darius de Haas) (Pittsburgh Public Theater).

Goin' Hollywood (Stephen Kole, David Krane; Gabriel Barre, dir.) (WaterTower Theater, Dallas).

A Man of No Importance (Stephen Flaherty/Lynn Ahrens/Terrence McNally) (Classic Stage Company). Directed by John Doyle. Starring Jim Parsons, Mare Winningham, AJ Shively, Shereen Ahmed.

Knoxville (Stephen Flaherty/Lynn Ahrens/Frank Galati) (Asolo Rep - Sarasota, FL). With Jason Daniely, Paul Alexander Nolan, Hannah Elless, Jack Casey. Based on James Agee's A Death in the Family.

Metallica and The San Francisco Symphony joined forces in the fall of 2019 for a truly epic concert: S&M2. The concert celebrated the 20th anniversary of the legendary 1999 concert (and CD) S&M which had arrangements by Michael Kamen. For this new concert I added orchestrations and arrangements for Metallica songs from the last 20 years: Halo On Fire, Confusion, Moth Into Flame, The Unforgiven III, All Within My Hands, The Day That Never Comes plus a new orchestration of Master of Puppets and a rewrite/reworking of the Geoff Alexander/Michael Kamen chart for Enter Sandman. (available on CD, DVD and Blue-ray)

(Two videos from the concert -- All Within My Hands and Moth Into Flame -- are on my Videos page)

"A must see." Louder
"...the arrangements succeed in accentuating and underlining Metallica’s playing, particularly on more dynamic tracks like The Day That Never Comes and S&M staple No Leaf Clover. A version of The Unforgiven III where Hetfield sings solo with the string section is a highlight sonically..." Consequence of Sound

Check out audio clips on the audio page.

Metallica: S&M2 (Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, Edwin Outwater, conductors) (Rhino/Blackened Recordings)
Arias and Barcarolles (Bernstein; San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas; Isabel Leonard, Ryan McKinny) (SFS Media)

Awards (Best Orchestrations):
TONY and Drama Desk Awards: The Light in the Piazza (co-award with Ted Sperling and Adam Guettel)
OBIE Award Floyd Collins

Nominations (Best Orchestrations):
TONY Award: Grey Gardens, Urinetown
Drama Desk: War Paint, First Daugher Suite, Giant, 9 To 5, Grey Gardens, Urinetown, Floyd Collins, The Sound of Music, See What I Wanna See, The Burnt Part Boys

Other Awards:
Shen Family Foundation Musical Theater Leadership Award