Welcome to my Web Site!

If you've come this far, you probably already know that I am principally an orchestrator for Broadway, other theater, recordings, concerts and film. To answer your questions about what I do, use the links above.

Audio Clips on the Discography page! Clips of my orchestrations from various projects in mp3 format. Check them out! Click here.

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

Previous nominations:
TONY Award: Grey Gardens, Urinetown
Drama Desk: 9 To 5, Grey Gardens,
Floyd Collins, The Sound of Music, Urinetown,
The Burnt Part Boys

Shen Family Foundation
Musical Theater Leadership Award
Now Playing:

Giant (Michael John LaChiusa, Sybille Pearson;
Michael Greif, dir.)
(Dallas Theater Center)
"Giant is a big step forward for the American musical."
"as big as Texas -- and all heart"
Dallas Morning News

Anything Goes: "Goodbye, Little Dream, Goodbye"

 
Coming Up:

A Room With A View Jeffrey Stock, Marc Acito. Scott Schwartz, dir.) (The Old Globe)

Far From Heaven (Frankel/Korie) (Williamstown, Michael Greif, dir.)

Finding Neverland (Frankel/Korie) (West End London, Rob Ashford, dir.)

 
Recent:

Audra McDonald at Carnegie Hall
I orchestrated about 1/3 of the concert: Make Someone Happy, My Buddy, Go Back Home, Angry Man/Baby Mine, I Happen To Like New York, Warm All Over, Ain't It de Truth.

Saving Aimee (Gifford, Friedman, Pomeranz)
(5th Ave Theatre, Seattle)

Tales of the City (Jake Shears, John Garden, Jeff Whitty)
(ACT, San Francisco; Jason Moore, dir.)

A Second Chance (Ted Shen; Signature Theater, VA)

9 to 5 (National Tour) (Dolly Parton; Jeff Calhoun, dir)

Rappahannock County (opera) (Ricky Ian Gordon/Mark Campbell; Virginia Arts Festival)
CD Release:

The Burnt Part Boys (Chris Miller/NathanTysen)
Talkin' Broadway: Top Ten Cast albums of 2011
Excerpts available on the Discography page: Click here.

"Mr. Coughlin's orchestration for "Grey Gardens" is ambrosia — I have been addicted to the CD for months. He has the woodwinds, in particular, burbling and blending and commenting on the songs in an intoxicating way — what that man can do with a bassoon alone. He is a Michelangelo of orchestration."

John McWhorter (Manhattan Institute) in an editorial commentary in the New York Sun (6/14/2007) about the 2007 TONY award for Best Orchestration. It's one man's opinion but makes for an interesting read: Read the NY Sun editorial here