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Hey everyone! So as you may have noticed, I’ve moved my blog from my personal domain (LoganCulwell.com if you feel like visiting) to right here on Blogspot. I think it will be easier for me to keep it updated and it really makes no difference to anyone else, so I’ll stop talking about it.

Note that I created a poll to see if the name of this new blog is too stupid for words. If you get a chance, go vote on it!

Now on to why I’m actually writing this post. I’m currently in the second week of rehearsals for “Into the Woods,” a musical I’m music directing at the Sooner Theatre. It’s pretty exciting because it marks my music direction debut. Well, I’ve music directed a lot before, but this is my first time working with adults in a production that I didn’t put together myself. That’s an accomplishment, right?

It’s been going pretty darn well. The cast is super talented and eager to work with me even on the nit-picky details that I care way too much about. I’m getting a nice little orchestra (Violin, Cello, Trumpet, French Horn, Flute and me on Piano/Synthesizer) and I’ve been working for several weeks on re-arrangeing Jonathan Tunick’s lovely orchestration to suit our players. It’s a shame we don’t get to use the whole set, but we don’t have the space nor the funding. The thing I really love about the orchestration when used in full, however, is how Tunick didn’t have a TON of instruments to work with, but he also didn’t try to make it sound like he did. What he created was a wonderful chamber orchestra with lots of color and, most importantly, it doesn’t sound puney or fake. He also had a wonderful wonderful Sondheim score to start with, and that certainly helps.

Well, that’s all for now folks. Until next time!