Music software replacing human musicians in Broadway and commercial theatre orchestras
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Elissa Blake
Summary
Commercial musical theatre productions worldwide are reducing orchestra sizes by replacing human musicians with increasingly sophisticated software like KeyComp. The Lion King's Australian production cut its pit orchestra from 17 to 11 players. This trend is eliminating jobs for musicians and stretching remaining workers thinner, as technology enables cost-cutting measures in live theatre.
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bskyMusic software replacing human musicians in Broadway and commercial theatre orchestrastheguardian.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledDuring The Lion King's Australian debut season in 2003, there would have been 17 players. Now there are just 11.
Armed with increasingly sophisticated software, commercial musical theatre productions worldwide are culling musicians to reduce costs.
Musicians are losing jobs, or stretched further in the gigs they can get, as KeyComp and other technologies replace human players in the pit
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