Make Me A Song - The Music of William Finn

THE MUSIC OF
WILLIAM FINN

Conceived by
Rob Ruggiero
Directed by
Andrew MacBean

With
Louise Dearman
Frances Ruffelle
Gareth Snook
Simon Thomas
Sally Ann Triplett
Ian H Watkins

Musical Director
Matthew Brind
Production Designer
Ben M Rogers
Costume Designer
Claire Bilyard
Sound Designer
Gareth Owen for Orbital Sound

Gareth Snook, Simon Thomas, Frances Ruffelle and Ian H Watkins

Creative Team

Musical DirectorMatthew Brind

Matt works as a Musical Director, Composer and Orchestrator. As Musical Director, Desperately Seeking Susan Novello Theatre Me and My Girl UK Tour; Tomorrow Morning New End Theatre; West Side Story Battersea Arts Centre, Brick by Brick by Bricusse (Directed and Choreographed by Gillian Lynne); Espresso Trasho Arts Theatre; Honk Cardiff Everyman; Oklahoma and HMS Pinafore Sherman Theatre.As Assistant to the Musical Director Any Dream Will Do BBC Television and Grease is the Word ITV. As Children’s Musical Director Chitty Chitty Bang Bang London Palladium. Other West End Credits include The Woman in White, Palace Theatre (Keys 1)and The Sound of Music London Palladium(Deputy Keys).

Matt’s compositions have included, Dance of the Dragon, chosen as a finalist for the Global Search for New Musicals 2002; Tickledom - European Tour (First Choice Holidays)/Midsummer Festival of Music and Theatre, Cardiff 2004, ‘06, ’07; Gold Woman Performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2003/2007. Matt is currently writing in collaboration with writer Steve Coleman and producers Patrick Gracey and Daniel Sparrow an exciting new musical project called Only the Brave, set in the back drop of the Second World War, to be workshopped in Spring 2008. Matt has orchestrated for, Any Dream Will Do BBC Television; Britain’s Got Talent ITV; Me and My Girl UK Tour (Additional Vocal Arrangements and Additional Orchestrations); Tomorrow Morning New End Theatre and Album (Co – Orchestrator and Co – Vocal Arranger); Brick by Brick by Bricusse (Arranger) and The Brotherhood of Man The 70s Story (Album). Matt was Producer for the original cast recording of, Tomorrow Morning and has been a pianist for the X-Factor series 2 and 3.