Media

Podcast appearances

  • “[A]n audio documentary about Stephen Sondheim's work as a composer, a less-discussed aspect of his career than his lyric-writing.”

    [Listen on YouTube]

  • “Frank’s old friends give him advice, but his new friends persuade him to choose a different path. Nathan Beary Blustein joins Kyle to discuss the end of Act One, and what exactly is happening musically in this song.”

    [Listen on Transistor.fm]

  • “I Guess This is Goodbye is a short song about saying goodbye to your best cow. Maybe They're Magic explicitly shows the difference in worldview between the Baker and his wife. Nathan Beary Blustein returns to dig into how these songs fit musically into the score and what they say about the characters.”

    [Listen on Transistor.fm]

Transcription/copying

  • Piano-vocal (excerpt) PDF
    Full score (excerpt) PDF
    Sample part: guitar PDF
    (notated in Sibelius)
    For reference: Joe’s Pub performance with Melissa Jean Giachetti (cued to start at 31'12")

    Music by Avi Amon • Lyrics by Avi Amon and Tim J. Lord • Orchestrations by Mike Brun

    I was the copyist and transcriber for this production at The Kennedy Center’s Theatre for Young Audiences. I transcribed Avi Amon’s piano/vocal demos for the workshop, and then I prepared the full score and individual parts from Mike Brun’s orchestrations.

  • Piano-vocal PDF (notated in Dorico)
    For reference: Cast album recording with Essie Borden and Lee Guilliat

    Book, music, and lyrics by Al Carmines

    This show is a loose re-telling of Joan of Arc set in East and Greenwich Villages in the 1970s. I transcribed the entire score from the 1972 LP (for which Al Carmines at the piano was the entire orchestration) and was the MD for a staged reading in Washington, DC directed by my spouse, Patrick Loughstein.

  • Piano-vocal PDF (notated in Dorico)

    This excerpt merges the original song and its reprise in Crazy For You (1992). If you’d like to work on creating or preparing an audition cut, check out my coaching page.

  • PDFs (notated in Finale)

    These excerpt include re-copying and analytical notation for “Everybody Loves Louis” from Sunday in the Park with George and “I Guess This is Goodbye” from Into the Woods. The entire dissertation is here.

Reel: Excerpt from "Intermission Song" from A Strange Loop • Excerpt from "Biggest Blame Fool" from Seussical • Excerpt from “I Know Things Now” from Into the Woods • “Your Daddy’s Son” from Ragtime

Performances

Excerpt from “Moving Too Fast” from The Last Five Years

“Losing My Mind” from Follies, recorded at home on Stephen Sondheim’s 91st birthday.

A jazz-inspired solo piano piece by Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942), recorded at home.

An excerpt from “Moments in the Woods,” performed with Rachel Policar and the NYU Broadway Orchestra. Recorded at the NYU Summer Intensive in Musical Theatre Conducting.