Felipe Perez Santiago is a Mexican composer, arranger, guitarist, conductor, and sound artist who enjoys a tremendously varied musical career.
Jonathan Kelly on the “Concerto in D” by Wynton Marsalis
Jonathan Kelly works as a music supervisor for Wynton Marsalis. In previous blog posts he explained how he got his enviable gig and shared some details of a collaboration between Wynton and the Garth Fagan Dance Company.
Finale Spotlight on Adam Perlmutter’s String Instrument Notation
Adam Perlmutter is a freelance contributing editor at Stringletter, publishers of Acoustic Guitar, Classical Guitar, Strings, Ukulele and Drum magazines.
Finale Spotlight on Alex Lacamoire, Orchestrator of Hamilton
Hamilton is a cultural phenomenon. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton has won 11 Tony Awards (including Best Musical and Best Orchestrations), a Pulitzer Prize, a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album, and numerous other awards.
Finale Spotlight on David Wohl and Uncle Jed’s Barbershop
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop is a soul-stirring musical that tells the story of Sarah Jean Carter and her Uncle Jed – the only black barber in 1928 Monroe County, Arkansas – who has a dream of one day opening his own place of business.