Victoria played in the orchestra for The Light in the Piazza, the beautiful new Broadway show by Adam Guettel that ran from April 2005 through July 2006 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. This show won 6 Tony Awards for 2005, including Best Actress in a Musical, Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations and has a featured harp part. Click on the poster at left for information. A link to the cast recording is provided on the CDs page.

PLEASE NOTE: BROADWAY MUSICIANS MAY BE ENDANGERED SPECIES! The League of Broadway Theaters and Producers has succeeded in eliminating almost one third of the musicians used in Broadway pit orchestras during its last round of contract negotiations in March 2003. They hope to eventually replace live musicians with "Virtual Orchestras", a new type of computerized synthesizer. As of March 2005 there are only 5 of 20 musicals that use harp (2 years ago there were 9); many of the others use keyboards to simulate the harp. This is also happening with string and horn players. Please go to WWW. SAVELIVEBROADWAY.COM for more information. Thank you! 

Here are some sound files of NPR stories about the 2003 negotiations and the musicians' strike, including an interview with yours truly:  

Broadway Music  February 28, 2003  Contract negotiations are in progress between Broadway producers and pit musicians, and the two sides are in bitter dispute. Sara Fishko examines some of the finer points of this struggle for the future of Broadway music.

 (approx. 7 minutes)   

Reactions to Broadway Strike Resolution by Judith Kampfner NEW YORK, NY (March14, 2003)  The Broadway musicals strike was settled this week. WNYC's Judith Kampfner spoke with one musician and one producer to find out what to listen for as the negotiated changes are put into play. © Copyright 2003, WNYC
 

  (approx. 4 minutes)

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