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Bill Elliott is a keyboardist, songwriter, composer, and [[Tony Award]] winning [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] ochestrator.<ref name="professorbill">{{cite web|last1=Ashton|first1=Emily|title=Professor Bill Elliott Wins Tony Award for Hit Broadway Musical|url=https://www.berklee.edu/news/professor-bill-elliott-wins-tony-award-broadway-hit-musical|website=berklee.edu|publisher=Berklee College of Music|accessdate=30 December 2016|date=July 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name="stewartlatimes">{{cite news|last1=Stewart|first1=Zan|title=MUSIC : Getting Into the '30s Swing : Bill Elliott|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-06-30/news/va-18752_1_bill-elliott|accessdate=30 December 2016|publisher=The Los Angeles Times|date=June 30, 1995}}</ref> |
Bill Elliott is a keyboardist, songwriter, composer, and [[Tony Award]] winning [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] ochestrator.<ref name="professorbill">{{cite web|last1=Ashton|first1=Emily|title=Professor Bill Elliott Wins Tony Award for Hit Broadway Musical|url=https://www.berklee.edu/news/professor-bill-elliott-wins-tony-award-broadway-hit-musical|website=berklee.edu|publisher=Berklee College of Music|accessdate=30 December 2016|date=July 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name="stewartlatimes">{{cite news|last1=Stewart|first1=Zan|title=MUSIC : Getting Into the '30s Swing : Bill Elliott|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-06-30/news/va-18752_1_bill-elliott|accessdate=30 December 2016|publisher=The Los Angeles Times|date=June 30, 1995}}</ref> |
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==Early career== |
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==Broadway== |
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Elliott along with two other collaborators, won a Tony Award got his orchestration of the Broadway musical, ''An American in Paris''. When Elliott came onto the project, the production had already been performed in Paris for four months. They wanted someone to come into the project who could change the music for its Broadway debut, so they hired Elliott. He said, "I felt like I was hire to put the 'American' in ''An American in Paris''."<ref name="professorbill"/> In this process, the show is fine-tuned based on what the director feel the audience responds to; for example a change in a dance routine requires that the music for that dance be re-written. |
Elliott along with two other collaborators, won a Tony Award got his orchestration of the Broadway musical, ''An American in Paris''. When Elliott came onto the project, the production had already been performed in Paris for four months. They wanted someone to come into the project who could change the music for its Broadway debut, so they hired Elliott. He said, "I felt like I was hire to put the 'American' in ''An American in Paris''."<ref name="professorbill"/> In this process, the show is fine-tuned based on what the director feel the audience responds to; for example a change in a dance routine requires that the music for that dance be re-written. |
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Bill Elliott is a keyboardist, songwriter, composer, and Tony Award winning Broadway ochestrator.[1][2]
Early career
Broadway
Elliott along with two other collaborators, won a Tony Award got his orchestration of the Broadway musical, An American in Paris. When Elliott came onto the project, the production had already been performed in Paris for four months. They wanted someone to come into the project who could change the music for its Broadway debut, so they hired Elliott. He said, "I felt like I was hire to put the 'American' in An American in Paris."[1] In this process, the show is fine-tuned based on what the director feel the audience responds to; for example a change in a dance routine requires that the music for that dance be re-written.
- ^ a b Ashton, Emily (July 15, 2015). "Professor Bill Elliott Wins Tony Award for Hit Broadway Musical". berklee.edu. Berklee College of Music. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ Stewart, Zan (June 30, 1995). "MUSIC : Getting Into the '30s Swing : Bill Elliott". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 December 2016.