64. Being an Accompanist for Auditions - Jose Simbulan

Jose Simbulan has had a long successful career as a pianist, keyboardist, and music director, including a stint on Broadway.  He has also accompanied no fewer than 35,000 actor auditions, many of them the high pressure 60-90 second variety such as those for professional divisions at the annual Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) where he is preparing for his 27th year of work on March 9-13 in Memphis, and the United Professional Theatre Auditions (UPTA). 

This episode looks into the skills of being an audition accompanist, and also includes many tips for actors of all levels in working with their accompanist.  What we don't dissect here can be found in Jose's blog at https://josespiano.wordpress.com/

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