as orchestrator
BRAND NEW! - Screen Test
Jude is the orchestrator, arranger, and vocal arranger for David Gomez's upcoming musical SCREEN TEST.
featuring
John-Michael Lyles; Andrea Ross; Joe Ogren; Claire Ortúzar; Brooke Lacy; Chris Nolan; Kevin Shotwell
Musical Director/Synthesizers/Percussion: Jude Obermüller
Guitars: John Gregson
Drums: Steve Gilbertson
To Be A Superstar is the opening number from David Gomez's new musical, SCREEN TEST. SCREEN TEST offers a snapshot of the people who followed Andy Warhol into his factory, life and world in the early 1960's in Downtown New York.
Jude re-orchestrated, vocally arranged and musically adapted Michel Legrand and Alain Boublil's Marguerite, for the premiere of its Off West End revival at the Tabard Theatre, London. Produced by Alex Parker, Jude worked closely with Guy Unsworth, Callum McIntyre and Alain Boublil on the new conception of the show. He provided a new seven piece orchestration, new vocal arrangements and facilitated the musical changes that came from revising the drama. The new book was based upon the original book by Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg and Jonathan Kent with additions by Marie Zamora
MARGUERITE
CREATIVE TEAM
New book: Alain Boublil & Guy Unsworth
Music: Michel Legrand
Lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer
Orchestrations, Vocal Arrangements & Adaptation: Jude Obermüller
Additional lyrics: Alain Boublil, John Dempsey & Callum McIntyre
Original Orchestrations: Michel Legrand & Seann Alderking
Director: Guy Unsworth
Musical Director: Alex Parker
Choreography: Cressida Carré
Set & Costume Design: Max Dorey
Lighting Design: Howard Hudson
Sound Design: Pete Malkin
Produced by Alex Parker Productions with Bouberg Productions
CAST
Marguerite: Yvette Robinson
Armand: Nadim Naaman
Otto: Michael Onslow
Annette: Zoë Doano
Lucien: James Darch
Pierrot: Alastair Knights
Georges: Mark Turnbull
Madeleine: Jennifer Rhodes
Germaine: Helena Raeburn
Julia / Cover Marguerite: Jessica Parker
Rene / Emile Bonnet / Officer: James Meunier
Jerome / Hermann / Saurel: Daniel Oliver
ORCHESTRA
Piano/MD: Alex Parker ⋮ Violin: Emily Davis / Clarice Rarity ⋮ Cello: Will Harvey ⋮ Accordion: Ian Watson ⋮ Guitar: John Gregson ⋮ Reed: Esther Lowri / Meredyth Dickson ⋮ Percussion: Michael Mott ⋮ (Jude served as Piano/Musical Director at certain performances)
“The real star of the show is the score…which sounded as enchanting at the Tabard as it did at the Haymarket, if not more so; the piece belongs in an intimate space.”
“Michel Legrand’s score maintains the sweep and sentiment of the romance”
“Michael Legrand’s stunning score is brought to life by Jude Obermüller’s new orchestration...there is not one moment where we question the musicality in comparison to dramatic substance, as both compliment each other brilliantly. ...With the talents and rewrites...this re-vamped version hits all the right chords and betters what was originally produced in leaps and bounds.”
“Jude comes from a good school of harmony”
For information on Jude's orchestration for Marguerite, contact Seán Gray at Music Theatre International (MTI) Europe.
ONLY MEN ALOUD at christmas
CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Jonathan Butterell
Musical Director: Caradog Williams
Orchestrator & Co-Arranger: Jude Obermüller
CAST
Wyn Davies, David Fortey, Ben Smith, David Mahoney, Craig Yates, Niall Allen, Stephen Hamnett & Huw Euron
ENCORE!
Vocalists: Martin Dickinson, Abigail Jaye & Helena Blackman
CREATIVE TEAM
Recorded & Mixed by Jonathan Allen at Abbey Road Studios
Assistant Engineer: Gordon Davidson
Orchestrations: Jude Obermüller & Martin Higgins
ORCHESTRA
Conductor/Musical Director: Alex Parker
Violins: Anne Marie Curren; Henry Bently; Tom Aldren; Marie Langrishe; Su Peterson; Olivia Jarvis
Viola: Lizzie Boyce; Jordan Sian
Cello: Steph Bloor; Genevieve Brothwood
Double Bass: Nick Euraut
Reeds: Hannah-Jade Murphey; Lorraine Hart; Murray Richmond
Trumpet: Rob Smith
Horn: Will Etheridge; Becky Weldon
Trombone: Ross Learmonth
Piano: Jude Obermüller
Percussion: Michael Mott
Peruse excerpts from the whole of Encore in iTunes - click on the picture-link above!
BRAVA
Featuring Matt Lucas; Maria Friedman; Stiles & Drewe; Lucy Schaufer; Clive Rowe; Caroline Sheen & Fra Fee, accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra / 40-member ensemble. Also featuring Jude's symphonic arrangements from his & Callum McIntyre's Forbidden Fruit .
CREATIVE TEAM
Director: Jonathan Butterell
Conductor/Producer: Alex Parker
Musical Supervisor: Jason Carr
Orchestrations: Jude Obermüller; Martin Higgins; Murray Richmond
JUDE'S ORCHESTRATIONS & arrangements HAVE ALSO BEEN HEARD...
AS PART OF International tours & concerts:
Robbie Williams Swings Both Ways (with Guy Chambers)
in the west end:
Peter Polycarpou's THE Songs of My Life at the Garrick Theatre
“...a rousing Bui Doi [arranged and orchestrated by Jude Obermüller] closed the main part of the evening”
AS PART OF several BENEFIT GALAS AND GIGS:
MASH UP AT THE LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE
Jude arranged several pieces of music for Paulden Hall Productions' Mash Up series, working with artists including Cynthia Erivo, Natasha J. Barnes and Emma Kingston.
