Natalie Pound
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    MUSIC DIRECTOR | ORCHESTRATOR

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    Natalie is a London based musical director and orchestrator often found working on new musicals.

    Recent credits include: music supervisor for A Christmas Carol for Sheffield Crucible, music director for The Book Thief in concert, Tim Firth's This Is My Family directed by Vicky Featherstone and MD & arranger for Tom Fletcher's The Creakers (Theatre Royal Plymouth & Southbank Centre), and associate MD for the acclaimed UK premiere of Next To Normal (West End), and the world premiere of Roald Dahl's The Witches (National Theatre).
    Currently in rehearsals for Pride at the NT.

    A disclaimer about this website: Somewhere in the misty midst of 2020 Nat decided to pick up enough HTML/CSS coding skills to make this website herself, but not enough to actually make it work that well. Enjoy the rough edges.

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  • Recent credits

    Music supervisor for A Christmas Carol at Sheffield Crucible.

    Credits as MD include:
    The Book Thief concert (West End), This Is My Family (Southwark Playhouse Elephant), Lovestuck (Workshop 2025 pre Theatre Royal Stratford East run), The Creakers (Southbank Centre & Theatre Royal Plymouth), The Band's Visit (Donmar Warehouse), How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Southwark Playhouse), A Chorus Line (ArtsEd), Anyone Can Whistle (Southwark Playhouse), Urinetown, Broken Wings (Royal Academy of Music), Rapunzel (Bedford Corn Exchange), Songs For A New World (Drayton Arms Theatre), Hall of Mirrors (Network Theatre London), From Here To Eternity (UK premiere 2018 revised production, Bloomsbury Theatre), Ordinary Days (Camden People's Theatre), RENT (RADA Studios), Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens (University College London), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Bloomsbury Studio), Antigone (Shaw Theatre)

    Credits as Associate MD include:
    Pride (National Theatre), Next To Normal (West End and Donmar Warehouse), Clueless (Churchill Theatre Bromley), The Witches (National Theatre), The Secret Life Of Bees (Almeida Theatre), Six (West End 2021-22).

    As assistant MD or cover conductor:
    The Band's Visit (Donmar Warehouse),Legally Blonde (Regents Park Open Air Theatre), Little Women (Park Theatre), Rumi (London Coliseum), Grayson: The Musical (workshop, National Theatre), Tell 'Em Things They Don't Know: Sondheim at 90 (Royal Academy of Music), Paperboy (British Youth Musical Theatre, Lyric Theatre Belfast), Sister Act (Trentino Festival, Auditorium Intercomunale Primiero)

    Orchestrator / Arranger credits include:
    Arrangements for The Creakers (Southbank Centre & Theatre Royal Plymouth), additional orchestrations Schwartz at 75 (A 75th Birthday Concert), additional arrangements The Secret Life Of Bees (Almeida Theatre), orchestrator A Chorus Line (ArtsEd), co-orchestrator/arranger Tell 'Em Things They Don't Know: Sondheim at 90, Musical Theatre Agent Showcase (Royal Academy of Music), orchestrator From Here To Eternity (UK premiere 2018 revised production, Bloomsbury Theatre), arrangements & orchestrations for Rhapsody (live music series 2017-19, Shaw Theatre & Bloomsbury Theatre)

    Training:
    MA Music Direction & Coaching - Royal Academy of Music (Distinction)
    MSci Physics - University College London









    Reviews

    "The band is small but perfectly formed; under the musical direction of Natalie Pound, they make light work of the score - something that always sounds far easier than it is when you're dealing with Sondheim" — Re: Anyone Can Whistle

    "the musical standards achieved by MD Natalie Pound were outstanding" — Re: Anyone Can Whistle

    "The band under the direction of Natalie Pound on keyboard were a top notch powerhouse of a unit" — NODA

    "Credits go to the show’s musical director Natalie Pound for putting together such a professional sound that never misses a beat." — PI Media

    "...praise must go to music director Natalie Pound for coaching such dynamic performances. … The performers, including the indomitable Natalie Pound on keys, showed great stamina without dropping the emotion for a second." — SAVAGE Journal

    "Natalie Pound’s confident piano playing underscores the pieces without being intrusive and are perfectly timed" — Sardines Magazine


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  • Videos

    ORCHESTRATION The Lady Must Be Mad
    Performed by Barry O'Reilly

    ORCHESTRATION Time Heals Everything
    Performed by Megan Hill

    RAM Musical Theatre cohort sing Spread the Love during lockdown in Jan 2021. Produced & directed by Natalie Pound. Music direction by Natalie Pound & Sam Young. Recorded during lockdowns from home, with collaborators across the world participating through mobile phone recordings.

    ORCHESTRATION Sunday (Sunday in the Park with George) - featuring around 50 performers & instrumentalists across the world:

    Bonnie (from Bonnie & Clyde)
    Performed by Mark Lockhart:

























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