Natalie Pound
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    MUSICAL DIRECTOR | ORCHESTRATOR

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    Natalie is a London based musical director and orchestrator who is often found working on new musicals.
    Currently in rehearsals for Tim Firth's This Is My Family.
    Recent credits include: musical director and arranger for Tom Fletcher's The Creakers (Theatre Royal Plymouth & Southbank Centre), the acclaimed UK premiere of Next To Normal (West End), and the world premiere of Roald Dahl's The Witches (National Theatre).
    Trained at the Royal Academy of Music and University College London (Physics, MSci).
    Somewhere in the misty midst of 2020 she 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

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

    Credits as Assistant MD include:
    The Band's Visit (Donmar Warehouse), 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)

    Credits as Cover MD include:
    Legally Blonde (Regents Park Open Air Theatre), Little Women (Park Theatre)

    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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