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Re: A big "Thanks!" from the front lines…
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Andrew Culver |
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Re: A big "Thanks!" from the front lines… |
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Sat, 12 Feb 2022 16:38:19 +0000 |
Congrats Kieren. Share when you can so see can see.
Andrew Culver
> On Feb 12, 2022, at 11:04 AM, Kieren MacMillan <kieren@kierenmacmillan.info>
> wrote:
>
> Hello 'Pond (especially devs):
>
> My newest musical, "The Quest", opened its workshop production run last night
> in Victoria, Canada.
>
> All scores generated on Lilypond, of course! Can't imagine doing what I have
> to do in any other engraving software:
>
> 1. thanks to stylesheets, my scores look better than anything sent out by the
> commercial MT publishing/licensing companies, right from the very first
> compilation;
>
> 2. with the help of the edition-engraver, my tweak time is minimal,
> high-impact, easy to maintain/update, and persistent through multiple
> versions;
>
> 3. the many, many engraving elements/conventions specific to musicals
> (text/dialogue integration into score, safety measures, vamps, etc.) are so
> easy to work with;
>
> 4. when a change comes (as they do fast and furious during the workshop
> process!), I make a change in the source and then simultaneously generate
> four different scores (vocal/choral, piano/conductor, full, and tech), all
> looking like a million bucks.
>
> A huge thanks to everyone who makes Lilypond so great — I'll be sure to
> mention y'all in my Tony acceptance speech. ;)
>
> Best,
> Kieren.