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Ten years ago today, 5th June 2015, I accidentally founded an orchestra.
It is the moment in my life when I have most felt the truth of two cliches about creativity: necessity is the mother of invention, and the spark of creativity happens when you stop thinking about it.
You see, I had a problem: I wanted to produce and conduct concerts of musicals, but no rights holder was going to entrust their work to a 24 year old engineering graduate.
So I kept going with what I was doing: freelance musical direction and some private maths tuition to pay the bills. The joy of these two pursuits is that they allowed for lots of solo time, and it was in that solo time that the idea popped into being.
Practising The Phantom of the Opera in my room on Liverpool Road in Angel, London, I wondered how I was allowed to play Phantom, legally speaking, in my room. Why didn’t I have to apply for the rights? Here’s an idea: how about I just rehearse a musical with no audience?
Before I could think about the thousands of pitfalls, I posted a callout on social media, asking for musicians who loved musicals who wanted to rehearse just for the love of it. I was expecting twenty or so people to reply; in the end, it was 400.
Just over a month later, the first rehearsal happened. That rehearsal would come to be known as a Sitz, of which there have now been over a hundred.
A year later, from those players at that first Sitz and others in my network, we would then form the London Musical Theatre Orchestra, which has played live to over 120,000 people and millions more via our broadcasts and albums.
I am incredibly grateful for that spark of creativity, and for the barriers which led me to it. It reminds me that obstacles create opportunities, like traffic cones channel the flow of cars.
While roadblocks prevent you from travelling home via your normal route, they invariably lead you somewhere new and unexpected. And experiencing the unexpected isn’t so bad.
It’s when you learn new things. It’s when your world grows.
And sometimes, just sometimes, if you’re brave enough to stop trying to solve the problem, it’s when accidents happen.
Happy birthday, post-that-started-it-all.
05 Jun 2025
@freddie.tapner is the Musical Director & Conductor of @somethingrottenconcert 🍅
Freddie founded London Musical Theatre Orchestra in 2016 and most recently was MD/Conductor for the WOS Award-winning Love Never Dies in 2023. Recent conducting work outside of LMTO includes the Volksoper productions of Anatevka (Fiddler on the Roof) and The Sound of Music, both in Vienna 🪄
19 Jun 2024
I'm marching 10k for @lmto_official!
Dodgy knees prevent me from running, so instead I shall be testing my own internal pulse and stride length by attempting to march the 10km at a constant 115bpm, one of my favourite tempos.
My average stride over the last year is 71cm, so that will mean a speed of 1.36m/s, so if my tempo is any good, I'll finish it in 2hr 2 minutes and 33 seconds. To make the challenge harder, I won't check the time for the duration of the run.
LMTO does amazing things with musicals and musicians and deserves your support. Any amount will help: ÂŁ23 will cover the place of someone at Sitz who can't afford it, ÂŁ200 will cover the cost of one student participating in LMTO Upbeat, ÂŁ1,000 funds one professional development workshop and ÂŁ9,000 creates a brand new orchestra in a school where there are currently no music provisions. I'm trying to raise ÂŁ10,000 - a transformative sum that will have a really meaningful impact on what we can achieve in the next 12 months.
I encourage conditional sponsorship based on how close I can get to the time, and conditional mockery based on just how out away I get. Those cheering me on are encouraged to bring a metronome and provide feedback as I go.
05 Jun 2024
What a MOMENT! Love Never Dies in Concert wins Best Concert Event at WhatsOnStage Awards 2024! Thank you, deeply, to all who voted, to all who worked on the show, and to @whatsonstage for laying on a brilliant celebration of 2023’s theatrical offerings.
12 Feb 2024
Love Never Dies in Concert, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, August 2023.
It still hasn’t quite sunk in, and I don’t think it will for a while. This show has been in my heart for ten years, and I feel impossibly lucky to have had the chance to produce and conduct it.
Sincere thanks to everyone on the team making it happen, especially to my co-producer @darrenphotog / @f_w_live, our brilliant leads @thenormlewis, @celindeschoenmaker, @seadonyoung1, @cian_eagle_service, @courtneyjstapes, @sallydexteruk, @charlesbrunton, @nicgreenshields, @luciemaesumner, our stunning ensemble and the London Musical Theatre Chorus, and our wonderful creatives @shaunkerrison, @simonleeconductor, @jgoodwindance, @rebeccabrower, @adamfishersound, @itimd.
Extra special mention to @thelmto who played the score with such love, passion and commitment. It was a total privilege to stand on that podium each show.
“No composer could ask for more,” said @andrewlloydwebber.
Pics by @atdazzles & @nickrutterarts.
26 Aug 2023
Vielen dank an alle bei der @volksoper!
Anatevka Feb-Mar 2023 has been an incredibly special experience. I am indebted to everyone who has made me feel so welcomed and valued on my Volksoper debut.
In particular:
- the extraordinary Orchester der Volksoper Wien, from whom I have learnt from every performance how to be a better conductor and leader,
- the ridiculously brilliant cast, led by Dominique Horwitz and Regula Rosin, who again have taught me so much,
- the creative team who have been so patient with and accommodating of my musical theatre sensitivities!
- the management team who have supported me and trusted me,
- @glassyben for recommending me. To work alongside you in the same house is surreal (and daunting!), but such a privilege.
Last show tonight, let’s go out with a bang!
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(Picture 10 sees the return of the MUCH missed #freddieasleepontrains. You’re welcome)
31 Mar 2023
As we come to the end of 2022, something I’ve been working on is coming to your television screens which I am too proud of not to share, and feel too lucky to have been involved in not to share just how lucky I feel.
Since September, hundreds of people have come together to turn 7 voice memos into the 75,000 frames of video and 144 million samples of audio that make up Prince Andrew: The Musical. The passion, care and hard work that has been put in has blown my mind.
I am indebted to every SINGLE person on this team, specifically:
- the 40-strong @thelmto who played their socks off,
- the music team who delivered extraordinary work: @orchs_by_simon, @pippa.cleary, @adamatair, Mat Bartram, @badgerbrownmusic, @chris.traves.12, Francesco Marseglia and Bethany Grainger,
- LMTO’s amazing team: Paul Saunders, @quirkandspoon, @declan_corr, @smartentstheatre
- the entire creative team whose vision and creativity knew no bounds: Tom Vinnicombe, @aislingduffy22, Gavin Ames, @mellowmandan and Ben Hood, and dozens of other brilliant people to numerous to name,
- the principal cast of @munyachawawa, @jennybede and @emmafrancescasidi who brought such excellence and humour to their roles,
- the brilliant ensemble and the LMTO Singers for making every ensemble moment look and sound incredible,
- the awesome team at @hattrickprod, who made me feel so welcome and looked after us all so well,
- and our two fearless, driven, funny and brilliant producers, @alanbeeve and @stu_mather_, who led this project with such grit, determination and good humour.
And lastly, to Kieran. Kiks, I don’t know how you did it. Six original songs, each as funny and as tuneful as the next, a thrilling and hilarious on screen performance AND a joyous collaborator in every single sense. Thank you for having me as your teammate!
So, do turn on @channel4 on Thursday 29th December at 9pm and see what we’ve made; I do hope you enjoy it. I feel so lucky to have a played a part in making it happen, and I’m so proud of the result.
27 Dec 2022
Liberace’s practice piano! Of all things!
09 Nov 2021
#freddieasleepontrains #papped #thankyouGWRticketinspector
02 Oct 2021
Happy 15th anniversary @wickeduk!
It is STILL a total joy coming in to play this show. I grew up listening to it, always hoping one day I’d get to be a part of it. It’s a show I know I’ll never tire of; I’m yet to play Defying Gravity without having a little smile to myself realising how lucky I am to be there.
Go well tonight, and here’s to another 15 years of
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28 Sep 2021
I’ve often said that an empty theatre just before or just after a show is one of my favourite places to be. The potential, the memories, the hope…
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I took this yesterday at @bishopsgateinstitute, after 200 people had made music together, just for the love of it.
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When we started @sitz_musicals back in July 2015, we never imagined it would last longer than one session. 60 sessions later and Sitzes still feel as special as the first one.
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THANK YOU to all who have joined us, to the incredible teams at @bishopsgateinstitute and @thelmto, and to the incomparable @quirkandspoon who keeps the whole thing on the straight and narrow. Feeling very lucky today.
06 Sep 2021
Now THIS was hard. #freddieasleepontrains #plunger
02 Sep 2021
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