Michael Bearden to return as Oscars' music director

His tenure has coincided with the show moving away from live performances of nominated songs.
The Harvard Crimson

Cynthia S. Meng ’15 on the Leap From Software Engineering to Music Directing for Broadway

How does a software engineer become a Broadway music director? Meet Cynthia S. Meng ’15, the assistant conductor, keyboardist, and music director behind a slew of recent Broadway hits — “Hadestown,” ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Questlove on Flourishing In His Directing Era and Tackling Controversial Music Moments in ‘SNL’ Doc

The Oscar winner who co-directed '50 Years of SNL Music' on taking on significant performances by Sinead O'Connor, Kanye West and Ashlee Simpson: "I want[ed] to cover every controversial moment on the ...
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Director Zethy on balancing music, video directing

Kenya-based Rwandan video director Barthez Iyamuremye, better known in the game as Director Zethy, believes that music and video directing are not two separate careers but two sides of the same ...
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Jesse Eisenberg Has Found His Next Directorial Effort — And It's a Musical

Jesse Eisenberg is booked and busy. Deadline reports that the artist is set to write and direct an upcoming musical film. The project will tell the story of a woman without experience who ends up ...