In January, 'Mass Carib', by FELIX CROSS (BML librettist/ composer) was performed at King's Place in London as a benefit for Haitian disaster relief
From March, Trestle Theatre Company toured Spain for several weeks with CARL MILLER's (BML librettist/ lyricist) adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 'Birthday of the Infanta'.
April also saw CARL MILLER's adaptation of Alexander Dumas' 'The Three Musketeers' at the Unicorn Theatre in London.
A song by RICHARD VOYCE (BML librettist), from his musical 'Rosa', was presented at the May MMD Lionel Bart Masterclass, for crit by Richard Stilgoe and Bill Rosenfield.
In May, DAVID JAMES (Librettist facilitator) travelled to New York to attend the 'Dancers Over 40' tribute to Gwen Verdon. While there, he conferred with Baayork Lee (see above) and Louise Quick (Bob Fosse's dance captain and associate choreographer for 'Cabaret' and 'Liza with a Z') about musical theatre choreography, and also attended presentations by the Second Year participants at the BMI Lehman Engel Workshop.
Throughout the year, CHRIS ASH (BML COMPOSER) has been performing regularly as an instrumentalist around the country with 'Showstoppers!: The Improvised Musical'.
