Editing Jonathan Tunick (section)

==Career ==
Tunick's principal instrument is the [[clarinet]].<ref name=play1>Gans, Andrew. [https://archive.today/20130131183342/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/160787-Tony-Winning-Orchestrator-Jonathan-Tunick-Plays-Birdland-March-19-Rebecca-Faulkenberry-Is-Special-Guest "Tony-Winning Orchestrator Jonathan Tunick Plays Birdland March 19; Rebecca Faulkenberry Is Special Guest"], playbill.com, March 19, 2012.</ref> Much of his work has arisen from his involvement in theatre, and he is associated especially with the musicals of [[Stephen Sondheim]].<ref name=people>[http://www.sondheimguide.com/people.html#Tunick Jonathan Tunick biography], sondheimguide.com; accessed April 17, 2012.</ref> Sondheim said "Tunick is a standout in his field not only because of his musicianship and imagination, but primarily because of his great sensitivity to theatrical atmosphere".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharbutt |first1=Jay |title=Musical Arrangers, Men Behind The Song Hits |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news-arrangers/157915058/ |work=The Journal News |agency=Associated Press |date=23 May 1982 |page=G8}}</ref>

Tunick's band, "Broadway Moonlighters", played in 2008 with [[Barbara Cook]] as special guest,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gans |first1=Andrew |title=Tony Winner Cook Will Join Tunick at Birdland Nov. 24 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123212-Tony-Winner-Cook-Will-Join-Tunick-at-Birdland-Nov-24 |website=Playbill |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906034226/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/123212-Tony-Winner-Cook-Will-Join-Tunick-at-Birdland-Nov-24#selection-653.0-653.53 |archive-date=6 September 2012 |date=11 November 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and played at [[Birdland (jazz club)|Birdland]] jazz club in March 2012. <ref name=play1/> He has also worked as an arranger and/or conductor on recordings with [[Judy Collins]], [[Kiri Te Kanawa]], [[Brian Asawa]], Sir [[Neville Marriner|Neville Mariner]], [[Itzhak Perlman]], [[Plácido Domingo]], [[Johnny Mathis]], [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Paul McCartney]], and [[Bernadette Peters]].<ref>[http://www.goodmantheatre.org/Artists-Archive/creative-partners/Other-Artistic-Collaborators/Jonathan-Tunick Jonathan Tunick profile] goodmantheatre.org, June 2003; accessed April 17, 2012</ref>