I’ve always loved musicals. In my younger years (long, long ago in the 90s), I became heavily obsessed with a plethora of shows including The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, Evita & West Side Story. The big screen adaptations of “Dreamgirls,” “Hairspray” & “Sweeney Todd” are three of my favorite films of all time, and my rock band in high school even did a hard rock cover of “Castle On a Cloud” from Les Misérables at our local Battle of the Bands (which I am furiously trying to track down a video of…it was EPIC).

Now, having been with Shore Fire for nearly two years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with a whole slew of fantastically talented and wonderfully unique artists. And one of the most innovative acts that I’ve come into contact with has taken two passions of mine (musical theater & straight-up rock ‘n’ roll) and effectively merged them into one beautiful creative mash-up. The Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata has conjoined the timeless songs from The Sound Of Music and launched them into a modern day music setting.

Are you a musical fanatic like myself? If so, watch this video I found of BRO mastermind Peter Kiesewalter discussing the thought-process behind this truly brilliant project.

After this, I can’t help but think that Peter would love to see my hard rock take on “Castle On a Cloud”…