Performance Accompaniment Recording
Designed for organizations that don’t have access to a live pit orchestra, MTI’s Performance Accompaniment Recordings* provide instrumental tracks for rehearsals and performances that match your show’s score note-for-note.
Do you have an orchestra but just need rehearsal tracks? Check out Performance Accompaniment Recording (Rehearsal Tracks Only).
- PRICING
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- For theaters with 500+ seats sold*: $999.00 for up to ten (10) performances. ($100.00 per additional performance.)
- For theaters with 0 - 499 seats sold*: $750.00 for up to ten (10) performances. ($100.00 per additional performance.)
*(Pricing based on expected/average seat usage.)
- Features
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- Outstanding quality: Each Performance Accompaniment Recording was created by industry professionals and tested by thousands of organizations around the country.
- Edits for your production: MTI can customize the tracks to your specific needs by changing the tempo up to 40%, cutting or duplicating measures and changing keys up or down a major third.
(Please note: There is an additional charge of $60.00 an hour to make edits, with a minimum cost of half an hour. Turnaround time for edits is up to one week (five business days). If you need the edits expedited, the cost to expedite goes from $60.00 an hour to $120.00 an hour, with a guaranteed 2 business day turnaround.) - Rehearsal Tracks: Rehearse your entire show with the rehearsal tracks that can be distributed to cast and crew.
- Cue Sheet: An easy-to-follow guide highlighting the major cues throughout the show.
- How it Works
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Performance Accompaniment Recordings are used and played from most Apple iOS devices and managed through the website, player.mtishows.com.
Performance
- Performance Tracks are played exclusively on most Apple iOS devices (running iOS 10 or higher) through our free app, The MTI Player:
Download for Apple iOS Devices.
- Once it is downloaded, you will then open the app and enter the code (provided by MTI once your show is booked) in the access code line. You will need an Internet connection to download the music initially, but once it is downloaded to your device, the music plays through the app. Performance Tracks are available two months prior to your performance.
Rehearsal
- In addition to being available on most Apple iOS devices, Rehearsal Tracks are also available on select Android devices. You can download the free app, The MTI Player from Google play:
- Once it is downloaded, you will then open the app and enter the code in the Access Code line (provided by MTI once your show is booked). You will need an Internet connection to download the music initially, but once it is downloaded to your device, the music plays through the app.
Please note: The Android app is only available for rehearsal music. Rehearsal tracks are available two months prior to your performance and contain the same exact orchestrations as the Performance tracks, but are copyright protected with intermittent Voice Overs to ensure they are not used for performances.
- Quick Start Guide and Additional FAQs
- Welcome to the Performance Accompaniment Recording Quick Start Guide and MTI Player Additional FAQs.
*Please note: All Performance Accompaniment Recordings reflect a show’s Standard Orchestration only. Optional selections, like cut songs and alternate orchestrations, must be performed with a live orchestra. If you wish to perform your show using the alternate orchestrations and / or cut songs, you may request those materials from your Representative to be performed with a live orchestra.
Available For
- 13
- 1660 Vine
- 17 Again
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- 9 to 5
- A Christmas Carol (Broadway Version)
- A-Wop Bop A-Loo Bop
- Aida School Edition
- Aida
- Annie
- Assassins
- Avenue Q School Edition
- Avenue Q
- Back to the 80's
- Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
- Beauty And The Beast Pro Version, Disney
- Between the Lines
- Big The Musical
- Billy Elliot The Musical
- Brigadoon
- Bring It On The Musical
- Camelot
- Catch Me If You Can
- Roald Dahl's Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
- Children of Eden
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- The Civil War
- Come From Away
- Company
- Damn Yankees
- Dear Evan Hansen
- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Do You Wanna Dance?
- The Drowsy Chaperone
- Elf The Musical
- The Fantasticks
- Fiddler on the Roof
- Finding Neverland
- Freaky Friday
- Disney's Frozen
- A Funny Thing... Forum
- A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
- Godspell 2012
- Godspell
- Guys and Dolls
- Hairspray
- Hello! My Baby
- Disney's High School Musical 2
- Disney's High School Musical
- Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
- How To Succeed In Business...
- The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
- Into the Woods
- Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach
- Jekyll & Hyde
- Kimberly Akimbo
- Kinky Boots
- The Last Five Years
- Legally Blonde The Musical
- Les Misérables School Edition
- Les Misérables
- Disney's The Little Mermaid
- Little Shop of Horrors - Broadway Version
- Little Shop Of Horrors
- Little Women
- Lucky Stiff
- The Magician's Elephant
- Mamma Mia!
- Mary Poppins
- Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical
- May We All
- Mean Girls High School Version
- The Music Man
- My Fair Lady
- Disney's My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto's Musical Tale
- Newsies
- Next to Normal
- Oliver!
- Once on This Island
- Once Upon A One More Time
- The Pajama Game
- Peter and the Starcatcher
- Peter Pan (1954 Broadway Version)
- Pippin Revival Version
- Boublil And Schönberg's The Pirate Queen
- The Prince Of Egypt
- The Producers
- Ragtime (Version 1)
- Rent School Edition
- Rent
- Rocky
- The Santa Switch
- Seussical
- Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- 1776
- She Loves Me
- Shrek The Musical
- Singin' in the Rain
- Sister Act
- Something Rotten!
- Spring Awakening
- Suffs
- Sweeney Todd School Edition
- Sweeney Todd
- Tarzan
- The Theory of Relativity
- Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Tick, Tick... Boom!
- Tootsie
- Trevor: The Musical
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown
- Urinetown
- Waitress
- The Wedding Singer
- West Side Story School Edition
- West Side Story
- Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
- Wonderland High
- Wonderland
- Xanadu
- Young Frankenstein (West End Version)
- Young Frankenstein
Pricing and Ordering
- For theaters with 500+ seats sold*: $999.00 for up to ten (10) performances. ($100.00 per additional performance.)
- For theaters with 0 - 499 seats sold*: $750.00 for up to ten (10) performances. ($100.00 per additional performance.)
Order through your MyMTI Account
*(Pricing based on expected/average seat usage.)
System Requirements
Performance Accompaniment Recordings can run on most Apple iOS devices: iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads (running iOS 12.0 or higher), Macbooks (running 10.15 or higher) through our free app, The MTI Player:
Download for Apple iOS Devices.
The Android app is only available for Rehearsal tracks. Learn more here.
Performance Accompaniment Recording FAQ
If you are running QLab on MacOS Yosemite (10.10) or higher, you may download the MTI Player for QLab directly from player.mtishows.com/macapp at no additional charge.
Certain edits can be made to the existing Performance Accompaniment Recordings. All guidelines and instructions can be found on the Edit Sheet, located in your Organization Profile at the website player.mtishows.com/production.
Once you log in with your Organization Username and Password, simply click on your show's title and a Documents Page will appear. Here, you will find both the Cue Sheet and Edit Sheet for your musical. Please read the submission instructions carefully to ensure you receive your edits correctly and promptly. Once the edit sheet is completed, you can email the completed edit sheet as a Word Doc or PDF attachment to player@mtishows.com to submit your edits.
- The customer may request a cancellation and receive a full refund seven (7) days or less after the initial purchase.
- The customer may request a cancellation and receive a partial refund eight (8) to thirty-one (31) days after the initial purchase. Within this period, the product pricing will be set to $350.00.
- Thirty-one (31) days or more after the initial purchase, no refund or request for cancellation will be accepted.
Please Note for REHEARSAL TRACKS ONLY: After the initial purchase, the customer will have one week to review the software. If within the first seven days, they request a refund, a full refund will be granted. If outside of the first seven days, a fee of $50 will be collected for cancellation.
Because this is recorded material, the better the system, the better the music will play back. We have taken great care in optimizing the tracks for all playback systems. We can assure you that, whatever system you use, our tracks will perform as well as possible.
You will need to mix two channels of audio (The Sound Track) with the stage performers. The only other thing you will need is a playback operator. That will do it.
The resource expires on midnight of your final performance.
Rehearsal tracks are available immediately after purchase and contain the same exact orchestrations as the Performance tracks, but are copyright protected with intermittent Voice Overs to ensure they are not used for performances.
Performance tracks are available two months prior to your performance.
The music tracks can be accessed through our free app, The MTI Player. You can download our app from the iTunes Store (Apple devices) or Google Play (Android devices).
Any tracks played through the app are downloaded to your device through a WiFi connection. Once they are downloaded, you no longer need a WiFi signal or Internet access to play the tracks.
Production Tracks can only be played on Apple devices (iPod Touch, iPads, iPhones (iOS 12.0 or higher), as well as Macbooks (iOS 10.15 or higher)
Rehearsal Tracks can be played on most Apple devices and select Android devices. Rehearsal tracks can also be streamed through the Internet (Note: you will always need Internet access for the streaming option).
Media
Questions & Answers
Song/key error in The Fantasticks
We received tracks for The Fantasticks, but the song Round and Round is 1/3 higher in key than the score. Can that error be fixed?
Backing tracks for Bridges of Madison County
Is there a future chance to have tracks for Bridges? I'm interested in the show, but don't have access to a band.
Are performance tracks available or included for Seussical Kids?
I see an accompaniment CD with guide vocals is provided, is this to use for rehearsals only or can it be used for performances? Or are separate performance tracks available for Seussical Kids?
Band option for Newsies Jr
Hi,
Is there the possibility of having a band in Newsies Jr? I have the capacity to do a youth band and would love for them to work with our stage performers.
Next to Normal
For our first time using pre-recorded tracks we are attempting to do a very complex show, next to normal!
as you know next to normal is almost all music and has a ton of underscoring. Is it possible to view the queue sheet prior to renting to see if it’s something that we could accomplish?
Performance Tracks vs. Rehearsal Tracks
I understand that if I purchase Performance Accompaniment tracks, they will only be available for the performances. Are rehearsal tracks included in the purchase price? And do I have immediate access to them?
Does Sondheim's Putting It Together have a performance accompaniment Recording? If not, will one be made at some point in the future?
Answer this QuestionBacking vocals?
Do the performance tracks for Hunchback of Notre Dame have backing vocals for the choir on them?