What I love most about TTT's musicals is the beautifully sparse music. This has the effect of smoothing out the often jarring transitions between music and dialogue in traditional musicals. The characters are talking, and then slowly morph into singing with subtle musical accompaniment, and then they're talking again, and you don't even realize the difference. It's all part of the storytelling with music organically woven into it.

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Off in the corner, music director Peter Vitale might be toiling harder than anyone else, a veritable one-man orchestra with keyboard, clarinet, accordion and goodness knows what else. Like the show itself, his frenetic machinations sometimes seem to verge on chaos but manage somehow to consistently find their way to harmony.

As is invariably the case, Peter Vitale’s musical contribution stretch far beyond mere accompaniment. Vitale finds sounds from the harp, keyboard, wind chimes, drums and garbage cans.
 

The versatile Peter Vitale provides live musical accompaniment that adds background atmosphere and expands upon the emotional tone of the play.

As always, not enough can be said about Peter Vitale's soundscape, which provides the production's mythic texture.

The versatile Peter Vitale provides live musical accompaniment that adds background atmosphere and expands upon the emotional tone of the play

Resident Music Director Peter Vitale once again creates a perfect soundscape for the story, and also composed some songs that are sung by the cast. It's not a musical, but the occasional use of music adds another layer to the storytelling.

As always, Peter Vitale has created a soundtrack that sets the mood for the story, whether a party scene or a fight.—Jill Schafer, Broadwayworld.com

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Buoyed by Peter Vitale's alternately lyrical and percussive musical backdrop—Lisa Brock, Minnesota Star Tribune

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Peter Vitale’s sound and music . . . are a perfect partner to the event. –Dominic Orlando, MN Playlist

Typically, Ten Thousand Things' shows have one musician, their gifted music director Peter Vitale, who here provides sound effects as well as keyboard, percussion and clarinet. This time out, he is joined at times by the Fiddler himself, played by Tyson Forbes (a busy fellow, Tyson), and the two beautifully deliver the Jewish-tinted music so important to the show.