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A Summer Concert by the Medina Community Band Friday, June 21st, 2019 – 8:30p Family Fun Night at the Movies! Under the baton of Marcus L. Neiman John Connors, associate conductor – Matthew Hastings, assistant conductor Ice Cream Social Host – Medina Boy Scout Troop 514 MCBA Welcome – Amy and Eva Muhl * * * Program * * * Anthem, The Star Spangled Banner (1889) .......................................................... Francis Scott Key John Philip Sousa Overture, Pixar Music Magic (2008) ................................................................ arranged Michael Brown Medley, Mister Rogers Neighborhood (2018) ............................................................ Fred Rogers Paul Murtha Marches, Star Wars – ‘The Marches’ ....................................................................... John Williams Jerry Brubaker Themes, Jurassic Park (1993) ....................................................................................................... John Williams Michael Sweeney Highlights, Frozen (2013/2014) ............................................................................... Lopez, Lopez, and Beck Sean O'Loughlin Symphonic Suite, Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) ................................................... Klaus Badelt John Wasson Theme, Captain America March (2011) ........................................................................ Alan Silvestri Michael Brown March, The Stars and Stripes Forever (1896) ..................................................... John Philip Sousa Patriotic, God Bless America (1918) .................................................................................. Irving Berlin Erik Leidzén Program subject to change MCB Gazebo Concert – Friday, June 21st, 2019 – Program Notes – page 1 Family Fun Night at the Movies Music for animation has evolved since its original inception during the silent film era. Although some cartoons may have been delivered to the theaters with "special scores," according to Goldmark, early cartoon music before the age of sync sound focused on the theater's organ accompaniment as a means to display the musician's wit and skill as opposed to using the music to delineate character or create mood.1 The person with the greatest impact in the field of cartoon music who relied heavily on contemporary songs was Carl Stalling. Stalling learned to use songs as film music when he was a theater accompanist. After seeing The Great Train Robbery projected on a tent, Stalling was hooked on movies. In 1904, he began playing piano during reel changes at a local movie house in Lexington, Missouri, where he had been born in 1891. Over 21 years and 15 feature films, Pixar have taken us from small bedrooms to big cities, from Toy Barns to the depths of the ocean, deepest forests to outer space – and now, fantastically, inside the mind of a young girl. With Inside Out, Pixar have scored another already-beloved hit – or, to be more specific, Michael Giacchino has scored another big Pixar hit. The studio’s offbeat, jazzy stylings – usually with some lovely orchestral work and a sizeable sprinkling of heartfelt emotional cues – are as iconic in musical form as they are visually. How could quirksome films about toys, rats, robots, cars and fish work otherwise? So without further ado, we invite you on a tour of the music of Pixar! 1 https://www.awn.com/animationworld/music-animation-golden-years MCB Gazebo Concert – Friday, June 21st, 2019 – Program Notes – page 2 Pixar Music Magic Arr. Michael Brown Michael Brown is a native of New Orleans, LA. He earned his M.M. in Music Theory from The University of Texas at Austin and his B.M. in Music Theory from Furman University in Greenville, SC. Michael served as Chief Arranger for The United States Army Band ("Pershing's Own") in Washington, DC, having served previously as Chief Arranger for The United States Military Academy Band at West Point, NY. His arranging credits include: the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the Opening Ceremonies of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, UT, the National Symphony Orchestra, and the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, DC. Michael draws upon his experience as a college and high school band director, church orchestra director, and freelance trumpeter.2 The Pixar Music Magic. Since 1995 the creative team at Pixar Studios has given us heartwarming stories and unforgettable characters that appeal to audiences of all ages. In addition, the music created for these films is an integral part of their charm and popularity. Included in Brown’s arrangement are: You've Got a friend in Me ("Toy Story"), The Spirit of Adventure ("Up"), The Glory Days ("The Incredibles"), The Big Race ("Cars") and Ratatouille Main Theme. 2 https://www.halleonard.com/biographyDisplay.action?id=160&subsiteid=1 MCB Gazebo Concert – Friday, June 21st, 2019 – Program Notes – page 3 Mister Rogers Neighborhood Fred Rogers / Paul Murtha Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, producer, and Presbyterian minister. He was known as the creator, composer, producer, head writer, showrunner and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968–2001). The show featured Rogers's kind, neighborly persona, which nurtured his connection to the audience. Rogers would end each program by telling his viewers, "You've made this day a special day, by just your being you. There's no person in the whole world like you; and I like you just the way you are." Trained and ordained as a minister, Rogers was displeased with the way television addressed children. He began to write and perform local Pittsburgh-area shows for youth. In 1968, Eastern Educational Television Network began nationwide distribution of Rogers's new show on WQED. Over the course of three decades, Rogers became a television icon of children's entertainment and education. Mister Rogers Neighborhood (sometimes shortened to Misterogers or simply Mister Rogers) is an American half-hour educational children's television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers. The series Misterogers debuted on October 15, 1962, on CBC Television. In 1966, Rogers moved back to the United States creating Misterogers' Neighborhood, later called Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, on the regional Eastern Educational Network (EEN, a forerunner of today's American Public Television). The US national debut of the show occurred on February 19, 1968. It aired on NET and its successor, PBS, until August 31, 2001. The series is aimed primarily at preschool ages 2 to 5, but it was labelled by PBS as "appropriate for all ages". Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was produced by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania public broadcaster WQED and Rogers' non-profit production company Family Communications, Inc., previously known as Small World Enterprises prior to 1971; the company was renamed The Fred Rogers Company after Rogers' death. In May 1997, the series surpassed Captain Kangaroo as the longest-running children's television series, a record the series held until July 2002, when Sesame Street beat Mister Rogers' record. The series could be seen in reruns on most PBS stations until August 31, 2007, when it began to be removed by various PBS stations, and was then permanently removed from the daily syndicated schedule by PBS after August 29, 2008. MCB Gazebo Concert – Friday, June 21st, 2019 – Program Notes – page 4 Paul Murtha. Composer, arranger Paul Murtha (b. 1960) is a native of Johnstown, Pennsylvania where he studied jazz arranging with John Morris and music theory with Richard Napolitan. In 1983, Paul earned a B.S. degree in Music Education (with a minor in Jazz Studies) from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. While at Duquesne, Paul studied jazz arranging with John Wilson and orchestration with Joseph Wilcox Jenkins. A versatile composer-arranger, Paul is at ease in both professional and educational circles, and is in constant demand in and around Washington, D.C. Paul has written music for acclaimed mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, Patti LaBelle, Kathy Mattea, Lou Rawls and Kenny Loggins, as well as Ken Burns “Music of the Civil War." He has also written extensively for some of the top high school and college marching bands in the country. Paul’s work with the National Symphony Orchestra includes arrangements for artists such as Trace Adkins, Jordin Sparks, Gloria Estefan, Gladys Knight, and Huey Lewis and the News, for nationally televised events including “A Capitol Fourth” and the “National Memorial Day Concert.” In December 2016, Paul's "A Swingin' Nutcracker" (a 90-minute work for full orchestra) was premiered by the Baltimore Symphony. From 1990 to 1996, Paul served as the Chief Arranger at the United States Military Academy Band at West Point. He served on the arranging staff of The United States Army Band (“Pershing’s Own”) in Washington, D.C. from 1996 to 2001, then served as that band’s Chief Arranger from 2001 to 2016. Paul is published exclusively by Hal Leonard Corporation, where he contributes music to many areas of the instrumental catalogue.3 Murtha’s arrangement included: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, It’s You I Like, It’s Such a Good Feeling, 3 https://www.hebu-music.com/en/musician/paul-murtha.13000/ MCB Gazebo Concert – Friday, June 21st, 2019 – Program Notes – page 5 Star Wars – ‘The Marches’ John Williams / Jerry Brubaker Williams, John DOB: February 8th, 1932 (Queens, New York) John Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career that spans six