RIP to a Musical Legend

[Allohak]

Stephen Sondheim passed away today at 91

[N.E. Brigand]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is my dad's all-time favorite movie; we watched it so many times growing up.

The Kings H.S. marching band, who appeared in at least one BOA contest this year, included two Sondheim pieces in their Band Together show this year: "Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George and "Children Will Listen" from Into the Woods.

Speaking of "Putting It Together," Sondheim chokes up a little bit when Stephen Colbert describes how important that song is to him in this interview which aired just a couple months ago. At that point, Sondheim had a new production (Square One) in development, a revival of Company opening on Broadway, a revival of Assassins opening Off-Broadway, and of course the new movie version of West Side Story, for which he wrote the lyrics about 65 years ago, will open in two weeks.



I assume there must have been some Sondheim selections in major BOA performances over the years. Anyone have some recommendations?

R.I.P. to a giant among composers.

[Allohak]

Nov 26, 2021 23:33:45 GMT -6 N.E. Brigand said:

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is my dad's all-time favorite movie; we watched it so many times growing up.

The Kings H.S. marching band, who appeared in at least one BOA contest this year, included two Sondheim pieces in their Band Together show this year: "Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George and "Children Will Listen" from Into the Woods.

Speaking of "Putting It Together," Sondheim chokes up a little bit when Stephen Colbert describes how important that song is to him in this interview which aired just a couple months ago. At that point, Sondheim had a new production (Square One) in development, a revival of Company opening on Broadway, a revival of Assassins opening Off-Broadway, and of course the new movie version of West Side Story, for which he wrote the lyrics about 65 years ago, will open in two weeks.



I assume there must have been some Sondheim selections in major BOA performances over the years. Anyone have some recommendations?

R.I.P. to a giant among composers.

PCEP won 2 championships in 90 and 91 with Sondheim music

[boahistorybuff]

PCEP did three Sondheim shows in a row, 1990, 1991 and 1992. They were under the direction of Glen Adsit during those years. Their success those three years introduced a lot of students to Stephen Sondheim. In 1990, PCEP did the music of Sondheim and performed music from Company, A Little Night Music and Sweeny Todd. Yes they won the GN title with that show. Their performance of the Sondheim classic Send in the Clowns in that show was very notable. In 1991 they did Sunday in the Park With George and won their 2nd GN title. Then in 1992 they finished 3rd with Sweeny Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I loved that show so much I had to see the musical. All of those videos are on the vintage video thread. You can see how Sondheim's brilliant music was interpreted on the field.