Marvin Hamlisch Salutes Jerome Kern 

Saturday, February 28, 2008 at 8PM
Marvin Hamlisch, conductor
Sponsored by:BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York

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Program Description

Award-winning musician Marvin Hamlisch returns to present a program with selections from Jerome Kern's acclaimed Broadway musical, Showboat, as well as several hit songs from this acclaimed American master.

Artist Profile

Marvin Hamlisch's life in music is notable for its great versatility. He holds the position of Principal Pops Conductor with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as well as with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC. (This is the first time that anyone has held such a position with the National Symphony. )

As a composer, Hamlisch has won virtually every major award that exists: three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globe awards; his groundbreaking show, A Chorus Line, received the Pulitzer Prize.

Among the Broadway shows Hamlisch has composed are They're Playing Our Song, The Goodbye Girl, Sweet Smell of Success and Imaginary Friends. He is the composer of more than forty motion picture scores including his Oscar-winning score and song for The Way we were and his adaptation of Scott Joplin's music for The Sting, for which he received a third Oscar. His prolific output of scores for films include original compositions and/or musical adaptations for Sophie's Choice, Ordinary People, The Swimmer, Three Men and a Baby, Ice Castles, Take the Money and Run, Bananas and Save the Tiger.

Mr. Hamlisch was Musical Director and arranger of Barbra Streisand's 1994 concert tour of the U.S. and England as well as of the television special, "Barbra Streisand: The Concert" (for which he received two of his Emmys). He served in the same capacities for her Millennium concerts.

One of the youngest students ever admitted to The Juilliard School, Hamlisch is a graduate of both Juilliard and Queens College (where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree), Hamlisch believes in the power of music to bring people together. He says: "Music can make a difference. There is a global nature to music, which has the potential to bring all people together. Music is truly an international language, and I hope to contribute by widening communication as much as I can."

Hamlisch and his wife, Terre Blair, reside in New York City.