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Show Park Record Thursday, January 31, 1991 Page C5 Utah Symphony recalls Glenn Miller Reminiscent sounds of the big band era will fill Symphony Hall February 1 and 2, at 8 p.m., when the Utah Symphony offers a tribute to Glenn Miller and big bands. Guest conductor Norman Leyden will lead the orchestra in such long-time favorites as Moonlight Serenade, Tuxedo Junction, Swanee River, and The Chattanooga Choo-Choo. Joining Leyden and the orchestra are vocalists Sue Beacock and Jerry Lindsey. Leyden has been associate conductor con-ductor of the Oregon Symphony for the past twenty years. His experience ex-perience in the music world encompasses en-compasses conducting, composing and performing works of all musical genres from classical to more popular styles. Leyden's professional music career began with a position as bass clarinetist in the New Haven Orchestra while he attended Yale. Following college, Leyden served serv-ed five years in military service. During this time he conducted the Army Air Force show Winged Victory and arranged for Major Glenn Miller's famous Air Force Band that performed in England and France. Leyden later arranged arrang-ed for the Glenn Miller Orchestra that was reorganized under Tex Beneke in 1946. He went on to conduct con-duct and arrange for many well-known well-known artists, including Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett, over the next 25 years. Leyden has lived in Portland, Oregon since 1970. In addition to his posistion with the Oregon Symphony, he is the music director direc-tor for the Seattle Symphony Pops, and he makes guest conducting conduc-ting appearances throughout the country each year. Between the years of 1935 and 1945, there were two general music styles, "sweet" and "swing," "sw-ing," that fall within the realm of Big Band Era music. According to Leyden, "The sweet bands emphasized smooth melodic lines and mellow orchestral or-chestral sounds, while swing bands played the very same Big head liners play Z-Place Big Head Todd and the Monsters have built a huge following in Boulder, Colorado one of the West's music hot-spots and now they're expanding that reputation. Touring on the heels of their popular alternative-rock album Midnight Radio, the band will be at Z-Place Feb. 2 at 9 p.m. MOUNTAIN VALLEY MAINTENANCE Call us for your cleaning needs Condo Home Office Cleaning Security Inspections We are reliable 649-2370 popular songs in arrangements which accented rhythmic patterns, pat-terns, bright instrumental colors and frequent improvised solos. Glenn Miller artfully combined the essence of both sweet and swing sw-ing to provide a unique and extremely ex-tremely popular dance music that was enjoyed by people of all ages. Leyden wrote that Miller's composition com-position "Moonlight Serenade was "the quintessential song of the entire en-tire era." Depending on your age, an evening with the Utah Symphony "Big Band" will be either a night for nostalgia or an evening of discovery. Tickets to these performances perfor-mances range $10 to $25 (student tickets can be purchased for $5) and are available at the Utah Symphony box office, at 123 w., South Temple. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and one hour prior to performances. For more information or to place telephone orders, call the symphony box office of-fice at 533-NOTE. Dinner Nightly 5:00 to 10:30 p.m. Phone 649-2865 424 Main Street Above Cafe Terigo y y o o is (mm 03 Dancing & Nightly Entertainment 306 Main Street, Park City Club: 649-6800 A private club for the benefit of our members. ''III A 0 r |