Holiday Hanginar 2020

ASMAC Presents:
2020 Holiday Hanginar
INTERNATIONAL ONLINE EVENT

Wednesday December 16 2020 12:00 pm PT

Hosted by: Glenn Jordan

Jingle Bell Arranging Challenge!

December 16 2020 LA 12pm

Featuring:
Steve & Julie Bernstein, Nerida Tyson-Chew, Dave Berges & Gina Cantamessa, Jeff Bunell, Laura Dickinson, Charles Fernandez, Gayle Levant, Jeremy Levy, Curtis McKonly, Kim Richmond

Broadway Holiday Score Explore Contributing Arrangers:
Michael Starobin, Doug Besterman*, Larry Blank* ( * not attending )

Santa Baby Composer: Phil Springer. Song of the Angels Flute Orchestra Featuring Arranger – Conductor: Kim Richmond.

Holiday Home Studio Invasion: Kaveh Cohen and Michael Nielsen.

Tribute to George Wyle, Spud Murphy.
Happy Birthday Ludwig Van Beethoven Dec 16 ish, 1770

Zoom with ASMAC on a virtual sleigh ride to the laptops of great composers, arrangers, and performers to celebrate the holidays and Beethoven’s birthday. With Emmy award-winning sleigh pilot and host Glenn Jordan and ASMAC President Gayle Levant

Highlights of our virtual journey include visits to multiple Emmy award-winning Steve and Julie Bernstein of Animaniacs fame. Drop down the state of the art home studio’s chimney of video game and media composers Kaveh Cohen and Michael Nielsen known for Forza Motorsport and Splinter Cell. Zoom down-under to Australia for an early morning visit with award-winning composer Nerida Tyson-Chew known for Anacondas and TV series The Deep. Light speed travel to Uranus with 2021 GRAMMY-nominated big band arranger Jeremy Levy.

Return to the US west coast for a vocal performance by Dave Berges and Gina Cantamessa and a tribute to composer George Wyle, Enjoy the sounds of GRAMMY and Emmy award-winning Laura Dickinson with her big band playing a fantastic wintery arrangement by Jim McMillen. Onward to visit TV and film composer Charles Fernandez with the 94-year-old Santa Baby composer: Phil Springer. ASMAC past president, arranger- composer Kim Richmond conducts the Song of the Angels Flute Orchestra.

ASMAC NYC presents Broadway Holiday Score Explore featuring scores from Doug Besterman, Larry Blank, and Michael Starobin. Over to Harrisburg PA for a visit with composer-arranger Curtis McKonly for virtual cookies, milk, and holiday music.

This event concludes with original arrangements of Jingle Bells from ASMAC Members:

Spud Murphy, Jonathan Allentoff, Steve Bernstein, Kirstin Fife, Stefanie Fife,
Charles Gaskell, Carlos Guadarrama, Bonnie Janofsky, Andrew Kesler,
Curtis McKonly, Terry Vosbein