Klarinet Archive - Posting 000183.txt from 2005/12

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music at Disneyland
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:19:03 -0500

At 07:57 PM 12/24/2005 -0800, you wrote:
>I recently went to Disneyland in California and was mesmerized by the
>arrangements for the parades that came out of the P.A. system through out
>the park. Sure wished I lived next to the arranger(s) so I could pick
>their brains. What great use of unifying themes between tunes and in the
>transitions. Now that I am getting older I find myself more and more
>interested in the cerebral aspects of writing and arranging than the
>physical aspect of performing.
>
>So....A few questions:
>
>1. Who does the arranging for the music for the Disneyland parades?

Their chief arranger is (or at least was) James Christiansen. He also does
many good arrangements for concert band.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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