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A Christmas Carol: The Musical is a 2004 American musical television film based on the 1843 novella of the same name by Charles Dickens, which also inspired a 1994 stage musical by Alan Menken and Lynn Ahrens.

The story features an old bitter miser who is given a chance for redemption when ghosts haunt him on Christmas Eve.

The movie was directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman and written by Ahrens; the film stars Kelsey Grammer, Jesse L. Martin, Jane Krakowski, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Geraldine Chaplin, and Jason Alexander. The film first premiered on November 28, 2004, on the NBC television network.

For this episode, we will interview a new guest, Kevin Mazzarella. Kevin is an experienced and passionate music educator and clinician. Kevin has presented a “Building Your Trumpet Toolkit” session at the Connecticut Music Educator Association (CMEA) in-service conference. Mazzarella completed his graduate work at the University of Connecticut (UConn) in trumpet performance and at Teachers College, Columbia University in music and music education.

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Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised considerably by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.[1] The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy Number 13, "Moonface" Martin, aid Billy in his quest to win Hope. The musical introduced such songs as "Anything Goes," "You're the Top," and "I Get a Kick Out of You."

Since its 1934 debut at the Alvin Theatre (now known as the Neil Simon Theatre) on Broadway, the musical has been revived several times in the United States and Britain and filmed thrice. The musical has long been a popular choice for school and community productions.

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Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised considerably by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.[1] The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy Number 13, "Moonface" Martin, aid Billy in his quest to win Hope. The musical introduced such songs as "Anything Goes," "You're the Top," and "I Get a Kick Out of You."

Since its 1934 debut at the Alvin Theatre (now known as the Neil Simon Theatre) on Broadway, the musical has been revived several times in the United States and Britain and filmed thrice. The musical has long been a popular choice for school and community productions.

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Lincolnshire Posy is a musical composition by Percy Grainger for concert band commissioned in 1937 by the American Bandmasters Association.[1] Considered by John Bird, the author of Grainger's biography, to be his masterpiece, the 16-minute-long work has six movements, each adapted from folk songs that Grainger had collected on a 1905–1906 trip to Lincolnshire, England.[2][3] In a similar fashion to these folk songs, many of the movements are in strophic form. The work debuted with three movements on March 7, 1937 performed by the Milwaukee Symphonic Band, a group composed of members from bands including the Blatz Brewery and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer factory worker bands in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[4]

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In general the symphony is sunny and cheerful, with light instrumentation that for some listeners recalls the symphonies of Joseph Haydn, with whom Beethoven had studied a decade before.[13] In a commentary on the symphony Grove comments that Haydn – who was still alive when the new symphony was first performed – might have found the work too strong for his taste.[2] The Fourth Symphony contrasts with Beethoven's style in the previous Third Symphony (Eroica), and has sometimes been overshadowed by its massive predecessor[n 4] and its fiery successor, the Fifth Symphony.[2]

Grace Rimkunas is a Connecticut native. She attended the University of Connecticut in pursual of an undergraduate degree in Music Education and a master’s in Curriculum Design and Instruction. Post graduation, Grace taught elementary general music and front ensemble for approximately four years. While teaching, she came to realize that she hoped to impact a larger audience of young people through music. She attended Indiana University in pursual of a master’s degree in Arts Administration. Grace interned with Music for All in the fall of 2021 and began working full time as an Advancement Coordinator in January of 2022. She is excited to announce that she has changed roles to Sponsorships Coordinator. 

Grace Rimkunas is a Connecticut native. She attended the University of Connecticut in pursual of an undergraduate degree in Music Education and a master’s in Curriculum Design and Instruction. Post graduation, Grace taught elementary general music and front ensemble for approximately four years. While teaching, she came to realize that she hoped to impact a larger audience of young people through music. She attended Indiana University in pursual of a master’s degree in Arts Administration. Grace interned with Music for All in the fall of 2021 and began working full time as an Advancement Coordinator in January of 2022. She is excited to announce that she has changed roles to Sponsorships Coordinator. 

Grace Rimkunas is a Connecticut native. She attended the University of Connecticut in pursuant of an undergraduate degree in Music Education and a master’s in Curriculum Design and Instruction. Post graduation, Grace taught elementary general music and front ensemble for approximately four years. While teaching, she came to realize that she hoped to impact a larger audience of young people through music. She attended Indiana University in pursuant of a master’s degree in Arts Administration. Grace interned with Music for All in the fall of 2021 and began working full time as an Advancement Coordinator in January of 2022. She is excited to announce that she has changed roles to Sponsorship Coordinator.