The score of Titanic, The Musical is stunningly beautiful. Composer Maury Yeston knew that, based on the timeframe and setting, it must resonate with a unique British sound and it “would have to have a color similar to the one found in the music of the great composers at that time, like Elgar and Vaughan Williams . . . an opportunity to bring in the musical theater an element of the symphonic tradition…” (BMI Music World, Fall 1997, pp. 24-29) As a result of Yeston’s creative insight and vision, the show garnered 1997 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations, among others and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Orchestrations.
Just prior to the holidays, the cast and crew of the BHS production were honored by the following special communication from the composer:
Dear Burlington High School,For those wishing to familiarize themselves with the music prior to the performances, a recording by the original Broadway cast of Titanic, The Musical is readily available on CD.
How fantastic that you are taking on as challenging a presentation as Titanic-The Musical! I want to thank all of the students, faculty, cast, crew, musicians, stagehands, lighting and sound-people for what I know will be a massive undertaking and a brilliant show due to all of your efforts and talents. I am so grateful that you have chosen to invest such energy in the performance of my work, and I am quite sure you will all be more than up to the task. I wish you a thrilling and successful production.
SAIL ON!
Yours sincerely,
MAURY YESTON
Reserved seating tickets for Titanic, The Musical will be available for purchase on February 1, 2010, on the new Burlington High School ticket website, www.BurlingtonTickets.org, or by phone at 781-A-FUN-TIC. Performances will take place in the 800 seat, handicapped accessible Fogelberg Auditorium of Burlington High School, 123 Cambridge Street, Burlington, MA.
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