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Bay Area Little Symphony - MUSICA Promo - PAYS Concert

The performance by the Bay Area Little Symphony, planned and conducted by Michael Paul Gibson, for the Performing Arts for Youth Society (PAYS) attracted over 6,000 school children to three concerts in one day at the San Mateo Performing Arts Theater.

Music by Strauss, Prokofiev, Rossini

• Bay Area Little Symphony
• Michael Paul Gibson, Conductor
• James Carter, Narrator
• Script by James Carter
• Cartoons by Morrie Turner
• Produced by Michael Gibson and James Carter
• Video editing by Michael Gibson

Peter and the Wolf

Music by Sergei Prokofiev

• Bay Area Little Symphony
• Michael Paul Gibson, Conductor
• Jerome Neff, Narrator
• Cartoons by Morrie Turner
• Produced by Michael Gibson and Morrie Turner
• Video editing by Tony Silva and Michael Gibson

This video is an animated (from stills) cartoon of the story of Peter and the Wolf.  The cartoon was projected on video monitors during the live orchestral performance.  It was a very challenging multimedia production.

This was also performed with the Foothill Orchestra.  The Silicon Valley Symphony performed it two times live in the outdoor amphitheater at Memorial County Park

This video is Copyright © 1983-2001 by BACH to Music, Bay Area Music Foundation, and Morrie Turner and Creators Syndicate.   No part may be copied, transmitted by any means, or used in performance, or other way without written permission from all the copyright holders.

The Soldier’s Tale

Music by Igor Stravinsky

• Bay Area Little Symphony
• Michael Paul Gibson, Music Director
• Lawrence Venza, Narrator
• Script rewritten for children of all ages by Lawrence Venza and Morrie Turner
• Cartoons by Morrie Turner
• Produced by Michael Gibson and Morrie Turner
• Video editing by Tony Silva and Michael Gibson

BALS Soldier’s Tale Musicians

• Michael Paul Gibson, Conductor
• Violin: James Carter
• Double Bass: Mark Drury
• Clarinet: Bill Wohlmacher
• Bassoon: Greg Barber
• Cornet: David Burkhart
• Trombone: Mark McConnell
• Percussion: Scott Evans

This video is an animated (from stills) cartoon of the story of The Soldier’s Tale.  The cartoon was projected on video monitors during the live orchestral performance.  It was a very challenging multimedia production.

This video is Copyright © 1983-2001 by BACH to Music, Bay Area Music Foundation, and Morrie Turner and Creators Syndicate.   No part may be copied, transmitted by any means, or used in performance, or other way without written permission from all the copyright holders.

Baby Elephant Walk

Music by Henry Mancini, Arranged by Rolf Johnson

• Bay Area Little Symphony
• Michael Paul Gibson, Music Director
• Lawrence Venza, Baritone Soloist
• Cartoons by Morrie Turner
• Produced by Michael Gibson and Morrie Turner
• Video editing by Tony Silva and Michael Gibson

See The Soldier’s Tale (above) for all other details and copyright information.

YASO - PSA

Young Artists Symphony Orchestra
60 second and 30 second Public Service Announcement

• Young Artists Symphony Orchestra
• Michael Paul Gibson, Music Director
• Produced by Michael Gibson and YASO
• Video editing by Michael Gibson

Winner of Joey Award - JOLT Video

The JOLT Video was created for Pyramid Technologies.  The purpose of the video was to introduce their new JOLT Computer to the 600 employees of the company.  The company entered the video in a contest and it won a Joey Award.

Original Music by Michael Gibson and music by Rossini realized electronically by Michael Gibson

• Produced by Pyramid Technologies
• Michael Paul Gibson, Director
• Script by Michael Gibson
• Dan Odum, Narrator
• Video editing by Joel Williams and Michael Gibson
• Credits are at the end of the video