Steve Margoshes: Orchestral Music

Steve Margoshes is the composer of the international hit musical Fame. The inspirational musical about New York City's High School of Performing Arts (written with lyricist Jacques Levy) has been performed on every continent in the world in many languages. This CD continues Steve's collaboration with Fame creator, David De Silva, to produce a new body of work for symphony orchestra. He has composed and orchestrated these "symphonic pop" pieces under the banner Symphonic Fame. Steve's work as an orchestrator in the theater includes The Who's Tommy, Smokey Joe's CafT (the songs of Leiber and Stoller), the Elton John/Tim Rice musical, Aida, and the Boy George musical, Taboo. The Romantic Suite from Fame - The Musical features the lyric and ballad side of Fame. The Dream Symphony (for piano and orchestra) is inspired by the idea of a youthful dance company performing a contemporary version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Ballade for Trumpet is an uplifting and romantic melody developed in a free-form style. It is performed by Gyorgy Geiger, Hungary's most respected trumpet soloist. This is Forever is inspired by Mildred Cram's novella, Forever (1935). In Search of Hidden Treasure is a Symphonic Adventure inspired by Paolo Coelho's enchanting novel, The Alchemist.