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Sunday, October 24, 2010

FILM MUSIC AT THE BICKFORD

Most of the time, you’re not aware of the music in a film, except for the way it affects your reactions to what’s happening onscreen. But some music—songs, especially—have gone on to become part of the Great American Songbook! In conjunction with the Morris Museum’s  Hollywood exhibit, the Bickford Theatre presents an evening of musical delights from film:

laurahull_hirez_01 (2) Laura Hulls stars in Marquee MelodiesWHEN: Sunday, November 7, at 2:00 PMWHERE: The Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road in Morristown
TICKETS: $15 to $25 and can be purchased by contacting the Bickford Theatre at 973.971.3706 or visiting www.bickfordtheatre.org.

The Bickford’s 2010 “Special Concert Series” continues with Marquee Melodies: The Music of the Movies, starring acclaimed jazz vocalist Laura Hull.

Marquee Melodies offers a retrospective of rarely-heard movie music by Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, Harry Warren and other masters of American songwriting, and celebrates the resonance of the great music and lyrics from such classic films as To Have and Have Not, Rhythm on the River, and Song of the Thin Man.

With influences ranging from Rosemary Clooney and Carmen McRae to Patsy Cline and k.d. Lang, Laura Hull delivers an extraordinary combination of rich, sultry, and expressive vocals. A native of New York City, Laura began her musical journey performing in the resorts of upstate New York's fabled Catskill Mountains, where she learned to sing in a variety of genres and styles. After a 24-year hiatus from music to pursue a business career, Laura returned to live performance in 2004. In her many performances since, she has emerged as a melodic jazz singer with a real feel for the Great American Songbook.