Songs of the 60's 2023

Compositions and Arrangements- by Binns Melander

Songs of the '60s
A Concert Produced by Binns Melander
Co-Producer David Thorp

September 3rd, 2023
Joseph’s Cultural Center, Grass Valley, CA

Presented by:
Terry Brown, voice Qi-Qing Gao, piano Irina Samarina, violin Timur Bekdjanov, violin Jia Mo Chen, violoncello David Thorp, viola Stephen Rice, bass

* Arrangements of Three Songs for Voice, Piano, and Strings
1. What's It All About Alfie? - Burt Bacharach
2. Emily - Johnny Mandel
3. The Way He Makes Me Feel (from YENTL) - Michel Legrand
Symphony for Jazz Strings (From the Sonata for Jazz Piano) 1. Allegro in jazz style
2. Andante in jazz style
3. Andante in jazz style
Variations on Greensleeves for Piano

* Intermission *

* Arrangements of Three Songs for Voice and Jazz String Quartet
1. There Will Never Be Another You - Harry Warren 2. The Nearness Of You - Washington, Carmichael 3. On A Clear Day - Alan Lerner, Burton Lane
Remembering for Voice and Strings Words by Michele Melander
Music by Binns Melander
Ballad for Strings from Ballad for Piano
Songs of the Sixties for Voice and Strings
1. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder 2. Yesterday - John Lennon, Paul McCartney
3. Sunny - Bobby Hebb
4. Something - George Harrison
5. Put Your Hand In The Hand - Gene MacLellan


Video Production- Cameras/Editing
Lawrence Huntington

Sound Recording and Audio Mix
Mark Triolo

Special Thanks to
Music in the Mountains & Volunteers