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PARADE (Vocal Selections)
We're proud to present the vocal selections for Jason Robert Brown's award-winning musical. This edition features a detailed plot synopsis, a note from the composer, a biography of Brown, and 12 piano/vocal selections edited by the composer:
Big News * Do It Alone * Come Up to My Office * It's Hard to Speak My Heart * My Child Will Forgive Me * Pretty Music * That's What He Said * What Am I Waiting For? * You Don't Know This Man * and more.
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VIDEO:
House cam footage of the original Broadway production in previews (December 1998).
Carolee Carmello & Jason Robert Brown perform an impromptu "All The Wasted Time".
Piano: Jason Robert Brown | Conductor: Georgia Stitt
Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 6/12/10 © Jason Robert Brown |
Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown accept their Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Score, respectively.
The 2015 Lincoln Center Concert with subtitles.
© Manhattan Concert Productions |
PHOTOS:
ARCHIVED SOUND FILES:
Soundboard Recordings of Original Broadway Cast:
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. Orchestrations by Don Sebesky & JRB.
Original Demo Recordings/Readings (1996-1998):
The Old Red Hills of Home
Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
from “Parade”
Piano and vocals: JRB
Percussion: Tom Partington
Choir: JRB, Michael McElroy, Anastasia Barzee, Jenny Giering
Recorded at Quad Studios, NYC, July 1996
Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
from “Parade”
Piano and vocals: JRB
Percussion: Tom Partington
Choir: JRB, Michael McElroy, Anastasia Barzee, Jenny Giering
Recorded at Quad Studios, NYC, July 1996
I Have Something To Say/Special to the New York Herald (didn’t make it into the show)
written for Parade (1998)
Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
JRB: piano and lead vocals
Tom Partington: drums and percussion
Anastasia Barzee, Jenny Giering, Norm Lewis, Michael McElroy: ensemble vocals
Recorded and mixed at Quad Recording Studios, NY NY, July 1996
written for Parade (1998)
Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
JRB: piano and lead vocals
Tom Partington: drums and percussion
Anastasia Barzee, Jenny Giering, Norm Lewis, Michael McElroy: ensemble vocals
Recorded and mixed at Quad Recording Studios, NY NY, July 1996
I Didn’t Do It (didn’t make it into the show)
written for Parade (1998)
Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
JRB: piano and lead vocals
Tom Partington: drums and percussion
written for Parade (1998)
Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
JRB: piano and lead vocals
Tom Partington: drums and percussion
SOUNDBOARD AUDIO FROM US TOUR:
Excerpt of Andrea Burns singing "You Don't Know This Man" - PARADE US Tour (2000)
Andréa Burns: vocal
JRB: conductor
“Parade went on a brief but wonderful national tour in 2000. I conducted and I had the unbelievable pleasure of conducting one of my best friends, Andrea Burns, who gave the performance of a lifetime as Lucille Frank.One night, we got really into “You Don’t Know This Man.” Some beautiful musical connection happened, and we lingered a little longer than usual on the climax of the song, which happens right when she sings “He is a decent man.” We both remarked to each other afterwards how special that moment was, and like the professional artists we were, we set out to recreate it every night, AT ANY COST. Over the next five weeks, a fermata grew and grew over the word “a”, until what had been a beautiful artistic response turned into a game of chicken. Who was going to get off the note first, me or her? Everyone who knows me at all knows that I have a tendency to turn into Bugs Bunny the minute you put a baton in my hand, and Burnsy loved it.Finally one night in Seattle, I came to my senses and pushed through the phrase the way the composer (whoever he was) had presumably intended. After the show, Burnsy said, “Hey, what happened to our moment?” I said, “I know, I know. But Burnsy… it’s just ‘a.‘” And she cracked up, and we have shared that for fourteen years, the way old friends do.I promise not to do anything like this at Avery Fisher Hall. Maybe.This recording is from Denver, about midway through the game – suffice to say that as ludicrous as this is, it got worse.” - Jason Robert Brown, http://jasonrobertbrown.com/2014/05/09/just/
Andréa Burns: vocal
JRB: conductor
“Parade went on a brief but wonderful national tour in 2000. I conducted and I had the unbelievable pleasure of conducting one of my best friends, Andrea Burns, who gave the performance of a lifetime as Lucille Frank.One night, we got really into “You Don’t Know This Man.” Some beautiful musical connection happened, and we lingered a little longer than usual on the climax of the song, which happens right when she sings “He is a decent man.” We both remarked to each other afterwards how special that moment was, and like the professional artists we were, we set out to recreate it every night, AT ANY COST. Over the next five weeks, a fermata grew and grew over the word “a”, until what had been a beautiful artistic response turned into a game of chicken. Who was going to get off the note first, me or her? Everyone who knows me at all knows that I have a tendency to turn into Bugs Bunny the minute you put a baton in my hand, and Burnsy loved it.Finally one night in Seattle, I came to my senses and pushed through the phrase the way the composer (whoever he was) had presumably intended. After the show, Burnsy said, “Hey, what happened to our moment?” I said, “I know, I know. But Burnsy… it’s just ‘a.‘” And she cracked up, and we have shared that for fourteen years, the way old friends do.I promise not to do anything like this at Avery Fisher Hall. Maybe.This recording is from Denver, about midway through the game – suffice to say that as ludicrous as this is, it got worse.” - Jason Robert Brown, http://jasonrobertbrown.com/2014/05/09/just/
SONGS RECORDED FOR Original Broadway Cast Recording BUT NOT USED (1999):
It Goes On and On - sung by Britt Craig, a reporter at the top of ACT 2
from Parade (1998)
Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Orchestration by Don Sebesky and Jason Robert Brown
Conducted by Eric Stern
Don Chastain: Judge Roan
Evan Pappas: Britt Craig
Brooke Sunny Moriber, Abbi Hutcherson, Emily Klein, Megan McGinniss: nursery rhyme girls
Rick Heckman, Ed Matthew, Chuck Wilson, Mark Thrasher: woodwinds
John David Smith, Jill Williamson: French horns
Terry Szor, Alex Holton: trumpets
Vernon Post: trombone
Dean Thomas: percussion
Tom Partington: drums
JRB: piano
Jack Cavari: acoustic guitar
Rick Dolan, Karen Milne, Mia Wu: violin
Sarah Carter, Chungsun Kim: cello
Ron Raffio: tuba/contrabass
Henry Aronson: associate conductor
John Miller: music coordinator
Recorded and mixed by Jeffrey Lesser at Clinton Recording Studios (Ed Rak, engineer), NY NY, March 1, 1999
from Parade (1998)
Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Orchestration by Don Sebesky and Jason Robert Brown
Conducted by Eric Stern
Don Chastain: Judge Roan
Evan Pappas: Britt Craig
Brooke Sunny Moriber, Abbi Hutcherson, Emily Klein, Megan McGinniss: nursery rhyme girls
Rick Heckman, Ed Matthew, Chuck Wilson, Mark Thrasher: woodwinds
John David Smith, Jill Williamson: French horns
Terry Szor, Alex Holton: trumpets
Vernon Post: trombone
Dean Thomas: percussion
Tom Partington: drums
JRB: piano
Jack Cavari: acoustic guitar
Rick Dolan, Karen Milne, Mia Wu: violin
Sarah Carter, Chungsun Kim: cello
Ron Raffio: tuba/contrabass
Henry Aronson: associate conductor
John Miller: music coordinator
Recorded and mixed by Jeffrey Lesser at Clinton Recording Studios (Ed Rak, engineer), NY NY, March 1, 1999
ARCHIVED AUDIO of Don Stephenson (Leo understudy) from Original Broadway Production:
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. Orchestrations by Don Sebesky & JRB.