"The Rockestra" 

   -An exceptional group combined of band and string players performing legendary songs of our time-

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22 years of Making Musicians

 

*Rock songs are performed in their entirety as close to the original recording as possible*

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The Beatles       "Eleanor Rigby"

Black Sabbath  "IronMan"

Europe               "The Final Countdown"

STOMP!              -polyrhythmic wildness: Brooms, Trashcans, Buckets, Barrels, Chairs and Washtubs

ELO (Electric Light Orchestra)    

                           “Evil Woman” (with improvised solos)

                            “Can’t Get It Out Of My Head”

                            “Standin’ In the Rain”

ToTo:                   "Africa"

REO Speedwagon "Roll With The Changes"

Kansas:              “Carry On Wayward Son” 

                            “Dust In The Wind” (with orchestra, acoustic guitar and viola solos)

Styx:                   “Come Sail Away” (including the dream sequence played by the flutes)

Heart:                “Magic Man”

Rush:                  “Tom Sawyer” (with Neil Peart drum solo)

Steve Miller Band:  “Jet Airliner w/Threshold”

                                     “Swingtown”

Wings:                  “Live And Let Die” (including the cello solo)

Led Zeppelin:    “Stairway To Heaven” (with flute/recorder intro and all 8 glorious minutes)

Bon Jovi:             “Living On A Prayer” (with modulation)

Deep Purple:     “Smoke On The Water”

Journey:              “Don’t Stop Believing”

Queen:                “We Will Rock You”

                              “We Are The Champions”

                              “Another One Bites The Dust”

Survivor              “Eye Of The Tiger”

Adele                   “Rolling In The Deep”

Star Wars            Themes-Skywalker, Princess Lea, Darth Vader

Maynard Ferguson    “Gonna Fly Now” (including the trumpet and drum solos)

Katy Perry           “Roar”

Fun                        “Some Nights”

The Monkees      “I’m A Believer”

Trans-Siberian Orchestra  “Carol Of The Bells”

Glen Miller           “In The Mood” (including the legendary trumpet solo)

Miles Davis           “Blue and Green”

                                “Freddie Freeloader”

Weather Report  "Birdland"

Dave Brubeck      “Take Five”

Henry Mancini     “The Pink Panther”

Lalo Schifrin         “Mission Impossible”

Monty Norman    “James Bond-original theme”

Aaron Copland      3rd symphony-4th movement

Anton Dvorak        8th symphony-4th movement

Peter Tchaikovsky  “The Nutcracker”

Samuel Ward        “America The Beautiful” 

John P. Sousa        “Star Spangled Banner”

George Cohan       “Grand Old Flag”

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