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PLANO HAS ITS OWN SOUNDTRACK.LAST FALL, THE PLANO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DEBUTED A PIECE COMMISSIONED TO CAPTURE OUR CITY IN SONG.
SO THE IDEA WAS, UH, WELL, WHY NOT HAVE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE UNIQUE FOR PLANO AND THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY FOR COMPOSER MARCUS LEITZ? THE GOAL IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD RESONATE IN THE HEART OF ALL WHO LIVE HERE.
MUSIC HAS THE POWER TO EXPRESS FEELINGS, NOT IDEAS, BUT FEELINGS.
I WANTED SOMETHING THAT WOULD CHARACTERIZE PLANO AS A CITY, AS A COMMUNITY.
FROM THERE, THE MUSIC TAKES A JOURNEY.
THE FIRST PART OF THE OVERTURE TO CONVEY JOY, THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE OF THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE EXCITEMENT OF BEING A PART OF, OF PLANO.
AND FOR LEITZ, HEARING IT PERFORM, LIVE, STOOD OUT.
I CAN SAY IT IS THE, THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF, UH, OF ONE OF MY PIECES.
EVER PLANOS COMMITMENT TO THE ART MADE IT THE RIGHT PLACE FOR A PIECE LIKE THIS.
YOU LOOK AROUND THE COUNTRY, PLANOS ONE OF THOSE CITIES THAT IS, UH, UM, ADMIRED BECAUSE THEY HAVE KEPT THIS EXCELLENCE IN MUSIC GOING.
AND FOR THE COMPOSER, THE TAKEAWAY IS SIMPLE.
I WANTED TO THEY TO FEEL PROUD, MOSTLY PROUD OF THEIR CITY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.
THANK YOU,