Dan Cirucci: Marvin Hamlisch, Chorus Line Composer Has Died

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Marvin Hamlisch, Chorus Line Composer Has Died

Marvin Hamlisch the composer of musicals such as A Chorus Line and songs like The Way We Were, has died,
The Associated Press says a family spokesman told The A.P. that Hamlisch died in Los Angeles on Monday after a brief illness but did not provide additional details. Hamlisch was 68.
We are so sorry to hear this news. Just a couple of years ago we were fortunate enough to see Marvin Hamlisch in concert with Michael Feinstein -- a very memorable event.
His career spanned film, television, theater and recorded music.
In fact, Hamlisch won just about every award available in each medium. He was hugely accomplished.
He was a 12-time Academy Award nominee (contributions to films like The Spy Who Loved Me and Sophie’s Choice) and a three-time Oscar winner for the score of The Sting as well as the score from The Way We Were and its title song (with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman).
Hamlisch also won four Emmy Awards and four Grammy Awards, as well as a Tony Award for his score to the musical A Chorus Line. That musical also won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976.
Marvin Hamlisch held the position of principal pops conductor for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony and Pops, Seattle Symphony and the San Diego Symphony.
Hamlisch was Musical Director and arranger of Barbara Streisand's 1994 concert tour of the U.S. and England as well as of the television special, Barbara Streisand: The Concert (for which he received two of his Emmys).
Hamlisch was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music and Queens College (where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree). He believed in the power of music to bring people together. "Music can make a difference. There is a global nature to music, which has the potential to bring all people together. Music is truly an international language, and I hope to contribute by widening communication as much as I can."

The Way We Were
Music by Marvin Hamlisch, Lyrics by Michael Ball

Memories
Light the corners of my mind
Misty watercolor memories
Of the way we were

Scattered pictures
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were

Can it be that it was all so simple then
Or has time rewritten every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we? Could we?

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A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

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