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ANIMANIACS LIVE!

COLORADO SYMPHONYSCOTT O’NEIL, resident conductor 

RANDY ROGEL, writer ROB PAULSEN, Yakko and Dr. Scratch ‘n’ Sni#  JESS HARNELL, Wakko

TRESS MACNEILLE, Dot

JULIE AND STEVE BERNSTEIN, composers

Friday, September 26, 2014 at 7:30 pm

Boettcher Concert Hall

ACT I

Variety Speak Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

Yakko’s Universe Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

There’s Only One Of You Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

Several Drops Of Rain Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

A Quake! A Quake! Music by Robert Schumann

Lyrics by Randy Rogel

When You’re Traveling From Nantucket Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

I’m Cute Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

Hello Nurse Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

I’m Mad! Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

Noel Music traditional. Lyrics by Randy Rogel

Yakko’s World Music traditional. Lyrics by Randy Rogel 

ACT II

L.A. Dot Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

Wakko’s America Music traditional.

Lyrics by Randy Rogel

You Can Be Anything You Want Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

The Invasion Song Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

People Wanted Pepper On Their Food Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

That Is The Story That’s Told By The Bard Music by J.S. Bach

Add’l music and Lyrics by Randy Rogel

I Can’t Believe You Stabbed Me In The Back Music and lyrics by Randy Rogel

Animaniacs Theme Song   Lyrics by Tom Ruegger

Music by Richard Stone 

Music Preparation: Bob Joles

Produced by: Randy Rogel, Rob Paulsen and Pat Brady - CESD

PROGRAM 2 SOUNDINGS 2014/15 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG

POPS BIOGRAPHIES

SCOTT O’NEIL, resident conductor

This is Scott O’Neil’s ninth season with the Colorado Symphony, and his fourth

full season as resident conductor. O’Neil maintains a strong commitment to

making music of the highest quality accessible to young audiences. He served

as associate conductor for the Utah Symphony, which he joined in August

2000. O’Neil studied piano performance at the Oberlin College Conservatory,

served as the assistant conductor of the Eastman School Symphony and

Philharmonia Orchestras at the Eastman School of Music, and earned a master’s degree in

orchestral conducting at Rice University, where he was the director of the Campanile Orchestra,

a community/university orchestra. In the spring of 2003, O’Neil was selected by the League of

American Orchestras (LAO) to conduct an orchestra comprised of members of the Los Angeles

Philharmonic and advanced students from the University of Southern California in Synergy, a

program created to promote young, contemporary composers. O’Neil is prominently featured

with the Colorado Symphony as conductor and creator of the Inside the Score series, in addition

to appearances on each of the Masterworks, Family, Pops and Holiday Series.

RANDY ROGEL, writer

Randy has won three Emmy Awards (nominated for ten), a Peabody Award, two

Annie Awards, three Leo Awards, and the Ovation Award. He recently co-wrote

the hit song Poisonous Love for Kristen Chenoweth with John Powell for the

major motion picture Rio 2. He was show-runner for the animated series 1001

Nights and won Leo awards for Writing and Best Animated Series. At Disney,

Randy wrote songs and scripts for the animated movies Peter Pan-Return to

Neverland, Cinderella II, Cinderella III, Winnie the Pooh, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Three

Musketeers, and 101 Dalmatians II. Randy spent nine years on sta# at Warner Bros. Animation

where he began as an original writer on the Batman series and then joined the sta# of Steven

Spielberg’s Animaniacs, for which wrote most of the songs and many of the scripts. Randy is a

West Point graduate with ten years service as an o%cer in the combat arms. He has a B.S. in

Engineering from the academy and a Masters Degree in International Relations from Boston

University.

SOUNDINGS 2014/15 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG PROGRAM 3

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ROB PAULSEN, voice actor

Born in Detroit, Rob Paulsen spent his childhood in Livonia and Rochester,

attending Junior and Senior high school in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Rob

loved cartoons like most kids but aspired to be a professional hockey player.

“Fortunately, thanks to some big, strong, kid from Winnipeg who drilled me

so hard my ears are still ringing, I learned around the age 18 I had neither the

talent nor the temperament to make a living playing hockey. So, I turned to my

other passions: singing and acting.” The goal of bringing absolute believability to a character,

live-action or animated, is what every actor strives for. Those who are committed to their career

and who combine experience, passion and skill are likely to succeed. With over 2,000 half-hours

of animation credits, Rob’s versatility shines in his starring roles as the voices of Donatello

(Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Yakko Warner, Pinky and Dr.

Scratch ‘n’ Sni# in the Peabody and two-time Emmy award-winning series Animaniacs. As

passionate about “paying it forward” as he is about his lucrative career, Rob supports various

charities, particularly those bene&ting children and military veterans. In his leisure time, Rob

enjoys golf, cruising the PCH, and occasionally lacing up his skates for another chance to relive

his past glory on the rink. He spends the majority of his free time with his wife, Parrish, and their

Yorkshire terriers, Pooshie and Tala. “Laughter’s the best medicine: the cool thing is, you can’t OD

and the re&lls are free.”

JESS HARNELL, voice actor

Named by Variety magazine as one of the top ten voice actors in the business, the

Emmy-nominated Jess Harnell is one of the best and busiest. Jess has appeared

on practically every animated series on TV and has had dozens of starring roles,

he has dozens of starring roles, including “Captain Hero” on Drawn Together,

Chilly and The Wicked King on Doc McStu#ns, Cedri” on So$a The First and of

course Wakko on Animaniacs. Jess’ voice has been heard on countless popular

prime time series as well, including announcing shows such as America’s Funniest Home Videos for

the last 14 years. Jess is currently the lead singer in the acclaimed 80’s metal/pop mash-up band

and Youtube sensation “Rock Sugar,” sharing stages with such rock legends as AC/DC, Slash and

Aerosmith. Just a few of Jess’ &lm credits include Finding Nemo, the Toy Story franchise, and Up as

well as his being the only voice actor to voice two major characters in the Transformers &lms. One

of the top celebrity voice matches in the business, Jess perfectly mimics over 150 celebrities—both

speaking and singing—from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Presley to all four

Beatles, Albert Brooks to Christopher Walken, Steve Perry to Willie Nelson and Pee Wee Herman to

Rodney Danger&eld. “If it’s related at all to the voice, I’d like to believe I can do it. And if I can’t, I’ll

work on it until I &gure out a way that I can.”

PROGRAM 4 SOUNDINGS 2014/15 | COLORADOSYMPHONY.ORG

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TRESS MACNEILLE, voice actor

Tress is enjoying a long and varied career in the wonderful world of voiceover

acting. She is best known for her performances as Dot in Animaniacs and Babs

Bunny in Tiny Toon Adventures, as Daisy Duck, The Queen of Hearts, Chip (of

‘n Dale), Merryweather (The Fairy Godmother) and many other iconic voices

for Disney as well as Mom and other character voices for Futurama. Wilma

Flintstone, Rosie the Robot, Rugrats, The Land Before Time, Veggie Tales, Peabody

and Sherman and numerous other &lm and TV projects all keep Tress happily occupied. This year

Tress celebrates over 25 years providing hundreds of character voices, vocals and impressions

for The Simpsons. Tress’ Peabody Award is safely encased in Lucite.

JULIE AND STEVE BERNSTEIN, composers

Composers of concert music and music for television and &lms, Julie and Steve

Bernstein have worked together and separately on hundreds of episodes of

TV animation. They’ve been recognized for their work with nine Emmys. Their

music for animation includes Animaniacs, Pinky & the Brain, Freakazoid, Histeria!,

The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, Baby Looney Tunes, Make Way for Noddy,

Tiny Toon Adventures, Toonsylvania and more. The Bernsteins co- composed

the scores for the features “Would I Lie to You?”, “Song of David”, “Tom and Jerry Blast O# to

Mars”, “Baby Looney Tunes: Egg- ‐straordinary Adventure” and the Animaniacs feature “Wakko’s

Wish”. Steve’s orchestrations can be heard in the &lms The Amazing Spiderman, Spiderman

3, The Spiderwick Chronicles and the non- ‐spider- ‐themed movies Skyfall, The Perfect Storm,

Windtalkers, Supernova and others. Julie’s arrangement of Joni Mitchell’s “Little Green” for the

Turtle Island String quartet and Tierney Sutton is featured on Ms. Sutton’s Grammy®- ‐nominated

CD After Blue. Steve and Julie produced the CD Tweety’s High- ‐Flying Adventure, featuring their

music and lyrics alongside those of Randy Rogel’s. Julie and Steve have enjoyed many &ne

performances of their orchestral, choral and chamber concert works. Most recently, their &rst

concert music collaboration, “Snapshots”, received Honorable Mention in the IAWM’s Miriam

Gideon composition competition. Julie and Steve are thrilled to once again be teamed up with

Randy, Rob, Tress and Jess. It’s a Dream Team! [Incidentally, Steve sang at the opening concert of

Boettcher Concert Hall. Is he excited to be back in his home town? You Boettcher life!