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| Henry Mancini Institute's 10th Anniversary Nearly 3, 000 people will gather today at the Kodak Theatre for the Henry Mancini Institute's largest fundraiser, a concert and gala dinner celebrating the Institute's 10th Anniversary. The concert stars 13-time GRAMMY-winner Tony Bennett, the HMI Orchestra and special guest artists Monica Mancini, John Williams, and Dave Koz, who will host the exclusive event. Honorary guests include HMI President and co-founder, Ginny Mancini, who will receive the Institute's Legacy Award for her visionary leadership in music education. Julie Andrews will present her with the Legacy Award. Academy Award-winning film composer John Williams will be honored with the esteemed Hank Award for his distinguished contribution to American music, a tribute of excellence previously presented to entertainment greats such as Quincy Jones, Burt Bacharach and Clint Eastwood. The Hank Award will be presented by GRAMMY-Award winning HMI Artistic Director, Patrick Williams, who will lead the HMI Orchestra. "Henry was committed to excellence in both music and music education and tonight we are keeping his spirit and dream alive, " said Ginny Mancini, wife of the late Henry Mancini. "We are thrilled to celebrate a decade of success in music education and to raise the funds necessary for further ecuring the Henry Mancini Institute's place as an internationally recognized music institute through the next decade and beyond." The evening will kick off at 7:00pm with award-winning Mancini classicssuch as "The Theme from The Pink Panther" and "Two For The Road, " featuring the HMI Orchestra, Dave Koz, Monica Mancini, Yue Deng and others. John Williams will conduct the Orchestra in a memorable performance of "Sayuri's Theme" from Memoirs of a Geisha. The legendary Tony Bennett will then join the Orchestra with Pianist Lee Musiker, Bassist Paul Langosch, Guitarist Gray Sargent and Drummer Harold Jones for an hour of top hits including "The Best Is Yet To Come, " "The Shadow Of Your Smile, " "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" and "They Can't Take That Away From Me." write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |