A group of musicians has produced a second smartphone music video in time for Christmas. The Eynsford Concert Band recorded a rendition of Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride after members were unable to ...
WHITEMARSH >> What makes playing Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School’s annual winter concert such a cherished tradition for PW musicians? Clarinetist Emma Quinn, a PW ...
December is turning out to be a hot month for Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride." His classic tune was named the No. 1 Holiday Song by ASCAP this month. ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors ...
This ultra-percussive rendition of Leroy Anderson’s light orchestra standard is just magical. After Anderson composed it in 1948, Sleigh Ride quickly became a standard for light orchestral music.
Leroy Anderson was interviewed in the 1960's by Dick Bertel of WTIC Radio, Hartford, Connecticut. Q. Let's start off with a question about Christmas music. What is Christmas music in general? What ...
For many years, composer Leroy Anderson whose evergreen tune "Sleigh Ride" fills the air again these holidays would drive into New Haven for Shubert openings from his Woodbury home. Friends would spot ...
That familiar phrase triggers a wide response inseparably tied to an endless stream of just the right titles to go with just the right music: Fiddle Faddle, The Syncopated Clock, The Typewriter, ...
One measure of the uniqueness of Leroy Anderson’s music is that nobody really knows what to call it. His works — almost all for orchestra but almost none longer than a standard pop tune — have been ...