He became production director for the radio station WBAP, later moving to NBC where he became producer for the NBC Symphony Orchestra during the tenure of its conductor Arturo Toscanini. He held several teaching posts at academic institutions in the southern United States during his career, and also helped to found the Symphony of the Air orchestra. Gillis produced several NBC radio programs, including "Serenade to America" and "NBC Concert Hour." After Toscanini retired in 1954 Gillis, serving as president of the Symphony Foundation of America, was instrumental in helping to form the Symphony of the Air, using members of the old NBC Symphony. Gillis also produced the radio program "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend," which ran for several years on NBC after the Italian conductor's death.
Donald A. "Don" Gillis (August 1, 1922 – April 23, 2008) was an Americansportscaster, born in Canada, who was sports director of Boston's Channel 5 (WHDH-TV through March 18, 1972; thereafter WCVB-TV) from 1962 through 1983. Gillis pioneered the 11 p.m. sports report in Boston during his tenure at WHDH-TV, becoming the dean of the city's sports anchors, and also would host highly popular candlepin bowling programs on the station from 1967 to 1996.
Don Gillis (Symphony No. 1 "An American Symphony")
Don Gillis composed this work in 1941. It was written as a patriotic work supporting American war efforts during World War 2.
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia and Ian Hobson (conductor)
Symphony No. 2 and the "fun symphony" (No. 5 1/2) accompany the first symphony on this recording on Albany Records: http://www.albanyrecords.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AR&Product_Code=TROY888&Category_Code=a-BS
Photography by Robert Capa
published: 16 Jul 2016
[Don Gillis] Symphony No.5½, "A Symphony for Fun" (Score-Video)
The Symphony has 4 movements:
I. Perpetual emotion (Quite Fast in a gay manner)
II. Spiritual? (Slowly)
III. Scherzophrenia (Briskly in a gay manner)
IV. Conclusion! (Quite fast)
Performers:
Don Gillis / New Symphony Orchestra
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I do not own neither the score, nor the recordings used in this video. This is only for educational purposes. If you have any complaints regarding copyright issues, please write to me directly at asorabji20(at)gmail(dot)com before submitting a report to YouTube and I will remove the video as soon as possible.
published: 09 Dec 2021
Don Gillis (1912-78) : Symphony No. 5½ 'A Symphony for fun' (1945-46)
I. "Perpetual Emotion." Quite Fast, in a gay manner 0:00
II. "Spiritual?" Slowly 4:00
III. "Scherzofrenia": Briskly, in a gay manner 7:25
IV. "Conclusion": Quite Fast 11:05
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Ian Hobson.
published: 26 Oct 2019
Don Gillis (1912-78) : Symphony X, 'Big D' (1967)
I. "All-American City": Fast-With Energy and Drive
II. "Requiem for A Hero": Slowly
III "Conventioneer": Tempo di valse
IV. "Cotton Bowl": Quickly-Energetically.
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Ian Hobson.
published: 29 Oct 2019
Requiem for a Hero, Don Gillis composer
II. Requiem for a Hero, Symphony "X," Don Gillis composer.
LIVE recorded 01 AUG 2003.
West Point Army Band, LTC Addison conductor
published: 06 Feb 2021
Symphony No. 5 1/2 by Don Gillis - Philharmonic Winds of Malaysia
American Tapestry (2018)
Recorded live at British School of Kuala Lumpur (BSKL)
Presented by Philharmonic Winds of Malaysia
Conductor: Eric Lee
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published: 17 Jun 2022
Variations on a Kitchen Sink by Don Gillis
Variations on a Kitchen Sink
Don Gillis, composer
El Camino College Concert Band,
Dane Teter, head chef
Nov. 17, 2018
published: 20 Nov 2018
Don Gillis (1912-78) : Symphony No. 2 'A Symphony of Faith' (1940)
I. Slowly. Brightly
II. Quite Slowly. Moderately Fast
III. Quite Fast -- in a gay manner.
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Ian Hobson
published: 02 Nov 2019
Review: Don Gillis--A Master of Musical Humor
Don Gillis (1912-78) by rights ought to be acclaimed as a major American twentieth-century composer. His delightfully funning Symphony No. 5 1/2 was performed and recorded by none other than Arturo Toscanini (link below). Of course it helped that Gillis was Toscanini's producer at NBC. Listen and learn more about this fascinating, unfairly neglected figure, with musical examples taken from Albany Records' excellent Gillis series.
Toscanini conducts Gillis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzuDfPb2ZoI
Don Gillis composed this work in 1941. It was written as a patriotic work supporting American war efforts during World War 2.
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia a...
Don Gillis composed this work in 1941. It was written as a patriotic work supporting American war efforts during World War 2.
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia and Ian Hobson (conductor)
Symphony No. 2 and the "fun symphony" (No. 5 1/2) accompany the first symphony on this recording on Albany Records: http://www.albanyrecords.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AR&Product_Code=TROY888&Category_Code=a-BS
Photography by Robert Capa
Don Gillis composed this work in 1941. It was written as a patriotic work supporting American war efforts during World War 2.
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia and Ian Hobson (conductor)
Symphony No. 2 and the "fun symphony" (No. 5 1/2) accompany the first symphony on this recording on Albany Records: http://www.albanyrecords.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AR&Product_Code=TROY888&Category_Code=a-BS
Photography by Robert Capa
The Symphony has 4 movements:
I. Perpetual emotion (Quite Fast in a gay manner)
II. Spiritual? (Slowly)
III. Scherzophrenia (Briskly in a gay manner)
IV. Conclu...
The Symphony has 4 movements:
I. Perpetual emotion (Quite Fast in a gay manner)
II. Spiritual? (Slowly)
III. Scherzophrenia (Briskly in a gay manner)
IV. Conclusion! (Quite fast)
Performers:
Don Gillis / New Symphony Orchestra
——————
I do not own neither the score, nor the recordings used in this video. This is only for educational purposes. If you have any complaints regarding copyright issues, please write to me directly at asorabji20(at)gmail(dot)com before submitting a report to YouTube and I will remove the video as soon as possible.
The Symphony has 4 movements:
I. Perpetual emotion (Quite Fast in a gay manner)
II. Spiritual? (Slowly)
III. Scherzophrenia (Briskly in a gay manner)
IV. Conclusion! (Quite fast)
Performers:
Don Gillis / New Symphony Orchestra
——————
I do not own neither the score, nor the recordings used in this video. This is only for educational purposes. If you have any complaints regarding copyright issues, please write to me directly at asorabji20(at)gmail(dot)com before submitting a report to YouTube and I will remove the video as soon as possible.
I. "Perpetual Emotion." Quite Fast, in a gay manner 0:00
II. "Spiritual?" Slowly 4:00
III. "Scherzofrenia": Briskly, in a gay manner 7:25
IV. "Conclusion": Quit...
I. "Perpetual Emotion." Quite Fast, in a gay manner 0:00
II. "Spiritual?" Slowly 4:00
III. "Scherzofrenia": Briskly, in a gay manner 7:25
IV. "Conclusion": Quite Fast 11:05
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Ian Hobson.
I. "Perpetual Emotion." Quite Fast, in a gay manner 0:00
II. "Spiritual?" Slowly 4:00
III. "Scherzofrenia": Briskly, in a gay manner 7:25
IV. "Conclusion": Quite Fast 11:05
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Ian Hobson.
I. "All-American City": Fast-With Energy and Drive
II. "Requiem for A Hero": Slowly
III "Conventioneer": Tempo di valse
IV. "Cotton Bowl": Quickly-Energetically...
I. "All-American City": Fast-With Energy and Drive
II. "Requiem for A Hero": Slowly
III "Conventioneer": Tempo di valse
IV. "Cotton Bowl": Quickly-Energetically.
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Ian Hobson.
I. "All-American City": Fast-With Energy and Drive
II. "Requiem for A Hero": Slowly
III "Conventioneer": Tempo di valse
IV. "Cotton Bowl": Quickly-Energetically.
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Ian Hobson.
American Tapestry (2018)
Recorded live at British School of Kuala Lumpur (BSKL)
Presented by Philharmonic Winds of Malaysia
Conductor: Eric Lee
Subscribe us h...
American Tapestry (2018)
Recorded live at British School of Kuala Lumpur (BSKL)
Presented by Philharmonic Winds of Malaysia
Conductor: Eric Lee
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American Tapestry (2018)
Recorded live at British School of Kuala Lumpur (BSKL)
Presented by Philharmonic Winds of Malaysia
Conductor: Eric Lee
Subscribe us here:
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instagram.com/philwindsmalaysia
Don Gillis (1912-78) by rights ought to be acclaimed as a major American twentieth-century composer. His delightfully funning Symphony No. 5 1/2 was performed a...
Don Gillis (1912-78) by rights ought to be acclaimed as a major American twentieth-century composer. His delightfully funning Symphony No. 5 1/2 was performed and recorded by none other than Arturo Toscanini (link below). Of course it helped that Gillis was Toscanini's producer at NBC. Listen and learn more about this fascinating, unfairly neglected figure, with musical examples taken from Albany Records' excellent Gillis series.
Toscanini conducts Gillis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzuDfPb2ZoI
Don Gillis (1912-78) by rights ought to be acclaimed as a major American twentieth-century composer. His delightfully funning Symphony No. 5 1/2 was performed and recorded by none other than Arturo Toscanini (link below). Of course it helped that Gillis was Toscanini's producer at NBC. Listen and learn more about this fascinating, unfairly neglected figure, with musical examples taken from Albany Records' excellent Gillis series.
Toscanini conducts Gillis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzuDfPb2ZoI
Don Gillis composed this work in 1941. It was written as a patriotic work supporting American war efforts during World War 2.
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia and Ian Hobson (conductor)
Symphony No. 2 and the "fun symphony" (No. 5 1/2) accompany the first symphony on this recording on Albany Records: http://www.albanyrecords.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AR&Product_Code=TROY888&Category_Code=a-BS
Photography by Robert Capa
The Symphony has 4 movements:
I. Perpetual emotion (Quite Fast in a gay manner)
II. Spiritual? (Slowly)
III. Scherzophrenia (Briskly in a gay manner)
IV. Conclusion! (Quite fast)
Performers:
Don Gillis / New Symphony Orchestra
——————
I do not own neither the score, nor the recordings used in this video. This is only for educational purposes. If you have any complaints regarding copyright issues, please write to me directly at asorabji20(at)gmail(dot)com before submitting a report to YouTube and I will remove the video as soon as possible.
I. "Perpetual Emotion." Quite Fast, in a gay manner 0:00
II. "Spiritual?" Slowly 4:00
III. "Scherzofrenia": Briskly, in a gay manner 7:25
IV. "Conclusion": Quite Fast 11:05
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Ian Hobson.
I. "All-American City": Fast-With Energy and Drive
II. "Requiem for A Hero": Slowly
III "Conventioneer": Tempo di valse
IV. "Cotton Bowl": Quickly-Energetically.
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Ian Hobson.
American Tapestry (2018)
Recorded live at British School of Kuala Lumpur (BSKL)
Presented by Philharmonic Winds of Malaysia
Conductor: Eric Lee
Subscribe us here:
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instagram.com/philwindsmalaysia
Don Gillis (1912-78) by rights ought to be acclaimed as a major American twentieth-century composer. His delightfully funning Symphony No. 5 1/2 was performed and recorded by none other than Arturo Toscanini (link below). Of course it helped that Gillis was Toscanini's producer at NBC. Listen and learn more about this fascinating, unfairly neglected figure, with musical examples taken from Albany Records' excellent Gillis series.
Toscanini conducts Gillis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzuDfPb2ZoI
He became production director for the radio station WBAP, later moving to NBC where he became producer for the NBC Symphony Orchestra during the tenure of its conductor Arturo Toscanini. He held several teaching posts at academic institutions in the southern United States during his career, and also helped to found the Symphony of the Air orchestra. Gillis produced several NBC radio programs, including "Serenade to America" and "NBC Concert Hour." After Toscanini retired in 1954 Gillis, serving as president of the Symphony Foundation of America, was instrumental in helping to form the Symphony of the Air, using members of the old NBC Symphony. Gillis also produced the radio program "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend," which ran for several years on NBC after the Italian conductor's death.