Pops Shows
FROM SAMOA TO SINATRA
As heard on SiriusXM's Siriusly Sinatra Channel, and Matt's soon to be released (May of 2023) CD/Recording of the same name.
A unique tribute to the music of Frank Sinatra, as well as a personal tribute to Matt's legendary Jazz singer mom, Mavis Rivers, who was personally signed by Mr. Sinatra to his Reprise Records Label as its first female artist. Chronicling through music and stories how a little Samoan girl ended up recording/performing with the music & entertainment royalty of the day. A one-of-a-kind exploration the Great American Songbook.
Sample Program:
1st Half
This Could Be It
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
All My Tomorrows
The Best Is Yet To Come
There’s No You
People Will Say We're In Love
Dearly Beloved
The Man I Love
2nd Half
Get Out And Get Under The Moon
Pick Yourself Up
I Remember You
Desafinado
On Second Thought
Teach Me Tonight
Honeysuckle Rose
In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Additional Musicians: Drummer, Female Vocalist
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DOOBIES & DAN
An exciting program of some of the best songs from two of the most iconic bands of rock & roll: The Doobie Brothers, and Steely Dan. The music of these two genre-bending, hit-making, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-ing groups comes together for one incredible concert. Program debuted in 2023 with the Omaha Symphony.
Sample Program:
1st Half
Reeling In The Years
Do It Again
FM
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Deacon Blues
Hey Nineteen
Aja
Peg
2nd Half
What A Fool Believes
Takin' It To The Streets
Black Water
China Grove
Rockin’ Down the Highway
Long Train Runnin’
Listen to the Music
Bodhisattva
Additional Musicians: Drummer, Guitarist, Female Vocalist
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LATIN POP REVOLUTION
A Journey through the world of popular latin music and it’s roots. Audience is encouraged to participate in multiple ways, a fun evening of familiar songs, and modernized melodies. All newly arranged for the contemporary Pops Orchestra by Matt Catingub.
Sample Program:
1st Half
Tico Tico
Peg O My Heart
Santana-Esque
Tito-Esque
*So Danco Samba
*Mas Que Nada
Avalon
La Bamba (Trad Version)
2nd Half
St. Louis Blues (Cha Cha)
*Hurt
*Livin' la Vida Loca
Chicago (Mambo)
*Despacito
T Minus 3-2-1 / 1-2-3
Auwe Kanoa / Conga
Mambo #2001 (Also Sprach Zarathustra)
Additional Musicians: Drummer, Female Vocalist
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GERSHWIN'S GREATEST
Matt’s Gershwin themed recordings over the years forms the basis for this show that celebrates some of the greatest music by America’s greatest composer, with fully reimagined and newly arranged versions of Gershwin standards and classics, including an all new, yet traditional take, on Rhapsody In Blue
Sample Program:
1st Half
I Got Rhythm
Summertime
They All Laughed
Someone To Watch Over Me
Nice Work If You Can Get It
A Foggy Day
An American In Paris (Excerpts)
Home Blues
S Wonderful
2nd Half
Rhapsody In Blue
They Can't Take That Away
Lady Be Good
Embraceable You
The Man I Love
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Additional Musicians: Drummer, Female Vocalist, Piano Soloist
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MARDI GRAS JAZZ
Mardi Gras means masks, madness, and most of all: Music. A lively, fun-filled musical evening centered around the distinct songs and styles that make New Orleans the city of jazz.
Sample Program:
1st Half
Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
*Carnival Time
When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
St. Louis Blues
*Mardi Gras Mambo
Mardi Gras Blues (Go To The Mardi Gras)
It Had To Be You
Jada
The Man I Love
2nd Half
King Porter Stomp
Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody
*Jock A Mo
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
*Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody
When The Saints Go Marching In
After You’ve Gone (Encore)
Additional Musicians: Drummer, Female Vocalist
This program fully licensed and/or royalty free
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SETTING THE STANDARDS
A collection of some of the greatest Traditional Pop songs, arranged and performed by Matt. As conductor and music director for some of the finest performers of the style, (Rosemary Clooney, Jack Jones, Michael Feinstein, xxx) as well as his own reputation as keeper of the flame, this is the program that sets the standard for the Great American Songbook.
Sample Program:
1st Half
Chicago
When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
Stardust
Lucky Day
Birth Of The Blues
Bye Bye Blackbird
Yes Sir That's My Baby
Sweet Georgia Brown
Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
2nd Half
Oh, Lady Be Good!
Tea For Two
The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
Sometimes I'm Happy
It All Depends On You
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
Mack The Knife
Ol’ Man River
Blue Skies
Additional Musicians: Drummer, Female Vocalist
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CLASSICALLY JAZZED
An inventive mash-up of Popular All Time Classical Melodies reimagined, and all newly arranged, for the contemporary Pops Orchestra by Matt Catingub. The highlight of the program is Matt’s original work: Three Shades Of Blue, Concerto For Violin Jazz Trio And Orchestra, recently premiered by Violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti & Maestro Thom Wilkins, with the Omaha Symphony.
Sample Program:
1st Half
Toccata (J.S. Bach)
Air On G String (J.S .Bach)
Polovtsian Dance/Stranger In Paradise (Borodin)
Pavanne/The Lamp Is Low (Ravel)
American In Paris/Home Blues (Gershwin)
My Reverie (Debussy)
Carmen Medley (Toreador Song/Habanera/Madrid)(Bizet)
A Fifth And A Half Of Beethoven (Beethoven)
2nd Half
Three Shades Of Blue, Concerto for Violin, Jazz Trio, and Orchestra (Catingub)
Joy Medley (Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring/Ode To Joy)(Bach/Beethoven)
Mambo #2001 (Also Sprach Zarathustra)(Strauss)
Additional Musicians: Drummer, Female Vocalist, Violin Soloist
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FOLK SONGS FOR HIPSTERS!
Combining some of the most familiar melodies with Jazz, Rock, & Pop influences creates one of the more original Pops shows in years. This newly arranged and orchestrated program of unique and "hip" versions of familiar songs is aimed to please a Pops audience of all ages!
Sample Program:
1st Half
Turkey In The Straw
Careless Love
Yellow Rose Of Texas
Clementine
Beautiful Dreamer
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Home On The Range
Bill Bailey
A Tisket, A Tasket
2nd Half
I've Been Working on the Railroad
Michael Row The Boat Ashore
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Gotta Travel On
Oh Susanna
Down in the Valley
Billy Boy
On Top Of Old Smokey
Additional Musicians: Drummer, Female Vocalist