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Halftime update

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Halftime update

Rick Hirsch

This year I got to write a boatload of halftime music for the great university marching bands at Penn State, Wisconsin, and Iowa.

Here’s the music that has been performed so far:

Penn State University Blue Band

Bye, Bye, Bye (NSYNC) / Sucker (Jonas Brothers)


Firebird Suite (Stravinsky)


MARVEL UNIVERSE: Marvel Studios Fanfare, Avengers Theme, Can You Dig It?, Awesome Mixtape Vol. 1, Black Panther


University of Wisconsin Badger Band

FUNK SHOW REHEARSAL:

You’re Still a Young Man/What Is Hip, Higher Ground, Through the Fire, Let’s Groove, Uptown Funk

PIANO SHOW REHEARSAL:

Piano Man, Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting, Empire State of Mind, Love Song, Bad Romance/Shallow

BROADWAY SHOW:

Opening Up, Lady Marmalade, Waving Through a Window, Alexander Hamilton/the Room Where it Happens

NO VIDEO FOOTAGE AVAILABLE :-(


LADY GAGA (Bad Romance/Shallow) in LAMBEAU at halftime of Packers-Raiders game!

Still to come this season

University of Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band — one selection TBA at Nov. 9 game honoring Veterans Day

Penn State Blue Band — entire halftime show TBA vs. Rutgers on Nov. 30


With any luck at all, I’ll be able to track down some videos after those games.