Elmer Bernstein Composes Debut Fanfare for Opening Gala of 2004 Hollywood Bowl Season
LOS ANGELES, CA — In honor of the fifth anniversary of the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame, associated with John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, composer Elmer Bernstein’s “Fanfare for the Hollywood Bowl,” a one-minute composition commissioned to a select group of composers, was debuted in honor of the inaugural season of the new shell. The evening featured the induction into the Hall of Fame of artists Sarah Chang and Brian Wilson, and the posthumous induction of former Bernstein colleague and friend, Henry Mancini.