{"id":553,"date":"2019-06-08T00:19:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebzbproductions.ebzb.org\/congratulation-to-concentrix-music-and-fred-story\/"},"modified":"2019-06-08T00:19:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T00:19:00","slug":"congratulation-to-concentrix-music-and-fred-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/2019\/06\/08\/congratulation-to-concentrix-music-and-fred-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulation to Concentrix Music and Fred Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So delighted to keep company with Fred and Becky Story of Concentrix Music. &nbsp;Fred composed the original music used in the public broadcast production of EbzB&#8217;s War Bonds: The Songs and Letters of World War II. &nbsp;See what they are up to now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 18px;\">#concentrixmusic #ebzb #warbonds<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>\nRenowned Composer Fred Story &amp; Concentrix Music Compose and Produce Original Score for Multi-Award Winning Documentary &#8220;Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices&#8221;<\/h3>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: roboto-condensed, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; text-transform: uppercase;\">\n<dl style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;\">\n<dd itemprop=\"author\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.multichannel.com\/author\/the-asbury-pr-agency\" phx-track-=\"phx-track-\" rel=\"author\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s ease;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">THE ASBURY PR AGENCY, INC<\/span>.<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/dd>\n<dd style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 14.4px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px;\"><phoenix-timeago locale=\"en-us\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">JUN 6, 2019<\/phoenix-timeago><\/dd>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 30px 0px; width: 620px;\">\n<section itemprop=\"articleBody\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; column-gap: 20px; flex-flow: column; grid-template-columns: minmax(620px, 1fr); grid-template-rows: auto; margin: 0px auto; overflow: unset; row-gap: 20px; width: auto;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding-bottom: 30px; text-transform: none; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;\">\nPowerful Documentary to Air June 21st on PBS&#8217; &#8220;American Masters&#8221; Series<\/div>\n<section style=\"background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: table; height: 50px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; top: 0px !important; width: 620px;\">\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: kepler-std, serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.65em; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: none; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nCharlotte, NC, June 6, 2019 \u2013 The music of renowned composer Fred Story, founder of Concentrix Music and Sound Design, Inc. &#8211; who composed and produced the original score featured within the multi-award winning documentary film &#8220;Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices&#8221; \u2013 will be heard nationally when that special film airs on the PBS \u201cAmerican Masters\u201d series June 21st. Story\u2019s original score, written for a chamber string ensemble, was performed by The Bechtler Ensemble, with Alan Yamamoto serving as conductor.<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n\u201cRobert Shaw: Man of Many Voices\u201d was the winner of the \u201cBest Music\u201d Award at the prestigious 2018 Breckinridge Film Festival, and also won \u201cBest Documentary Film\u201d at that same event. The film also won the 2018 \u201cBest Original Score\u201d Emmy for Fred Story, and two additional Emmy Awards in Atlanta for the Southeast Region. Winner of the \u201cBest Documentary\u201d Award at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, \u201cMan of Many Voices\u201d was also selected as \u201cOne of the Best of the Fest\u201d by the American Documentary Festival (AmDocs). Additionally, the film is the winner of the 2017 \u201cGold Award\u201d from the Los Angeles Film Review\u2019s Independent Film Awards, and was cited with the \u201cBest Documentary\u201d Award from the Beaufort International Film Festival.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n\u201cOne of the things I love most about my gig is the collaborative nature of the work, and nowhere was that more apparent than on this film,\u201d Fred Story said. \u201cExecutive Producer Kiki Wilson assembled a stellar team &#8211; I\u2019d worked with director Pamela Roberts on other projects, and it was terrific working with her again \u2013 as well as with co-director Peter Miller for the first time. These talented filmmakers had such a clear vision for this project, my job as score composer was a complete joy. Amy Linton, who also edited the film, is one of the best Music Supervisors I\u2019ve ever worked with &#8211; and Brit Warner\u2019s superb sound mix brought the soundtrack together beautifully. Also, as I think most composers will tell you, it\u2019s always a thrill to hear great musicians perform your work, and the Bechtler Ensemble brought this score to life spectacularly. I was very proud to have played a small part in helping bring the story of Robert Shaw\u2019s amazing life to the screen.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nDescribed as \u201cPoignant and Compelling\u201d by the New York Times, \u201cRobert Shaw: Man of Many Voices\u201d is more than a remarkable story about the unbelievable rise of a great symphonic conductor from a background of pop music and very little formal training. It is also a moving tale of a man wrestling demons while still creating choral music that towers as the gold standard even today.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nRobert Shaw\u2019s legacy has reached far beyond the multiple Grammy awards, the record-breaking albums and even the vast musical history he made. Civil rights and international diplomacy also benefitted from Mr. Shaw\u2019s unshakeable belief that music could transcend human divisions whether political, prejudicial or simply entrenched. His considerable talents were matched by his passion, his charisma and his unique genius, and seemed to stay a step ahead of the world around him.<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nRobert Shaw touched the lives of untold musicians and listeners, most of whom walked away from the experience a changed being. This documentary film that the New York Times went on to call \u201can obvious labor of love \u2026 admirably clear-eyed in its warts-and-all perspective\u201d captures those moments with all the emotion and gravitas as when they were first experienced.<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nThe NY Times ran an article about the great conductor upon his death:<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/04\/28\/arts\/music\/saluting-robert-shaw-a-conductor-of-humanist-spirituality.html\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 49%, rgb(194, 26, 36) 50%); background-position: 0px 90%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; background-size: 2px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c21a24; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease;\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/04\/28\/arts\/music\/saluting-robert-shaw-a-conductor-of-humanist-spirituality.html<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">ABOUT FRED STORY&#8217;S ROLE ON &#8220;MAN OF MANY VOICES&#8221;:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nStory\u2019s client for this project was the program\u2019s executive producer Kiki Wilson, a longtime member of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, and Directors Pamela Roberts and Peter Miller.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nRegarding Story\u2019s work on \u201cMan of Many Voices,\u201d Wilson said, \u201cFred was unbelievably wonderful to work with in general. The way he works, his speed for turning things around, and the quality that he produces is just terrific. Anybody who took on original music for a film like this &#8211; a documentary jam-packed with some of the greatest classic pieces of music of the past century &#8211; would be facing a daunting task. But Fred did it wonderfully. His music balances so nicely with those classic original recordings, which were very high quality. I would work with him again in a heartbeat \u2013 he\u2019s just a delight to work with, and an exceptional human being.\u201d&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nAdds Co-Director Pam Roberts, \u201cI have worked with Fred Story on three major PBS documentaries in recent years, and to show you how good he is, he won an Emmy for Outstanding Musical Score for each. With \u2018Robert Shaw &#8211; Man of Many Voices,\u2019 Fred once again demonstrates that he is a brilliant, insightful film composer who knows how to enhance the power of a great story through the musical score.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">ABOUT FRED STORY:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nFred Story is President\/Composer of Concentrix Music and Sound Design, Inc., of Charlotte, NC. Story has been composing for film, television, and advertising since 1990. Since that time, he has scored dozens of independent feature films and documentaries. In addition, his music for television has been heard on major network and cable outlets including PBS, ABC, Discovery, A&amp;E, History Channel, HGTV, Food Network, and more, as well as on numerous regional public TV affiliates across the country. Films scored by Story consistently receive honors at major film festivals.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nHaving majored in Music Education in college, Story next found himself in a career in broadcasting, and relocated to Charlotte in the early 1980s to work at an album rock radio station. What began as an effort to improve his jazz piano chops turned instead into seven years of private study in composition with the great Ziggy Hurwitz (who\u2019d written, arranged and performed with everyone from Woody Herman to the London Symphony), during which time Story focused on orchestral writing. His broadcast industry connections next led him to numerous scoring opportunities, and his demand as a composer flourished. In 1990, Story left the radio industry and launched Concentrix.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nIn addition to his most recent projects cited above, Story has also contributed original music to such TV programs as \u201cRed October\u201d for Discovery, \u201cPope John Paul II \u2013 A Light for the Nations\u201d originally for ABC Network, \u201cFood Finds\u201d on Food Network (for which he was the composer for seven seasons,) and for the PBS programs \u201cMargaret Mitchell: American Rebel,\u201d \u201cThank You Eddie Hart,\u201d \u201cMarching Once More\u201d and \u201cLaugh At Us.\u201d Fred and his wife Becky, an Emmy Award winning lyricist, composed songs and score and managed the music team for 195 episodes of the international children\u2019s show \u201cRaggs\u201d. He also contributed the scores to a number of feature and documentary films, including \u201cA Man Named Pearl\u201d (a film which the New York Times said was \u201caided by Fred Story\u2019s jazzy score\u201d), as well as the films \u201cChildren of all Ages,\u201d \u201cIn the Footsteps of Elie Weisel,\u201d <span style=\"background-color: yellow;\">\u201cWar Bonds: The Songs and Letters of World War II,\u201d<\/span> \u201cRedneck Roots,\u201d \u201cAmong Brothers,\u201d \u201cFudgie and Jane,\u201d \u201cLiberating Jesse\u201d and \u201cSaying Goodbye.\u201d&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nStory is the winner of 15 Regional Emmy Awards, as well as four Telly Awards, 18 Addy Awards, a \u201cBest Music\u201d New York Festival Award, a Cine Golden Eagle Award, a \u201cBest Music\u201d Breckenridge Film Festival Award, and dozens of Silver Microphone Awards. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, ASCAP, NATAS, and the Production Music Association.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">ABOUT CONCENTRIX MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nFounded by Fred Story in Charlotte, NC, in 1990, Concentrix Music and Sound Design, Inc., is a leading, original music production company spearheaded by Story, and owned and managed by Story and his wife Becky.<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nRegarding the origin of his company\u2019s name, Story says, \u201cSound moves in concentric circles. But the laws of physics don\u2019t explain how sound can and does elicit emotion. Our specialty at Concentrix Music is to help create emotion through sound. We provide original music and audio production for film, television, radio, advertising, streaming, and multi-media presentations across the United States and beyond.\u201d For more information, please see: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.concentrixmusic.com\/\">www.concentrixmusic.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: center;\">\n&nbsp;# # #<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">Media Contact:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nDan Harary<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\nThe Asbury PR Agency<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n310\/859-1831<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<a href=\"mailto:dan@asburypr.com\" style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 49%, rgb(194, 26, 36) 50%); background-position: 0px 90%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; background-size: 2px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #c21a24; line-height: 1.6em; outline: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 2px 0px; transition: all 0.25s ease;\">dan@asburypr.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div>EbzB Productions &#8211; Your World Is Our Stage!<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.ebzb.org<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So delighted to keep company with Fred and Becky Story of Concentrix Music. &nbsp;Fred composed the original music used in the public broadcast production of EbzB&#8217;s War Bonds: The Songs and Letters of World War II. &nbsp;See what they are up to now&#8230; #concentrixmusic #ebzb #warbonds Renowned Composer Fred Story &amp; Concentrix Music Compose and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,20,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-public-television","category-associates","category-war-bonds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebzb.org\/WPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}