The Powerful Effect of Music on Our Community –
Gabe Petrocelli
Speaker – Gabe Petrocelli, Conductor, Ontario/Chaffey Community Show Band
Dr. Gabe Petrocelli will explain why music has a powerful effect in our community. He will emphasize that music is a powerful element of communication that transcends the use of the spoken word and thereby requires no translation. Accordingly, the existence of community-based musical organizations has become an important social element in many communities across our nation and as well, in towns and cities worldwide. Dr. Gabe Petrocelli is a graduate of the Hart Conservatory at the University of Hartford. He earned a master’s degree in music cmposition and theory at California University, Los Angeles and a doctoral degree at the University of La Verne. Dr. Petrocelli is a virtuosi pianist. He has written nearly 150 arrangements for the Ontario/Chaffey Community Show Band and numerous others for high school bands and orchestras throughout Southern California. In 2011, he composed the film score for a documentary movie entitled “Mayberry Days.” He has composed music for NBC-TV and has written musical arrangements for Hanson Publications.
Introduction: Larry Fox
Fellowship: Pat Kelly
Greeter: Peter Boniface