ONE FOR MY BABY (The New Harold Arlen Musical)

Fred is co-author and musical supervisor/arranger of the Broadway-bound new musical ONE FOR MY BABY, built around the song catalogue of the great Harold Arlen. ONE FOR MY BABY was conceived and co-written by director-choreographer Scott Thompson.

Hear some DEMO EXCERPTS HERE...

It's that rare animal, a vivacious song-and-dance spectacular in the great Broadway tradition – with star turns clobbering the audience a mile a minute, a large cast, an exciting live orchestra, great songs, and a neo-40's complex plot of music, murder, & mayhem.

The demo-CD cast includes Carolee Carmello, Anika Noni Rose, Mary Bond Davis, Gavin Creel, Lauren Kennedy, Meredith Patterson, Kevin Earley, Chester Gregory, and a chorus of 12, with Fred conducting his 16-piece orchestra.

Preparations are afoot for a major staged pre-production presentation in January, 2011.

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRATIONS

Fred just finished creating orchestrations for Michael Cavanaugh: Elton John and Generations Of Rock, which premiered in June with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and will be performed with symphony orchestras around the country in 2010-2011.

Fred's orchestrations for the Indianapolis-Pops-produced Michael Cavanaugh Sings Billy Joel symphonic concert have been played in 35 cities over the last year.

Fred contributed orchestrations for Tony De Sare In Concert, a symphonic presentation which debuted in February, 2010.

Fred created orchestrations for the Indianapolis Pops Orchestra's new concert Mysterioso, starring internationally acclaimed illusionist Joseph Gabriel and New York singer Christine Bianco. The concert premiered in October 2009, and has been played in cities across the U.S. and Canada.

Fred created orchestrations for Maureen McGovern, who hosted the Indianapolis Symphony's annual Yuletide celebration, 2009, and he furnished some orchestrations for Florence Henderson's concert with the Indianapolis Symphony.

WONDER PETS! – EMMY AWARD WINNER, THIRD TIME!

Fred just completed his third season orchestrating and conducting Nickelodeon's Emmy-winning hit show WONDER PETS! The series just won its third Emmy Award for its Music Department, headed by Jeffrey Lesser. Each 12-minute episode is a through-composed classically-styled opera for children, recorded with live orchestra. Larry Hochman is Head Composer. Since its debut in March 2006, Wonder Pets! has consistently ranked among the top three preschool shows on commercial TV in the U.S, and is the top-rated show in all categories in Australia.

• The Magic Schoolbus continues to air world-wide, scored by Fred and head composer Peter Lurye (produced by Scholastic.) Qubo Channel has just announced The Magic Schoolbus as a component of its new lineup of children's programming for Fall 2010;

Qubo was formed in 2006 by an unprecedented alliance of leading distribution partners and content players in children's television that includes, ION Media Networks, Scholastic, NBC Universal and Corus Entertainment Media.† Qubo can be seen 24/7 on Qubo Channel and www.qubo.com and is also broadcast Wednesday- Friday afternoons on ION Television, NBC Saturday mornings and Telemundo weekend mornings.

FRED JUDGES THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OF PERFORMING ARTS

Fred represents the New York performing arts community as a judge of the World Championships of Performing Arts, a world-wide talent search and competition culminating in a web-cast TV show on July 23.

Last year, over 75,000 applicants from 40 countries and the USA auditioned for a spot to compete at the 13th anniversary at what is often cited as the official "Talent Olympics." Griff O'Neil, competition president and founder, and a one-time executive of the Miss Universe Pageant, recruited over 75 scouts and national directors to scour the globe for outstanding talent.

CATHOUSE: THE MUSICAL

HBO Documentary Films announces the DVD release of CATHOUSE: THE MUSICAL, in which Fred made his HBO debut appearing as himself. Fred provided the musical arrangements and supervision of this unusual production, featuring the denizens of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Carson City, Nevada who regularly appear on HBO's late-night series CATHOUSE.

Sheila Nevins and Patti Kaplan produced this musical special, with musical numbers staged by Fred's longtime collaborator, Scott Thompson. Fred played, led the band, and even sang a duet with... well, see the DVD. Note: NOT for children of any ages!

MISS GULCH RETURNS! and THE TWO SVENGALIS CDs

Fred Barton's acclaimed CDs of his shows Miss Gulch Returns! and The Two Svengalis are now available on i-Tunes and thirty other digital download services, including Napster, MP3tunes, and EMusic. They are available at Amazon.com and CD Baby, and you can also find it in selected stores nationwide, and at Dress Circle in London. The liner notes and photographs can be viewed on the respective pages of this site.