MUSIC ON MCB | OABAND, Big Band da OAB-SP
Conducted by Maestro Antunes, the OABAND – Big Band of OAB-SP, formed by musicians’ lawyers, will perform at the Museu da Casa Brasileira, institution of the State Culture Secretariat, managed by Civil Society through the A Casa Museu de Artes e Artefatos Brazilians, on July 29, Sunday, at 11am, with free admission.
With a repertoire that includes songs by ABBA, Jorge Ben Jor and Tim Maia, OABAND contrasts with the profile of advocacy. The front of the group since 2009 is the regency of José Antunes da Silva Filho, graduated in Composition and Regency and musician by the Immaculate Conception Musical Corporation. Antunes also works as a choir conductor at the OAB-CAASP (São Paulo Lawyers Assistance Box).
Formed in 2007, OABAND was created to make presentations within the OAB itself. But, with the increase of its popularity, the big band reached other segments and today it presents itself in festivals, like Revelando São Paulo, meeting of bands realized annually in Iguape (SP).
Repertoire:
1. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Josef Zawinul) arr. John Edmondson
2. My Way (Frank Sinatra) arr. Don Costa, adap: Rocha Souza
3. Medley ABBA – Dancing Queen/Fernando/ I Do, I Do, I Do (Björb Ulvaeus e Benny Andersson) transc./adap. José Antunes)
4. Medley Jorge Ben Jor – Maravilha/Chove Chuva/Mas Que Nada – arr. Leila Pinheiro, adap. Rocha Souza
5. Medley Tim Maia e Ed Mota – Chocolate/Sossego/Manuel – transc./adap. José Antunes
6. Seleção Tim Maia – Primavera/Gostava Tanto de Você/Não Quero Dinheiro/Do Leme ao Pontal/Descobridor dos Sete Mares
About the Music project at MCB
With continuous editions since 1999, the Music project at MCB has benefited more than 240 thousand people, who had free access to shows from groups such as Pau Brasil, Zimbo Trio, Fine Thing Project, Bachiana Jovem Orchestra, Grupo Aum, Mawaca and Traditional Jazz Band , among others. The presentations, which take place on stage set up on the terrace of the Casa Brasileira Museum between March and December, currently gather around 400 spectators on average every Sunday.
About MCB
The Museu da Casa Brasileira, an institution of the São Paulo State Department of Culture, is dedicated to the preservation and diffusion of the material culture of the Brazilian house, being the only museum in the country that specializes in architecture and design. The MCB program includes temporary and long-term exhibitions, with an agenda that also includes activities of the educational service, debates, lectures and publications contextualizing the museum’s vocation for the formation of a critical thinking in themes such as architecture, urbanism, housing, economy urban mobility and sustainability. Among its innumerable initiatives, the MCB Design Prize, the main award of the segment in the country, made since 1986; and the Casas do Brasil project, to rescue and preserve memory about the rich diversity of the country.
