Jerry Bilik
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Jerry Bilik is an American composer, arranger, songwriter, conductor, and director of stage productions.
Bilik studied with Tibor Serly
who had been a student of Béla Bartók
. A musical virtuoso by the age of 13, Bilik composed more than 50 pieces of music, which run the gamut from popular ballads to marches to his 'Symphony for Band,' (copyright 1972) and dedicated to Tibor Serly. His concert march "Block M" has been voted by band composers as one of the top 100 marches of all time. He wrote the "M Fanfare" which is usually played by the University of Michigan
marching band prior to their playing the famous fight song "The Victors." He has worked with many popular artists, including Danny Kaye
, Dick Van Dyke
, Leonard Bernstein
, Barbra Streisand
, and Neil Diamond
.
He has arranged music for several television series, including Starsky and Hutch
and Charlie's Angels
.
He serves as Vice President of creative development for Disney on Ice
, having arranged all the music for the Disney on Ice shows, which he also writes and directs.
Bilik studied with Tibor Serly
Tibor Serly
Tibor Serly was a Hungarian violist, violinist and composer.He was one of the students of Zoltán Kodály. He greatly admired and became a young apprentice of Béla Bartók. His association with Bartók was for him both a blessing and a curse...
who had been a student of Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...
. A musical virtuoso by the age of 13, Bilik composed more than 50 pieces of music, which run the gamut from popular ballads to marches to his 'Symphony for Band,' (copyright 1972) and dedicated to Tibor Serly. His concert march "Block M" has been voted by band composers as one of the top 100 marches of all time. He wrote the "M Fanfare" which is usually played by the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
marching band prior to their playing the famous fight song "The Victors." He has worked with many popular artists, including Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye was a celebrated American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian...
, Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke
Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer with a career spanning six decades. He is the older brother of Jerry Van Dyke, and father of Barry Van Dyke...
, Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
, Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
, and Neil Diamond
Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
.
He has arranged music for several television series, including Starsky and Hutch
Starsky and Hutch
Starsky and Hutch is a 1970s American cop thriller television series that consisted of a 90-minute pilot movie and 92 episodes of 60 minutes each; created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast between April 30, 1975 and May 15, 1979 on the ABC...
and Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men...
.
He serves as Vice President of creative development for Disney on Ice
Disney on Ice
Disney On Ice is a touring ice show produced by Feld Entertainment under agreement with The Walt Disney Company. Aimed primarily at children, the shows feature figure skaters dressed as Disney cartoon characters in performances that each derive their music and plot from elements collected from...
, having arranged all the music for the Disney on Ice shows, which he also writes and directs.