Description:

      We are excited to offer this brand new fun take on the Mad Scientist show! Mvt 1 establishes the show with a busy science lab full of experiments happening. Towards the end of the movement, we solve the chemical equation on a chalkboard and think we've found the solution – “joy of discovery.” Mvt 2 is about the beauty, wonder, and awesome power of science. We use our science skills to move from the chalkboard to actually mixing things in beakers and “stabilize a compound." But then… Mvt 3 the experiment goes wrong and the compound “destabilizes' until our Mad scientist actually solves the problem which takes the show into a celebration feel with the tune "Weird Sceince" to wrap up the entire production!

     There are a ton of options to set the stage with rolling lab tables, many beakers, test tubes and swirly glassware filled with different color liquids. The color guard can fill the role of the mad scientists. There can be backdrops with science images and sideline covers (front drops) with chalkboard writing of science type things.

     This show features our arrangements of Bach's Little Fugue in D Minor (public domain) and Weird Science by Oingo Boingo (copyright required). Mvt 1 features an Alto Sax soloist, mvt 2 a Clarinet, Flute and option Horn solo and a Trumpet/Alto/Bari Sax featured small ensemble in mvt 3.

     This show was written by Darren Loney, John Mapes & Trent Gronewold. It was originally commissioned for Gahr HS in the fall of 2022 and was released for the 2023 season.

    *Perusal score available upon request

Permission to arrange and perform must be granted to purchase this show due to the inclusion of a copyrighted material. There is an additional $180 publisher fee (approximate and subject to change) for the use of the song, “Weird Science."