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The Temptations. Captain & Tennille. Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus. These are only a few Dr. Kevin White has played with many famous people and eclectic acts.
Photo by Rheannon White
“But the best part has been being at Mineral Area College, where I get to wear a multitude of hats every day and it never gets boring,” he said. “For some reason, they let me be creative and that is the most satisfying of all.”
When White was a sophomore at North County High School, Dennis McBride, the new high school band director, arrived. McBride opened White’s eyes the following year to jazz, music theory, and arranging music for different groups.
“He also showed me how exciting the trumpet could be (Maynard Ferguson),” said White. “I had liked math a lot and was going to be a math teacher, but after Mr. McBride came and changed many lives, not just mine, I was hooked on music.”
White even remembered the moment he made the decision.
“I went home one night and announced to my parents that I was going to be a musician,” he said. “My mother, who was sitting on the couch knitting something, calmly got up and walked to the kitchen, turned on the oven, and climbed in.”
White has accomplished a lot from that moment to now. Locally, he has completed 22 years of Baby Boomer Reunion Concert shows, plus 12 years of the History of Country Music shows. He is the creator and director of both shows.
He’s created or been part of many other remarkable events, including the “Shaken, Not Stirred” James Bond movie concert in 2022.
With his latest creation, he’s bringing something different to the community stage on Oct. 26.
“I’m not sure if our area knows that there is a renaissance, no, more like an explosion of the fine arts that has been building in our community over the past few years.”
He explained how this eruption has translated into more performances, more exhibitions, more festivals, more events and more venues from which people can choose to attend or participate.
“This is an amazing occurrence, which is a wonderful bright spot and blessing to all who live here and even more so to those who might ever think of moving here,” he said. “If that is not enough, there is an extra bonus: the availability of high-level, fine-arts education has grown proportionately right alongside this resurgence.”
White is wrapping up his around-the-clock work on The Most Spectacular TV Theme Song Concert Event in the History of the Universe, which takes place Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Farmington Centene Center.
“Harebrained schemes just naturally pop up in my head,” he said, “which usually gets me into trouble.”
He explained how he thought the idea of working with so many people who he didn’t know or had never met and then putting a show together inspired the idea that he needed a multitude of music from different styles and eras.
He arrived at the idea of a TV shows theme songs event.
“When have you ever been to a concert that is just TV theme songs?” he asked. “It just seemed like a good challenge.”
With each TV theme song only being a minute in length, White believes his idea has built-in recognition and nostalgia.
Unfortunately, he did not initially think through every detail and only saw “how cool the final product would be.”
“Ha, ha, it’s simply outrageous,” he said. “This show needs a year, or at the very least, six months to put together. Here I am finally realizing that I have had only two months available.”
White did not realize the hours and hours of transcribing and writing out theme and after theme and how much of an extensive time commitment the project would need.
The songs might be short, but unlike the Baby Boomer or country music show where he writes out for a pop/rock/country rhythm section, including keyboards, guitars, bass, drums, and sometimes up to four horns, he is now writing for a studio orchestra.
“This is basically the Mineral Area College concert Community Band mixed with the Kicks Band (jazz ensemble), rock and country band,” he said. “For each one-minute song, I have to write around 25 to 30 separate parts. So, the act of sleeping has become somewhat of a concern.
White’s creative abilities and musical genius are evident in every production he has created, and Saturday’s TV show-themed concert will be no exception.
Because of the difficulty and hours of work, White promised there will be no repeat of this particular concert.
“This one has been a doozy and there will be no follow-ups to it,” said White, “so I suggest if you are reading this, go get a ticket and see it all play out in real time. I am sure you will enjoy it.”
Don’t miss the opportunity to see White’s insanely creative ideas and musical abilities come together for a never-before-seen concert on Farmington’s Centene Center stage. It’s guaranteed to be an unforgettable event.
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