Montclair State University: Orchestra Rocks Monday Night Football

Press release from Montclair State University:

November 9, 2021

In a unique mashup, the Montclair State University Symphony Orchestra performed in a teaser for Monday Night Football on ESPN on Monday night, Nov. 8.

The teaser, titled Legends, juxtaposed the orchestra playing a classical piece with footage of some of football’s greatest players just prior to the Pittsburgh Steelers/Chicago Bears game, then cut to today’s generation of football players and shots of the orchestra playing its rendition of Legend by The Score.

The piece was filmed on Monday, October 25, when ESPN came to campus through a partnership with the School of Communication and Media, and Adjunct Professor Stacy Gitlin brought SCM students to observe the filming at the Alexander Kasser Theater and interview the creative director for a documentary on the process.

ESPN’s Monday Night Football has millions of viewers depending on the game – with some recent games seeing upwards of 14 million viewers, and though viewership numbers aren’t available yet, the Steelers-Bears matchup promised to be a heavily watched game.

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