What is The Missing Link?
Created by Oscar nominee/6X Emmy winner/recognized educational thought leader and Nashville resident Chris Boardman, The Missing Link provides a relevant, experiential learning experience by combining music (of any genre), breathing exercises, and simple movement to alleviate the onset of anxiety and depression.
Designed to promote participation, our two part process begins with an outreach program (as an online course) that can be used by any age group, allows for self selection of musical examples and is available 24/7 on any device with internet access.
This is followed by an immersive orchestral concert that gives voice to their emotional turmoil and provides children of the community the opportunity to experience singing with the orchestra.
This heightens the feeling of being connected to others and creates a bond and sense of belonging among the participants.
What's more: the outreach program and concert can easily be adapted to include local artists.
The benefits for Nashville are immeasurable
Plug and Play Outreach Program
This teaching process allows every user to customize each exercise to their individual taste resulting in a highly personal experience. Artists and labels alike can promote their music and enjoy the bump in ESG/brand loyalty that automatically comes from supporting the common good.
Hybrid Concert Event
Leveraging decades of musical storytelling and theatrical experience we introduce new audiences to the majesty of live music performance.
Future applications will use a prerecorded orchestral performance to enable further market penetration and brand awareness.
How the Outreach Program works
Presented as either an online course, live presentation or both, each exercise in the course simultaneously provides:
• self- selected music
• rhythmic breathing
• simple body movements
Trauma is not a disorder. It is an injury that alters normal brain function.
Using music to activate positive memories releases serotonin and dopamine. Rhythmic breathing controls respiration and specific movements increases body awareness. Adding imagery to the mix will change brain function; give users immediate relief by limiting the initial feelings of dread and powerlessness caused by anxiety and depression.
This process does not medically treat diagnosable disorders.
However, it does provide users with a new skill to help manage their mental health.
The power of story and live performance on full display
An original story that follows two families as their lives intersect following a tragic school shooting and the pandemic.
The Missing Link features:
• An original score composed by Chris Boardman
• 5 Actors positioned on stage in front of the orchestra
• A visual accompaniment that gives local context to the story (by inserting images of local landmarks)
Structured as a community engagement vehicle The Missing Link gives The Nashville Symphony and local artists the opportunity to rebrand themselves - becoming a provider of a service desperately needed by the Nashville community.
Why am I doing this?
Our mental health crisis left unaddressed will have profound consequences. As a trauma/PTSD sufferer I am intimately familiar with how trauma destroys lives. When I thought of how helpless our children are I knew I had to do something.
Trauma effects mental stability, physical health, job and school productivity, and more. Doing nothing will ensure the fragmentation of our culture and ultimately the failure of our country. I believe music can be the answer for many of these issues. The research supports it.
I also believe that using music & art as the salve to heal our wounds will transform the perception of music as being merely a form of entertainment (and expendable) to being recognized as being essential to our common survival.
The Missing Link is apolitical and the outreach program is available for free to anyone who wishes to participate.
For more detail please contact me at: [email protected] for more detail.
Thank you.
Chris
Visit the Website to receive free access to the outreach program
Who is Chris Boardman?
AWARDS
Academy Award Nomination- 1986
“The Color Purple”
ASCAP Film Award- 1986
“The Color Purple”
BMI Film Award- 1999
“Payback”
1991 Emmy Award – Outstanding Music Direction ‘The American Teacher Awards”
1990 Emmy Award – Outstanding Music Direction ‘Julie Andrews In Concert”
1989 Emmy Award – Outstanding Music Direction ‘Christmas in Washington”
1988 Emmy Award – Outstanding Music Direction ‘The Sound Of Christmas- Julie Andrews”
1984 Emmy Award – Outstanding Music Direction “50t Anniversary of the Screen Actors Guild”
1981 Emmy Award – Outstanding Music Direction ‘Linda in Wonderland”
Emmy Nominations
1990 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music Composition ‘Johnny Ryan”
1989 Emmy Nomination- Outstanding Music Composition- “The Hijacking Of The Achille Lauro
1992 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music Direction ‘Christmas in Washington”
1986 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music Direction ‘The American Teacher Awards”
1990 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music Direction ‘Julie Andrews In Concert”
1989 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music Direction ‘Christmas In Washington”
1988 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music Direction ‘The Sound Of Christmas- Julie Andrews
1987 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music Direction ‘Liberty Weekend”
1986 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music Direction Andy Williams and the NBC Kids Search for Santa”
1984 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music Direction ‘Screen Actors Guild 50th Anniversary Celebration”
1983 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music Direction ‘EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration”
1982 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music Direction ‘Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream”
1981 Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Music Direction ‘Linda In Wonderland”
Film and Television
2008 “ Senior Skip Day”
2008 “Homeland Security”
2008 “RPM”
2006 “Local Color”
2005 “In Her Shoes”
2004 “First Daughter”
2002 “Gleason: The Jackie Gleason Story”
2002 “The Wrong Man”
2002 “Lilo and Stitch”
2001 “Serendipity”
2001 “Acceptable Risk”
2001 “SpyKids”
2001 “What Women Want”
2000 “Bruno (aka “Dress Code)”
2000 “Hanging Up”
1999 “Guilty Hearts”
1999 “Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, The”
1999 “Payback”
1999 “Stuart Little”
1999 “Stigmata”
1998 “Meet Joe Black”
1998 “Lethal Weapon 4”
1998 “Wedding Singer, The”
1998 “Parent Trap, The”
1997 “Game, The”
1997 “Out To Sea”
1997 “Sleeping With The Devil”
1997 “Deep Family Secrets”
1997 “Fools Rush In”
1997 “A Smile Like Yours
1996 “Face Of Evil”
1996 “The Good Doctor”
1996 “Bordello of Blood”
1996 “James and the Giant Peach”
1996 “Tales From The Crypt”
1996 “My Fellow Americans”
1995 “Beauty’s Revenge”
1995 “Terror in the Shadows”
1995 “Waterworld”
1995 “Pocohantas”
1995 “Tommy Boy”
1995 “Outbreak”
1995 “Just Cause”
1995 “The Quick and the Dead”
1995 “Father of the Bride Part II”
1995 “Murder in the First”
1995 “Waiting to Exhale”
1994 “Junior”
1994 “Wyatt Earp”
1994 “A Friend to Die For”
1994 “I Love Trouble”
1994 “Ultimate Betrayal”
1994 “Cops and Robbersons”
1993 “Falling Down”
1993 “Look Who’s Talking Now”
1993 “Swing Kids”
1993 “Broken Promises: Taking Emily Back”
1993 “Beyond Suspicion”
1993 “The Three Musketeers”
1993 “The Fugitive”
1993 “Dave”
1993 “Alive”
1993 “Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story”
1993 “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
1993 “Last Action Hero”
1993 “Wilder Napalm”
1992 “Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot”
1991 “Father Of The Bride”
1991 “Dying Young”
1991 “Hudson Hawk”
1991 “Nothing But Trouble”
1991 “Grand Canyon”
1991 “The Object Of Beauty”
1991 “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”
1991 “King Ralph”
1991 “If Looks Could Kill”
1990 “Flatliners”
1990 “Johnny Ryan”
1990 “Sibling Rivalry”
1990 “Diehard 2”
1989 “The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro”
1989 “The Package”
1989 “Prime Target”
1989 . “Road House”
1988 “Young Guns”
1988 “Die Hard”
1987 “Harry and the Hendersons”
1987 “In The Mood”
1987 “Lethal Weapon”
1986 “One Crazy Summer”
1986 “Youngblood”
1986 “Children of a Lesser God”
1985 “Silverado”
1985 “The Color Purple”
1984 “National Lampoon’s Vacation”
1984 “Star 80”
1984 “Moving Violations”
1978 “The Wiz”
1977-1981 “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson”
Arrangements
(Records & Live Performance in alphabetical order)
Alan Menken
Alan Silvestri
Alice Cooper
Amy Grant
Andy Williams
Ann-Margaret
Barbara Streisand
Barry Manilow
Bernadette Peters
Billy Eckstine
Bones Howe
Bruce Broughton
Celine Dion
Clint Black
Cloris Leachman
David Benoit
David Foster
Doc Severinson
Don Henley
Donna Summer
Frank Sinatra
Hal Linden
Jim Henson
Jon Secada
Jose Feliciano
Josh Groban
Julia Migenes-Johnson
Julie Andrews
Juliet Prowse
Julio Iglesias
Kenny G
Kermit the Frog
Larry Grossman
Linda Lavin
Lynn Redgrave
Mac Davis
Marie Osmond
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis
Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Laird
Michael Buble
Michael Kamen
Miss Piggy
Mitzi Gaynor
Nell Carter
Opening Ceremonies 1984 Olympics
Patti Austin
Peabo Bryson
Placido Domingo
Quincy Jones
Radio City Music Hall
Raquel Welch
Reba McIntire
Renee Olstead
Robert Guillaume
Rowlf the Dog
Sandy Patti
Seals and Crofts
Sesame Street
Shawn Colvin
Shirley MacLaine
Siegfried and Roy
The Academy Awards (multiple years)
Tom Jones
Live Theme Park Attractions
(as composer/arranger/orchestrator/conductor)
“Water Fantasium” -
Main Attraction in Dairinka Pavillion at 1990 Osaka World Expo
“Flight of Wonder Attraction” -
Huis Ten Bosch Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
“Cosmic Symphony”
presented daily in Geopolis at the Tokyo Dome
“E” Elements Production Show
HUAXIA Cultural Arts Theater Shenzhen, China
Albums as an Artist
2008 Midtown Moves
2008 Songs from the Heart
2008 Local Color (soundtrack)
1999 Payback (soundtrack)
1996 Bordello of Blood (soundtrack)
1992 Tu Du Bem
1990 Way Down West (as member of “Wishful Thinking”)
1988 Think Again (as member of “Wishful Thinking”)
1987 Wishful Thinking (as member of “Wishful Thinking”)
Professional Activities
Guest Lecturer
NYU
Belmont University (music, business, career development)
Vanderbilt University- Blair School Of Music
Middle Tennessee State University
UCLA
University of Oklahoma
Guest Speaker
Deloitte
Nashville Composers Association
VisualNOW Conference
Sundance Institute
SAE Conference
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Film Scoring I
Film Scoring II
Advanced Music Editing
Live Music Direction
Music in Media
Multimedia Projects
Masters Thesis Advising
Special Projects and Special Topics courses
Private Composition
Private Orchestration
Entrepreneurship
Educational Innovations
Created and produced masters level online film scoring course for Chris Boardman Media Group
Wrote and implemented new courseware for the Media Writing and Production program Undergraduate Major (Frost School of Music - 8 courses)
Created dedicated websites for every course in the MWP Undergraduate Major to support hybrid classroom teaching methods
Created new courses (Virtual Orchestration and “An Introduction to Video Game Scoring) for MWP Graduate Program Spring 2013
Revised and updated MWP Graduate Program
Spring
Revised and updated MWP Undergraduate curriculum
Service
2016-2017 Faculty Learning Committee University of Miami
2012-2013 Ad-Hoc Strategic Planning Committee for the University of Miami
2006-2008 Board of Governors National Academy of Recording and Sciences, Los Angeles Chapter
