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Michael Sobie's Rocket Man Experience is a fresh homage to Elton John, available with instrumentation ranging from piano/vocal solo to piano/vocal solo with complete symphony orchestra and chorus. 

 

To create Michael Sobie's Rocket Man: A Dynamic Orchestral Experience, Michael spent over 1,000 hours crafting his own arrangements and arrangements paying tribute the iconic catalogue of Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Then titled Rocket Man: A Live Orchestral Experience, the show premiered at St. Monca Catholic Church in May of 2024, performed by some of LA's top musicians and close personal friends of Michael.

Michael Sobie's Rocket Man Experience can be performed in any number of venues due to its modular, scalable nature in terms of time and instrumentation. Please click here for show costs, technical requirements, and additional information. 

 

Truly a celebration of some of the best pop music of the 20th and 21st century, this concert is best summed up by renowned pianist and music director Michael Orland, who referred to the show as "A love letter to Elton John."

Below is the full 2-hour symphonic concert. For a reference to the piano solo version of the show, please follow this link. For general show information, costs, and requirements, click here.

SONG LISTING


Funeral for a Friend

Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues

Daniel

Something About the Way You Look Tonight

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

Crocodile Rock

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters

Tiny Dancer

Take Me to the Pilot

Bennie and the Jets

My Father's Gun

Philadelphia Freedom

Levon

Honky Cat

Rocket Man

Your Song

Burn Down the Mission

Curtains

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

INSTRUMENTATION

Piano/Lead Vocals (Michael Sobie)

Piccolo/Flute

Flute/Alto Flute

Oboe

English Horn

Clarinet (2)

Bassoon

French Horn (2)

Trumpet/Flugelhorn (2)

Trombone (2)

Bass Trombone

Percussion (3)

Drum Set

Electric Bass

SAT or SATB Backing Vocals

Violin 1 

Violin 2

Viola

Cello

Double Bass *opt.

Synthesizer (string reduction) *opt.

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