If you were to put together a soundtrack to your childhood, it’s a safe bet that at least some of the songs on it would be by Alan Menken.

An Oscar-, Tony-, and Grammy award winner, composer Alan Menken is known as a Disney Legend. From swimming under the sea with a Jamaican crab, to painting with all the colors of the wind with Pocahontas, or going the distance with a mythical Greek hero, Menken has scored it all. And you’re still hearing his work today: he composed new songs for the live-action 2017 film Beauty and the Beast with Emma Watson, and again for the upcoming live-action for Aladdin, starring Will Smith, out in May.

Alan Menken joins the Morning Shift to talk about his career, play some songs on the WBEZ piano, and give us a peek into his one-man show.

Plus, Chicagoans will vote in the first contested race for city treasurer since 1999. None of the treasurer candidates won a majority back in February, so the first- and second-place winners, State Representative Melissa Conyears-Ervin and 47th Ward Alderman Ameya Pawar are currently in a runoff.

Conyears-Ervin finished first in a close race on February 26th. She says her focus is on increasing transparency within the treasurer’s office. Melissa Conyears-Ervin joins the Morning Shift to talk more about what she’d do as treasurer.

GUESTS: Alan Menken

Melissa Conyears-Ervin