John Williams News

The Houston Symphony will give a respectful nod to film composer John Williams with its first concert of 2016, 'Star Wars and More: A Tribute to John Williams,' at 8 p.m. this weekend, January 8 and 9 and 7:30 p.m. on January 10.

Kaleidoscope Theatre Montreal (winner of the 2015 Frankie for Most Promising English Company) is proud to present the remount of last year's highest grossing 25th St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival show: Captain Aurora: A Superhero Musical. Created and directed by Trevor Barrette, Captain Aurora is a show about the nightmares that come true when dreams do and the search for meaning, a search that will take our audience from the streets of Megacity to intergalactic spacecrafts and alternate dimensions!

The Houston Symphony will give a respectful nod to film composer John Williams with its first concert of 2016, "Star Wars and More: A Tribute to John Williams," at 8 p.m.on January 8 and 9 and 7:30 p.m. on January 10. Known for composing some of the most recognizable soundtracks in cinematic history, Williams' iconic music from the Star Wars and Harry Potter franchises, as well as Steven Spielberg classics Jurassic Park, Jaws and E.T., will be brought to life in live orchestral performance.

Three truly exclusive items have been acquired by Chenango River Theatre's Gala Committee as featured items at the 2016 Winter Gala on Jan. 23.  These three items are not available for purchase anywhere except at this event, which supports the theatre's 2016 season. 

The original motion picture soundtrack for the record-breaking Star Wars: The Force Awakens, featuring new score conducted and composed by five-time Academy Award-winning composer John Williams, has entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 5, scanning over 100,000 equivalent album units in its first week of release.

HOUSTON (December 17, 2015) – The Houston Symphony will celebrate a new year and begin the second half of the 2015-2016 season with a variety of concerts, guests and programs for people of all ages in January and February.

The Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will ring in the holiday season offering something for everyone, from traditional annual performances to a one-of-a-kind experience that pairs world-class acrobats and gymnasts with music by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, in Cirque de la Symphonie.

The New York Philharmonic will present two programs of film music in May 2016: a complete screening of Charlie Chaplin's CITY LIGHTS, May 19, 2016 - with the Orchestra performing Chaplin's score live, conducted by Timothy Brock, who restored the score for live performance - and Disney's FANTASIA, May 20-21, 2016 - in which selections from Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 will be screened as the Orchestra performs the music live, led by Assistant Conductor Joshua Gersen, in honor of Fantasia's 75th anniversary.

The announcement that Lin-Manuel Miranda has composed music for the new STAR WARS movie has inspired two comic hashtags.

The HAMILTON creator turned to Twitter to confirm the exciting news that he composed music for the new Star Wars film!

The Santa Barbara Symphony, under the baton of Maestro Nir Kabaretti, will usher in the year 2016 with a rousing New Year's Eve pops concert at the historic Granada Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara. Featuring a guest appearance by award-winning soprano Lisa Vroman, and a program of popular classics and favorites from stage and screen, the performance will begin at 8:30 pm. Tickets are now available.

Director J.J. Abrams let the cat out of the bag that HAMILTON creator and star, Lin-Manuel Miranda agreed to compose part of the score for the new STAR WARS film, following a chance meeting at the hit Broadway show.

A very special Star Wars performance took place during last night's '2015 American Music Awards' when platinum-selling recording artists Pentatonix performed the legendary Star Wars score

In the world premiere of WOOD BOY DOG FISH, playwright Chelsea Sutton has intricately written a very dark re-telling of Pinocchio and his maker Geppetto, fully utilizing the perfect combination of ocean video projections, mood-enhancing  music, modular set pieces, fantastic costumes, and most every effective stagecraft trick in theatrical history (both high-tech and low).

The Grammy Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will ring in the holiday season offering something for everyone, from traditional annual performances to a one-of-a-kind experience that pairs world-class acrobats and gymnasts with music by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, in Cirque de la Symphonie.

On January 6, 2016, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance will present Grammy and Emmy award-winner Itzhak Perlman conducting the Juilliard Orchestra in their first Chicago appearance in 10 years. Treasured by audiences throughout the world for his remarkable artistry, Mr. Perlman, who contracted polio at age four, is also one of the most important and committed advocates for accessibility, and a source of inspiration for young musicians with and without disabilities.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) celebrates the 2015 holiday season with a wide variety of concert programming, from the traditional annual performances of Handel's Messiah with the Concert Artists of Baltimore to a one-of-a-kind experience that pairs world-class acrobats and gymnasts with music by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, in an exciting program titled Cirque de la Symphonie.

The North Carolina Symphony, led by Associate Conductor David Glover, will continue its 2015/16 TodayFavorites series with 'Favorite Light Classics' today, Nov. 13, at noon in Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh in the second concert of its popular 'Today Favorites' lunchtime series.

They were the brand name on every woman's lips. Goodman Theatre announces it will produce the world premiere of War Paint, a new musical that charts the ascent and arch-rivalry of cosmetics entrepreneurs Helena Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden. Patti LuPone, who 'generates more raw excitement than any other performer on Broadway' (The New York Times), and Christine Ebersole, a 'first-class, revitalizing master of period style' (The New York Times), respectively star as Rubinstein and Arden, the brilliant innovators with humble roots who shrewdly navigated the 1930s male-dominated business world to forever change the business of beauty. Directed by Michael Greif (Rent, Next to Normal, If/Then, Grey Gardens), War Paint reunites Scott Frankel and Michael Korie-the acclaimed composer and lyricist team of Grey Gardens and Far From Heaven-with Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Doug Wright (Grey Gardens, I Am My Own Wife, The Little Mermaid). The musical is inspired by the book, War Paint, by Lindy Woodhead and the documentary film, The Powder & the Glory, by Ann Carol Grossman and Arnie Reisman.  

October 22, 2015 – Chattanooga, TN – The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, in partnership with the City of Chattanooga, will present a free Veteran's Day concert tonight, November 11 at 7:00pm at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium. This is the 4th consecutive year that the CSO has presented this family-friendly concert for veterans, their families, and the public. Conducted by CSO Music Director Kayoko Dan, the CSO musicians are joined by the Lee University Singers, directed by Brad Moffett.