Summer is blockbuster season! Join us for Hollywood Hits, where the silver screen comes to life on Capitol Square and we shine the light on emerging talent with the winner of our Young Artist Concerto Competition. From classics such as Ben-Hur and Casablanca to modern-day favorites like Jordan Peele’s Nope, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars—this cinematic concert delivers nonstop thrills. It’s a night for film fans, music lovers, and anyone who gets chills when the music swells. Learn more about YACC winner Angelina Chang.

Hollywood Hits

Capitol Square

Sheng Cai is an acclaimed Canadian pianist praised for his expressive depth and virtuosity. He has appeared as a soloist with major orchestras worldwide, including the Toronto Symphony, Shanghai Symphony, and Philharmonie Südwestfalen. A passionate interpreter of both standard and rare repertoire, his performances and recordings have earned international critical acclaim for their color, clarity, and power.

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Masterworks: Musical Wanderlust

Lenoir-Rhyne University

Goldfinger, Lawrence of Arabia, Gone With the Wind -- imagine some of the greatest scores of The Golden Age of Hollywood, paired with contemporary favorites like Harry Potter and Mission Impossible -- and you have the perfect Movie Night at the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra! Once again, Dustin and Dominique Luecke are your hosts. To top it all off, the La Crosse Youth Symphony joins the LSO, side-by-side, for Rossini's sparking overture to The Barber of Seville -- used to wonderful effect in the great 1979 Midwestern coming-of-age classic comedy, Breaking Away.

Hollywood Treasures

Viterbo University

This is the music that shaped modern cinema. Steiner’s landmark 1933 score for King Kong earned him the moniker “The Father of Film Music.” Stéphane Denève conducts Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra, the Nietzschean tone poem Stanley Kubrick used in the opening scene of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Denève + Hadelich: The Hollywood Sound

New World Center

This passionate program features Bernstein’s iconic Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, John Williams’s Cello Concerto with the brilliant Oliver Herbert, and Tchaikovsky’s timeless Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture. Plus, enjoy romantic opera favorites sung by the incredible Sarah Beckham-Turner. A perfect date night or a beautiful evening out!

Romance at the Symphony

Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts

Step into the glamour of Hollywood and celebrate the opening of the GSO’s “American Season” with Opening Night: Hollywood Retrospective! Music Director Lee Mills takes the stage with iconic music from legendary films, including Ben Hur, Casablanca, Star Wars, Beauty and the Beast, and more. Enhanced by the rich voices of the Clemson University Singers, this red-carpet event promises an unforgettable evening of cinematic splendor, community pride, and timeless music. Join us at Peace Concert Hall and let the magic of the movies come alive! 

Opening Night: Hollywood Retrospective

Peace Center

Cinematic Soundscapes

University of Redlands

“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” Walk into the Kauffman Center and see the classic Casablanca on the big screen — one of only three films to rack up 11 Oscar nominations! Fall in love with the story of Rick and Ilsa’s romance, the beautiful visuals and your Kansas City Symphony performing Max Steiner’s Oscar-nominated score live in sync with the movie. Film courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Rated PG.

Casablanca in Concert

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

### Event Description: To Hollywood and Beyond - Atlantic Classical Orchestra

**Event Title:** To Hollywood and Beyond

**Dates:** January 9-10, 2025

**Guest Artist:** Lindsay Garritson, piano

**Overview:**
Join Maestro David Amado and pianist Lindsay Garritson for a spectacular opening concert series featuring music from the silver screen. This event will showcase two works written for Hollywood classics alongside two concert works whose drama, beauty, and tunefulness have made them cinema staples. 

**Program Highlights:**
- **Korngold’s "The Seahawk"**: A lush score from Errol Flynn’s 1940 swashbuckling classic.
- **Steiner’s "Casablanca Suite"**: Iconic music filled with romance, drama, and adventure from the 1942 film.
- **Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto**: A piece whose lyricism and passion have earned it screen time in many memorable films.
- **Tchaikovsky’s "Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy"**: A dramatic and beautiful work frequently featured in cinema.

**Schedule:**
- **Vero Beach: CCOVB**
  - **Date:** Thursday, January 9, 2025
  - **Time:** 7:30 pm

- **Stuart: The Lyric**
  - **Date:** Friday, January 10, 2025
  - **Times:** 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm

**Program Details:**
- **Korngold - The Seahawk**: 7 minutes
- **Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2**: 33 minutes (Soloist: Lindsay Garritson)
- **Steiner - Casablanca Suite**: 7 minutes
- **Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet Overture Fantasy**: 19 minutes

**Performers:**
- **David Amado**: Music Director & Conductor
- **Lindsay Garritson**: Pianist
- **Orchestra Members**: Featuring principal musicians and a full ensemble of talented instrumentalists.

**Guest Artist Bio:**
Dr. Lindsay Garritson has performed throughout the United States and abroad since the age of four. She has graced stages such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Place des Arts Montreal, and has been featured as a soloist with numerous symphony orchestras.

**Tickets:**
- **Order Now**: Available for purchase online.
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- **Administrative Office**: Atlantic Classical Orchestra, 2145 14th Avenue, Suite 20B, Vero Beach, Florida, 32960
- **Office Phone**: 772-460-0850
- **Box Office Hours**: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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Experience the magic of Hollywood through the timeless beauty of classical music with the Atlantic Classical Orchestra's "To Hollywood and Beyond" concert series. Secure your tickets now for an unforgettable musical journey.

To Hollywood and Beyond

Lyric Theatre

Vero Beach Country Club

New Year's Eve Concert of the Staatskapelle Dresden

Semperoper Dresden

Silvesterkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden

### Event Description: Cinema Serenade - Richmond Symphony

**Event Title:** Cinema Serenade with Special Guest Itzhak Perlman

**Date:** Saturday, September 14, 2024

**Time:** 5:00 PM

**Venue:** Carpenter Theatre

**Conductor:** Valentina Peleggi

**Special Guest:** Itzhak Perlman

**Event Overview:**
Join the Richmond Symphony for an enchanting evening of cinematic music at the Carpenter Theatre. Under the baton of conductor Valentina Peleggi, the Symphony will perform a selection of the most moving melodies from the world of cinema. The program will feature timeless pieces from films such as *Casablanca*, *Cinema Paradiso*, and *On the Waterfront*.

The highlight of the evening will be a special performance by renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman. Perlman will grace the stage with his treasured 1714 'Soil' Stradivarius to perform John Williams’ haunting theme from *Schindler’s List*.

**Additional Information:**
- The 2024 celebratory Gala will immediately follow the performance.
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Their music has made our movie memories. John Williams. Ennio Morricone. Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Valentina Peleggi conducts this survey of cinema’s most moving melodies. Casablanca, Cinema Paradiso, On the Waterfront, and many others! Special guest Itzhak Perlman will be on hand for John Williams’ haunting theme from Schindler’s List on his treasured 1714 ‘Soil’ Stradivarius. The 2024 celebratory Gala immediately follows the performance.

Cinema Serenade

Dominion Energy Center

The silver screen has attracted and fascinated classical composers since the beginning, and from their combination, film music arose. Erich Korngold composed on both sides: film and classical, and by winning the first Academy Award for film music, he opened the door for composers who have devoted themselves entirely to film. The concert will showcase the development of film music from the now classic Oscar-winning melodies of Between Two Worlds, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, Ben Hur or Star Wars and Harry Potter by the legendary, Oscar-winning record holder John Williams, who celebrated his 92nd birthday this year.

Festival Krumlov: Night in Hollywood

Brewery Garden, Český Krumlov

Grab your popcorn for an evening of beloved musical works from the silver screen! Featuring familiar songs from movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Casablanca, and The Lord of the Rings, this concert shines the spotlight on blockbuster film scores.

Soundtrack Magic: John Williams and Friends

Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center

### Event Description: A Night of Symphonic Film Music

**Date:** June 15, 2024  
**Time:** 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm  
**Venue:** Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center, Eli and Edythe Broad Stage, 1310 11th St, Santa Monica, California, 90401

Join Orchestra Santa Monica for an enchanting evening dedicated to the magic of film music. Under the baton of OSM Music Director Roger Kalia, the orchestra will perform a selection of iconic scores from legendary cinematic composers such as John Williams, Bernard Herrmann, Max Steiner, Danny Elfman, Jerry Goldsmith, Maurice Jarre, Hans Zimmer, and others. 

The program will feature themes from classic films like "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Casablanca," as well as music from contemporary favorites such as "Back to the Future" and "The Mandalorian." This concert promises to be a captivating experience for all film and music enthusiasts.

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**Support:**  
This program is supported by the LA County Department of Arts and Culture as part of Creative Recovery LA, an initiative funded by the American Rescue Plan. The program does not constitute an endorsement by Santa Monica College.

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Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience the grandeur of symphonic film music live in concert. Mark your calendars and prepare for an unforgettable night!

A Night of Symphonic Film Music

Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center

A secret concert then, somewhat unlikely in its content. After 21 years as Executive and Artistic Director of Konserthuset Stockholm, Stefan Forsberg is retiring. This is commemorated with a concert that unfortunately we can’t say much about. It's all hush-hush and antics when a beloved director is bid farewell in grand style with music.

Hush – an unlikely concert

Stockholm City Hall

From romantic, savage, and epic American dramas to Japanese anime fantasy, The Hollywood Sound explores film scores from the past 80 years. VSO Concertmaster, Katherine Winterstein, performs Korngold's 1945 film score-infused violin concerto to complete the concert.

Vso At the Flynn

The Flynn

The Sound of Nature: The British composer George Fenton has created an equally impressive soundtrack for the BBC's visually stunning nature documentary series. His "Planet Earth" music is performed live in concert, surrounded by the other elements of fire, air and water. The German baroque grandmaster Georg Friedrich Händel will perform his "Fireworks Music", which was commissioned by the British King George II and first impressed audiences as open-air music in London's Green Park in 1749. The great US film composer Max Steiner breathes a completely different atmosphere in his title music for the legendary film classic "Gone with the Wind" and the stirring Czech romantic Antonín Dvořák also contributes a spookily beautiful fairytale water music with his symphonic poem "The Water Sprite".

Planet Earth

Alte Oper

A concert the whole family can enjoy! Featuring music from the Epics to the Golden Age of movies to the endless struggle between the villains and the heroes we all love.

Hollywood Old & New Concert

Peoria Civic Center Theater

Journey to the Golden Era of Hollywood with the Lima Symphony Orchestra and crossover superstar Grammy-winning violinist Charles Yang. Experience the sounds that made the classics: the lush romanticism of Casablanca, the spine-tingling strings of Psycho, the haunting nostalgia of The Godfather, and the lyrical virtuosity of Korngold’s Violin Concerto.

Korngold and the Hollywood Sound

Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center

Join the JSO as we travel through the best of the last 100 years of cinema. This concert will dive into the different eras of cinematic thrills, from the suspense of Jaws to the triumph of Rocky and the drama of Casablanca. Grab your popcorn and pull up a seat for this treasure trove of musical classics. This concert is free but if you wish to purchase $30 tickets for the VIP experience, you will have access to our pre-concert reception across the street in Weatherwax Hall starting at 6 pm and special seating during the concert in Horace Blackman Park.

Summer Pops: Greetings from Hollywood

Horace Blackman Park

Enjoy an all-orchestral program with classic movie scores from Vertigo, King Kong, Psycho, Sunset Boulevard, and To Kill a Mockingbird.  Bob Bernhardt says that this is one of his favorite shows!

Pops: Hollywood's Golden Age

The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts

Weill - Songs

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

Come celebrate the orchestra’s gift for storytelling, from Old World elegance to Hollywood wonder. Andreas Delfs welcomes violinist Stefan Jackiw back to Rochester for Korngold’s radiant Violin Concerto, a work rich with lyricism and cinematic vision. Strauss’s lush Rosenkavalier Suite follows, capturing the charm, wit, and romantic glow of a Viennese opera. The evening concludes with John Williams’s E.T.: Adventures on Earth, a thrilling symphonic journey that brings heart, imagination, and soaring melodies together in one unforgettable finale.

Max Steiner

Events

Upcoming events

Sep 13, 2026

Weill - Songs · Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

27 - 28 Feb, 2027

Symphonic Cinema: Korngold, Strauss & Williams · Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Past events

Jul 22, 2026

Hollywood Hits · Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra

May 16, 2026

Masterworks: Musical Wanderlust · Western Piedmont Symphony

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