Here's some of the live performances of film music in the U.S. and Canada:October 2005:
Golden Age of Film Music with the Florida Philharmonic
Three performances
LOTR Symphony in Michigan
Sold out
New Mexico Symphony salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein
All-Williams program in Montana
Orlando Philharmonic: Music in the Movies
Broadway favorites with the New York Pops
Phantom of the Opera 1925 film with live music in Dallas
Two performances
Burt Bacharach in Buffalo
Golden Age Film Music with the San Antonio Symphony
Two performances
New Hampshire Symphony includes Williams' "Summon the Heroes"
Two performances
Superheroes music in North Dakota
Halloween at Golden State Pops, San Pedro, CA
(in L.A. County)
A Hollywood Halloween in Rochester, NY
Spooktacular in Palo Alto, CA
Harry Potter selections in Montreal
Two performances
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror at Disney Hall; live organ
November 2005:
New Mexico Symphony: John Williams Spectacular
Harry Potter Suite in Salt Lake City
John Williams conducts the Chicago Symphony
Three performances
Great Movie Themes in Greensboro, NC
The Red Violin with the Illinois Philharmonic
Two performances
Oregon Symphony plays "Fabulous Film Music"
Three performances
Superheroes music in Columbus, OH
Bugs Bunny in Indianapolis
Four performances
Star Wars Spectacular with the Buffalo Philharmonic
Two performances
Marvin Hamlisch in Washington, D.C.
Two performances
December 2005:
John Williams conducts "My Fair Lady" in L.A.
Hollywood Holiday Spectacular in Orange County, CA
Two performances
"West Side Story" Symphonic Dances
(One of many performances around the country)
San Bernardino Symphony includes three holiday songs from "Home Alone"
The Sound of Music and more with the Boston Pops
8 performances
St.Louis Symphony accompanies Chaplin's "City Lights"
January 2006:
Marvin Hamlisch conducts in Phoenix
Three performances
Erich Kunzel with the Indianapolis Symphony
Four performances
Mancini Memories in Charlotte
Film music with the Colorado Symphony
"The Red Violin" with Joshua Bell and the NY Phil
Four performances
Pacific Symphony Salute to Henry Mancini
Two performances
A Tribute to Fred Astaire in Portland, Oregon
Three performances
Kunzel conducts Star Wars in Detroit
Williams and Copland programmed in Quebec City
Two performances
Salute to the Oscars in Winnipeg
Three performances
A Space Odyssey in Milwaukee
Suite from Star Wars in Minneapolis
Two performances
February 2006:
Dallas Symphony: Victory at Sea, The Great Escape, Patton
Two performances
Kunzel: Rodgers and Hammerstein in Vancouver
Two performances
LOTR Symphony in Cleveland
Three performances
Illinois Philharmonic: Romance at the Movies
Pacific Symphony: Burt Bacharach
Two performances
Romance of the Silver Screen in Charleston, SC
Golden State Pops conducts Looney Tunes
Kansas City Symphony: Hooray for Hollywood; February 18, 2006
Bugs Bunny conducts the Hartford Symphony
Burt Bacharach in Raleigh, NC
Three performances
Symphony Night at the Movies in Ohio
Harry Potter in Ohio
Fort Worth Symphony: Buster Keaton's The General; live music
Four performances
"West Side Story" Symphonic Dances
(One of many)
A Tribute to John Williams in Los Angeles
Two performances
Brooklyn Philharmonic premieres new work by Corigliano
Randy Newman in Napa Valley
"The Black Pirate" starring Douglas Fairbanks; San Diego Symphony
Two performances
March 2006:
Film music in Denver
Chaplin's The Circus in Quebec; live music
Two performances
New Haven Symphony "Oscar Extravaganza"
Two performances
Broadway Classics in Florida
Marvin Hamlisch conducts own music in Dallas
Three performances
Symphonic Hollywood with the Chicago Symphony
Herrmann's Psycho Suite in Iowa
Marvin Hamlisch conducts movie music in Buffalo
Two performances
Rochester Philharmonic: The Music of John Williams
Cinema Soundtracks with the New York Pops
Great Lakes Symphony: Bond, James Bond
Morricone and Rota featured in Los Angeles
Marvin Hamlisch conducts the Detroit Symphony
Golden Age of Film with the Dallas Symphony
Two performances
Sci-Fi Spectacular with the Indianapolis Symphony
Four performances
April 2006:
John Williams conducts in New York for PBS' Live at Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic
Two performances with NY Phil
Marvin Hamlisch with the San Diego Symphony
Music from sport movies in Michigan
"The Red Violin" in Omaha, Nebraska
Two performances
"The Passion of Joan of Arc" in Missouri
Randy Newman in L.A.
(not a film music concert, though)
Lockhart conducts a tribute to Kunzel
Film music guaranteed
Pacific Symphony at the Movies
Two performances
Cartoon Classics in Rochester
Greatest Hits by Williams, Goldsmith and Horner among others in San Bernardino, CA
Superheroes music in Buffalo
Alexander Nevsky in Montreal
Two performances
April 21, 22: Marvin Hamlisch with the Syracuse Symphony
Two performances
Tallahassee Symphony concert includes Corigliano's "Red Violin"
Harry Potter Suite in Des Moines, Iowa
Kids Concert at San Francisco Symphony includes Williams' Star Wars
Five performances
Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story"
(you just can't miss this work)
Kunzel conducts the Atlanta Symphony
(film music guaranteed)
Two performances
May 2006:
Tun Dun's Crouching Tiger Concerto from the 2000 film in La Jolla, CA
Children's Concert at San Francisco Symphony includes Williams' Star Wars
Seven performances
Concert includes Williams' Hymn to New England in Bay Area
Out of this World with Golden State Pops
LOTR Symphony with the Colorado Symphony
Three performances
Corigliano and Glass music by the Seattle Symphony
June 2006:
Film Music in the Bay Area
Hamlisch conducts Pittsburgh Pops
Seattle Symphony plays music from Hitchcock films
Five performances
August 2006:
Superheroes by the Golden State Pops
[Message edited by Hector J. Guzman on 10-10-2005]
