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Arts Oct 19, 2017
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World renowned director and soloist team up for iconic composer’s tribute
The Caltech-Occidental Wind Orchestra, formerly the Caltech-Occidental Concert Band, directed by Dr. Glenn D. Price, will present the John Williams 85th Birthday Tribute Concert. This event will take place on Friday, November 3rd and Saturday, November 4th in Ramo Auditorium at Caltech. Featured soloist is Hye Sung Choe, and music will include Liberty Fanfare, the Theme from “Schindler’s List”, and Star Wars, among others.
John Williams has made a great impact on film soundtracks in the history of the medium, and his music resonates in the DNA of all of us today. As Music Director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, and as guest conductor of leading professional orchestras around the world, he is heralded for his singular contributions to entertainment and culture. Winner of 22 Grammys, 5 Emmys, 4 Golden Globes, and 4 British Academy (BAFTA) Awards, he is literally without peer in the realm of film composition. A significant composer of concert as well as film music, his gifts have touched the minds and the hearts of listeners young and old, for multiple generations. It is an honor to dedicate our first concert of the season to the music of John Williams, in the year of his 85th Birthday.
Dr. Hye Sung Choe, is both an artist of the highest caliber, and flute coach at Caltech. Winner of the 2007 National Flute Association’s Young Artist’s Competition, as well as numerous other international awards and competitions, she is also the first and only recipient of the Artist’s Certificate in the woodwind department in the history of the Eastman School of Music, where she earned her Doctoral degree. An active orchestral musician, she has held leading positions in numerous orchestras across the US, as well as appearing in South Korea and Eastern Europe as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician. We are pleased to feature her in a tour-de-force concerto for flute and wind orchestra by Brazilian composer Hudson Noguiera.
Admission is free and no tickets are required. For more information, visit to bands.caltech.edu or call (626) 395-3295.
