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![]() FMS FEATURE... ![]() May 4, 2010 Good Omen: American Youth Symphony Salutes Jerry Goldsmith Concert and symposium celebrate respected film composer's legacy by Marilee Bradford ![]() Photograph by Craig T. Mathew/Mathew Imaging ![]() Photograph by Craig T. Mathew/Mathew Imaging The 95 players of the American Youth Symphony – consisting of top student musicians between ages 15 and 27 – were joined by the 80-voice Angeles Chorale for the choral segments of QB VII, The Omen and The Final Conflict. Earlier in the concert, AYS music director Alexander Treger conducted Goldsmith's 1971 concert work "Music for Orchestra" and a suite from Aaron Copland's The Tender Land. During the afternoon, Newman conducted about 45 members of the AYS in the premiere of a new 15-minute suite from Goldsmith's score for The Red Pony, which won him an Emmy for best score in 1973. The performance was the centerpiece of a 75-minute symposium chaired by Variety music writer Jon Burlingame, who also hosted the evening concert. ![]() (Left to right) Jon Burlingame, Nick Redman, Robert Townson, Michael Matessino, Kenneth Hall and Charles Fox. Both events received standing ovations and were acclaimed by Goldsmith enthusiasts as among the best live performances of the composer's works. This was the second installment in the AYS' three-year Goldsmith Project. During the 2008-2009 season, Goldsmith's early years in film were explored, including performances of his music from A Patch of Blue, The Sand Pebbles, Planet of the Apes and Patton. This year's focused on the years 1971-82. Next year's installment, tentatively scheduled for May 2011, will examine the composer's music from the final two decades of his life. Goldsmith, an Oscar and multiple Emmy winner, remains among the most respected composers in Hollywood history. He died in 2004. The American Youth Symphony was founded in 1964 to train gifted young musicians for professional careers in symphony orchestras. The Film Music Society is a nonprofit organization established in the 1970s by entertainment industry professionals to preserve motion picture and television music. ©2010 Marilee Bradford ![]() |
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