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Rediscover 50 Years of Film, Television, and Music. 100 city tour begins January 2016.

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Celebrate 50 Years of Star Trek with the 100-city concert tour. Featuring Star Trek 's groundbreaking musical achievements performed by a live symphony orchestra and the most iconic Star Trek film and TV moments beaming onto a 40-foot wide screen.

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Our eighty-eighth concert season

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With a hybrid multimedia concert, two international guest artists, three local celebrity vocalists, and a fully orchestrated live film screening, our 88th season is our biggest yet:

The Concerts:

• Holsts The Planets: Live in Motion

Holiday Superstars

• Tchaikovsky’s Masterpieces, an Evening With Alessio Bax
• Spirit And Virtuosity
• Star Trek: Into The Future LIVE

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star trek (2009): The future begins

Saturday, april 27, 2024 8 pm temple theatre.

Go where no one has gone before. Experience J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek film in The Temple Theatre with your Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra playing the film score by Michael Giacchino live to the film, conducted by Maestro Fouad Fakhouri .

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Holst’s The PLanets: Live in motion

Saturday, october 7, 2023 8 pm temple theatre.

Journey through the cosmos from the historic Temple Theatre as Maestro Fouad Fakhouri conducts your  Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra in a space-themed concert featuring John Williams’ Close Encounters of the Third Kind , Nielsen’s Helios Overture , Rouse’s Phaethon, and Holst’s beloved The Planets, featuring a synchronized projection above the orchestra including footage from NASA.

Holsts The Planets – Live in Motion is made possible by Leo & Emilie Kahan, Dow Credit Union , Family First Credit Union , Al & Deborah Huntley, 96.1 WHNN and WNEMTV5news .

Tuesday, december 12, 2023 8 PM Temple Theatre

Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra continues our 20-year tradition of Holiday Pops by bringing together three of our most prolific local guest vocalists in one unforgettable holiday celebration. Join us in The Temple Theatre as Maestro Fouad Fakhouri conducts your Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra along with guest vocalists Todd Michael Hall, Amy Petty, and Sharrie Williams in a celebration of Saginaw’s own Holiday Superstars.

tchaikovsky’s masterpieces: an evening with alessio bax

Saturday, february 3, 2024 8 pm temple theatre.

World famous pianist Alessio Bax, winner of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, the Martin E. Segal Award, The Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award, and as featured in NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts,  joins your Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Fouad Fakhouri, to play Tchaikovsky’s  Piano Concerto No.  1 in a tribute to the masterpieces of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, featuring Tchaikovsky’s ‘ Cossack Dance’  and  Symphony No. 4   in F minor.

spirit and virtuosity

Saturday, march 30, 2024 8 pm temple theatre.

Join your Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Fouad Fakhouri, in a celebration and display of spirit and virtuosity featuring Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture and Bartok’s notoriously difficult Concerto for Orchestra .

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Star Trek: Musical Voyage Through the Stars

Saturday, october 26, 2024 7:30pm, event description.

Prepare to boldly go where no one has gone before with Star Trek: Musical Voyage Through the Stars on October 26th at Whitney Hall. Under the expert baton of conductor Bob Bernhardt, this concert promises an interstellar musical journey featuring the greatest hits of the Star Trek franchise.

Bob Bernhardt, conductor

Greatest Hits of Star Trek

Relive the iconic moments and adventures of Star Trek through its unforgettable music. From the original series to The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and beyond, this concert will take you on a sonic voyage through the beloved Star Trek universe.

Experience the sweeping orchestral compositions that have become synonymous with the epic space odyssey. From the heroic themes of the starships to the stirring melodies of alien worlds, this concert is a celebration of the rich musical tapestry woven throughout the Star Trek saga.

Whether you’re a die-hard Trekkie or simply a fan of great music, the Star Trek: Musical Voyage Through the Stars  is an event not to be missed. Secure your tickets now and join us as we embark on a thrilling adventure through the cosmos, all set to the unforgettable music that has captured the hearts of fans for generations.

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Star Trek in Concert

16 Jul 2024 —

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17 Jul 2024 —

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Approx. 150 Minute Performance

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Director J.J. Abrams re-exhilarated the iconic Star Trek franchise with one of the most exciting and irresistible blockbusters in recent movie-going history: Star Trek (2009).  Now orchestras and audiences can reach warp speed together as they experience composer Michael Giacchino’s thrilling score performed live to picture… and boldly go where no one has gone before!!

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Star Trek: Live in Concert

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Star Trek: Live in Concert is a series of screenings of the films Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness , with live orchestra performing Michael Giacchino 's score. The tour has its roots in a screening, which Giacchino attended, of the first film during the weekend of 12 April 2014 , with live music by the 21st Century Symphony and with preview performances of the score for the second film. [1] The films' scores have been slightly tweaked by Giacchino. [2]

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During the back-to-back screening of the films in London, Giacchino introduced both films, and was joined by J.J. Abrams and Simon Pegg . Between the performances, he also participated in a discussion hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts , which was also attended by the string quartet Bond , who performed his music from Up and Lost . [3]

The 2014 San Diego Comic-Con screening was attended by Giacchino and John Cho , the former helping raise awareness of The Mission Continues , the charity that Abrams collaborated with on Into Darkness . The event also included a cosplay content. [4]

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Star Trek Into Darkness Live

J.J. Abrams continued to raise the bar in his thrilling Star Trek reboot with his second directorial effort in the series, Star Trek Into Darkness - which became the highest grossing film in the franchise's history.

Star Trek Into Darkness licensed by Paramount Pictures.  Motion Picture, Artwork, Photos © 2013 Paramount Pictures. Star Trek and related marks and logos are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved. Available worldwide with limited territories in Europe. 

Now orchestras and audiences can join Kirk, Spock and the entire Enterprise crew as they go beyond the darkness to confront one of the greatest threats Starfleet has ever faced, all accompanied by award-winning composer Michael Giacchino's spectacular score performed live to picture. So set your phasers to stun... and prepare for the ride of your life!

Production Information

FILM LENGTH 2 hours and 7 minutes (excluding intermission, entrances, tuning, applause/bows).

MINUTES OF MUSIC 98 minutes

COMPOSER Michael Giacchino

REQUIRED INSTRUMENTATION 3 flutes (1 st and 2 nd doubling on alto flute, 3 rd doubling on flute and piccolo) 2 oboes (2 nd doubles on English horn) 3 clarinets (2 nd and 3 rd doubling on bass clarinet) 2 bassoons (2 nd doubles on contrabassoon) 8 horns (optional 4 horns) 4 trumpets 2 tenor trombones 2 bass trombones 2 tubas (optional 1 tuba) 1 harp 1 erhu (can be played by the synth instead of hiring erhu player) 1 piano (doubles on acoustic celeste) 1 synth 1 timpani (some minimal percussion doublings) 5 percussion (optional 4 percussion)

CHORUS Option of either live SATB chorus or a second synth rig and player

Complete technical and personnel requirements appear in the production’s Technical Rider.

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Star Trek | Suite | M. Giacchino, J. Goldsmith, L. Rosenman, C. Eidelman

Duration: 7.00 Instrumentation: 3(3.a.picc),2+1eh,2+1bcl,2+1cbsn – 4,4,3,1 – timp,5perc – hp,pno/cel/synth,synth pad – strings – chorus (SATB, opt.)

THE SET OF PERFORMANCE SHEET MUSIC (SCORES AND ORCHESTRA PARTS) CAN BE OBTAINED THROUGH MEPRO MUSIC. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION….

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The Ultimate Voyage Concert Tour

Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage , a special musical event designed to bring five decades of Star Trek to concert halls nationwide, will beam down to more than 100 North American cities next year. CineConcerts, CBS Consumer Products and Paramount Pictures are teaming up for The Ultimate Voyage , which will kick off in Florida in January 2016, and travel through the U.S. and Canada until late April 2016. An exclusive pre-tour engagement will be take place at London's Royal Albert Hall on November 1, 2015.

"The Star Trek franchise has for many years been an important and meaningful part of our culture in so many ways," said Justin Freer, CineConcert's producer and founder, as well as The Ultimate Voyage 's conductor. "This exciting concert experience featuring the greatest music and visuals spanning five decades will bean extraordinary and memorable event.”

The lavish production will include an impressive live symphony orchestra and international special solo instruments. Fans of all backgrounds and ages will experience the franchise’s groundbreaking and wildly popular musical achievements as footage of the most-iconic moments from Star Trek features and episodes is simultaneously beamed in high definition to a 40-foot-wide big screen. The concert will feature some of the greatest music written for the franchise, including music from The Original Series, The Motion Picture, The Wrath of Khan, The Voyage Home, Insurrection, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and much more.

Visit www.StarTrekVoyageLive.com for additional details. And keep an eye on StarTrek.com for further news about Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage .

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UCR Chorale, Chamber Singers, and Orchestra to perform Fauré’s 'Requiem'

The UCR Chorale, Chamber Singers, and Orchestra with guest soloists soprano Lindsay Feldmeth Westra and baritone Philip Meyer, conducted by Ruth Charloff, will feature Gabriel Fauré’s luminous and innovative “Requiem.”  Also on the program are George Butterworth’s “The Banks of the Green Willow,” Fauré’s “Pelléas et Mélisande Suite,” “Psalm 23” by Elena Kats-Chermin, and Bobby McFerrin’s “The 23rd Psalm (dedicated to my mother).” Concerts will be 8 p.m., Saturday, June 1, and 3 p.m. Sunday, June 2 in the University Theatre. Tickets will be $10 General, $8 Student/Senior, $6 Child. Fauré composed “Requiem in D Minor” over the course of several years after his father died in 1885. Because he had been an organist at services of internment for years, he’d become annoyed with requiems focusing on mortal terror and damnation. He believed a requiem should resonate with hope and happiness. To that end, Fauré revised and edited the liturgical text excising the usual “Dies irae” or “Day of Wrath,” where composers depicted Judgement Day through apocalyptic music. Then he added, “In Paradisum,” which isn’t part of the traditional requiem, as the closing movement. In this way Fauré’s “Requiem” ends on the word where the composition began, requiem – rest. He wrote to his friend Louis Aguettant: “My Requiem has been said to express no fear of death; it has been called a lullaby of death. But that is how I feel about death: a happy deliverance, a reaching for eternal happiness rather than a mournful passing away.” While “Requiem” owes its roots to Christian faith, Fauré, unlike other composers, had no clear religious beliefs. His own son referred to him as a sceptic. But this didn’t stop Fauré from contemplating existential dread of death and the desire to find solace in an afterlife and express it in this humanist “Requiem.” “This is the first major work with orchestra and chorus since we've come back from the pandemic,” Charloff said. “Most of our students in chorale have not had a chance to perform a major piece of the classical music canon. It’s really an incredible chance for them to release themselves into the joy of the chorale experience.” Feldmeth Westra, the guest soprano, left Los Angeles for Austria at 20 to study opera with Horiana Branisteanu at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg. She trained as a coloratura soprano and at 23 made her debut as the Queen of the Night in Mozart’s “Magic Flute.” After earning her master’s degree, she has traveled to Italy and New York to continue to study and perform.  Meyer, the guest baritone, is a founding member of the Pacific Opera Projects, and has performed roles such as Sweeney in “Sweeney Todd,” Osmin in the Star Trek themed “The Abduction from the Seraglio,” and Pooh-Bah in “The Mikado.” With other LA opera companies, he has sung leading roles in Faust, Don Giovanni, and Susannah. Aside from opera, he directs an HIV education program for medical professionals at Charles Drew University, runs a small global health non-profit, teaches in the School of Social Work at USC, and is a clinical social worker and psychotherapist in private practice.  The concert will have visiting harpist, Ellie Choate. She received her master’s in harp performance from CSU Long Beach under Marjorie Call’s guidance and began her career in Southern California. In addition to her opera and symphony performances, she has worked on musical scores for motion pictures and other recordings, but has also appeared on camera for movies, and television shows. The rest of the program won’t look towards death but will be “a celebration of life with the sacred. It’s not just a temporal life, a life doing things for a higher purpose, you know, a holy purpose,” Charloff said. With so many performers on stage engaged in a musical celebration of life and death, the audience will be infused with beauty and hope long after the last note rings.

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Music for drama can take on various styles and colors, as demonstrated by three of this year’s most talked-about miniseries.

Jeff Russo spent two and a half years thinking about, and composing, the score for “ Ripley ,” Steven Zaillian’s eight-part thriller about a sociopath (Andrew Scott) who finds the high life in 1960s Italy worth killing for.

“Every piece of music I wrote was related to Tom Ripley,” Russo (an Emmy winner for “Fargo”) says of the Netflix series. “It all had to do with Tom’s state of mind. We’re either in Tom’s head — the tension that he feels, the off-kilter feeling that he feels, or the sinister aspect of what he’s feeling.”

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Russo also wrote, and plays (on guitar and variations on the mandolin called the mandola and mandicello) the colorful Sicilian-flavored music in the series. A 32-piece orchestra performed the score.

For the Apple TV+ “ Lessons in Chemistry ,” Carlos Rafael Rivera experimented with various musical approaches, some of them quite unconventional, but eventually turned back to a straightforward orchestral score, but with themes specific to the characters at the center of the story.

Elizabeth (Brie Larson) starts out as a brilliant chemist, becomes a single mom and then a TV cooking-show star. “She’s a woman of our time, one who belongs to today. I started thinking, what if the melody reflects her life story, her unexpected journey? It goes to unexpected places. It doesn’t do what a standard melody does. That was the goal.”

Rivera, a two-time Emmy winner (“Godless,” “The Queen’s Gambit”), also wrote themes for her lover Calvin (Lewis Pullman)—”he grounds her, brings the humanity, the empathy”—and their daughter Mad. “There are scenes where all three themes are playing one after another in the same cue, and it really feels like a tapestry,” he says.

For “Palm Royale” composer Jeff Toyne, the mandate was simple: Score the comedy-drama, set in Florida in the late 1960s, as if the film was being made then. “No samplers or synthesizers. Very orchestral and really thematic.”

In preparation, Toyne immersed himself in the music of the period (everything from Yma Sumac and the Swingle Singers to the orchestras of Henry Mancini, Pete Rugolo and Hal Mooney).

There are “a dozen or more” character themes, Toyne says, including ones for Maxine (Kristen Wiig), Douglas (Josh Lucas) and Norma (Carol Burnett). He remembers getting in the mood by watching “Valley of the Dolls,” drinking a grasshopper and realizing that the ice in his shaker, and pills in a bottle, would make great percussive noises in the score.

Toyne convinced creator-showrunner Abe Sylvia that the ’60s-style jazz needed to be recorded in L.A. to achieve an authentic period sound. He worked for five months on the 10-part Apple TV+ series.

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