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AUG 19 summerfest 2017 PACIFIC SYMPHONY’S SUMMERFEST 2017 AT PACIFIC AMPHITHEATRE OC FAIR & EVENT CENTER (ORCHESTRA NAME) (DATE / TIME OF PERFORMANCE) (CONDUCTOR NAME) presents A STEVEN SPIELBERG Film A STEVEN SPIELBERG FILM The performance begins at 8 p.m. SAM NEILL RICHARD KAUFMAN • CONDUCTOR LAURA DERN SAM NEILL • LAURA DERN • JEFF GOLDBLUM • and RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH JEFF GOLDBLUM BOB PECK • MARTIN FERRERO • B.D. WONG SAMUEL L. JACKSON • WAYNE KNIGHT • and JOSEPH MAZZELLO • ARIANNA RICHARDS RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH Live Action Dinosaurs _____ Full Motion Dinosaurs by STAN WINSTON DENNIS MUREN, A.S.C. BOB PECK Dinosaur Supervisor Special Dinosaur Eff ects PHIL TIPPETT MARTIN FERRERO MICHAEL LANTIERI B.D.Music WONG by JOHN WILLIAMS SAMUEL L. JACKSON Film Edited by Production Designer Director of Photography MICHAEL KAHN, A.C.E. RICKWAYNE CARTER KNIGHT DEAN CUNDEY, A.S.C. Based on the Novel by JOSEPH MAZZELLO Screenplay by MICHAEL CRICHTON MICHAEL CRICHTON and DAVID KOEPP ARIANA RICHARDS Produced by KATHLEEN KENNEDYLive Action and Dinosaurs GERALD R. MOLEN STAN WINSTON Directed by FullSTEVEN Motion SPIELBERG Dinosaurs by A UNIVERSALDENNIS MUREN, PICTURE A.S.C. Dinosaur Supervisor PHIL TIPPETT Tonight’s program is a presentation of the complete fi lm Jurassic Park with a live performance of the fi lm’s entire score, including music played by the orchestraSpecial during Dinosaur the end Effectscredits. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, pleaseMICHAEL remain LANTIERI seated until the conclusion of the credits. Jurassic Park is a trademark and copyright of Universal Studios. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLC. All Rights29 Reserved. FCL Jurassic Park Purchaser Agreement Updated 12-16-16 This concert is generously sponsored by Diane and Rodney Sawyer and Capital Group. PACIFIC SYMPHONY PROUDLY RECOGNIZES ITS OFFICIAL PARTNERS Supporting Sponsor Offi cial Hotel Offi cial Classical Offi cial Pops Offi cial Media Sponsor Offi cial Television Station Radio Station Radio Station Pacifi cSymphony.org • (714) 755-5799 SUMMERFEST 2017 | 17 RICHARD meet the principal pops conductor ichard Kaufman has devoted much of his musical life to conducting and supervising music for fi lm and television productions, as well as performing fi lm and classical music R in concert halls and on recordings. The 2017-18 concert season marks Kaufman’s 27th season as principal pops conductor of Pacifi c Symphony. He also holds the permanent title of pops conductor laureate with the Dallas Symphony, and soon begins his 12th season with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert series, “CSO at the Movies.” In May 2015, Kaufman made his conducting debut with the Boston Pops, substituting for John Williams at the Annual Pops Film Night, and last summer, Mr. Williams graciously invited him to share the podium at the annual Tanglewood Film Night. Kaufman regularly appears as a guest conductor with symphony orchestras throughout both the United States and around the world including Cleveland, Atlanta, St. Louis, Liverpool, the RTE Concert Orchestra in Dublin, Indianapolis, San Diego and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. In addition to conducting “traditional” concert presentations, Kaufman often leads performances of complete fi lm scores in concert, synchronizing the music to the actual fi lm as it is shown on the screen above the orchestra. These legendary fi lm titles include Amadeus, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Singin’ in the Rain, The Wizard of Oz, Jaws, Home Alone, Psycho, Casablanca, The Bride of Frankenstein, Pirates of the Caribbean, Silverado, Star Trek and various silent fi lms. Last summer, Kaufman conducted the San Diego Symphony in the Gala premiere performance with fi lm of Michael Giacchino’s score for Star Trek Beyond. It was the fi rst time a fi lm has been presented outdoors in IMAX. Kaufman received the 1993 Grammy Award in the category of Best Pop Instrumental Performance. In addition to his two recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra, he has recorded CDs with the Nuremberg Symphony, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and the Brandenburg Philharmonic in Berlin. He has conducted for performers including John Denver, Andy Williams, Mary Martin, Nanette Fabray, Sir James Galway, Chris Botti, The Beach Boys, Peter, Paul and Mary, Robert Goulet, David Copperfi eld, The Righteous Brothers and Art Garfunkel. As a violinist, Kaufman performed on numerous fi lm and television scores including Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Saturday Night Fever and (in a moment of desperation) Animal House. He has recorded with artists including John Denver, Burt Bacharach, Neil Sedaka, The Carpenters and Ray Charles. Kaufman joined the music department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in 1984 as music coordinator, and for the next 18 years supervised music for MGM. He received two Emmy Award nominations, one for the animated series, The Pink Panther, in the category of Outstanding Music Direction and Composition, and another for Outstanding Original Song co-authored for the series, All Dogs Go to Heaven. For the MGM television series In the Heat of the Night, Kaufman composed songs with actor/producer Carroll O’Connor. He conducted the scores for various fi lms including Guarding Tess and Jungle to Jungle. As a unique part of his career in fi lm, Kaufman has coached various actors in musical roles including Jack Nicholson, Dudley Moore and Tom Hanks. In 2012, Kaufman received the “Distinguished Alumni Award” from California State University, Northridge (CSUN). While a student at CSUN, he composed the University’s Alma Mater and Fight Song. He has appeared as a guest speaker at various universities including USC, Georgia and the California State Universities at Northridge and Fullerton. He is a member of the Music Advisory Board of the Young Musicians Foundation. Born in Los Angeles, Kaufman began violin studies at age 7, played in the Peter Meremblum RICHARD KAUFMAN California Junior Symphony and was a member of the Young Musicians Foundation Debut HAL AND JEANETTE SEGERSTROM Orchestra. He attended the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood in the fellowship program, FAMILY FOUNDATION PRINCIPAL and earned a B.A. in Music from California State University, Northridge. Kaufman lives in POPS CONDUCTOR CHAIR Southern California with his wife, Gayle, a former dancer in fi lm, television and on Broadway. His daughter, Whitney, is a successful actress/singer who, for 2 ½ years, was a member of the cast of the National Tour of Mamma Mia! She is a graduate (with honors) from Chapman University. Kaufman is proud to be represented by Opus 3 Artists. 18 | PACIFIC SYMPHONY ABOUT john williams n a career spanning more than fi ve decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for fi lm and for the concert stage, and he I remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music and served as music director for more than 100 fi lms, including all seven Star Wars fi lms, the fi rst three Harry Potter fi lms, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone and The Book Thief. His 40-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful fi lms, including Schindler’s List, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones fi lms, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse and Lincoln. His contributions to television music include scores for more than 200 television fi lms for the groundbreaking, early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC Nightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet the Press, and the PBS arts showcase Great Performances. He also composed themes for the 1984, 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympic Games, and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has received fi ve Academy Awards and 50 Oscar nominations, making him the Academy’s most-nominated living person and the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars. He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), 23 Grammys, four Golden Globes, fi ve Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. He received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors in December 2004. In 2009, Williams was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In 2016, he received the 44th Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute—the fi rst time in their history that this honor was bestowed upon a composer. In January 1980, Williams was named 19th music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of Boston Pops laureate conductor, which he assumed following his retirement in December 1993, after 14 highly successful seasons. He also holds the title of artist-in-residence at Tanglewood. Williams has composed numerous works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by several of the world’s leading orchestras, including a cello concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoon concerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trumpet concerto for The Cleveland Orchestra, and a horn concerto for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2009, Williams composed and arranged “Air and Simple Gifts” especially for the fi rst inaugural ceremony of President Barack Obama, and in September 2009, the Boston Symphony premiered a new concerto for harp and orchestra entitled “On Willows and Birches.” JOHN WILLIAMS THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS COMPOSER DIANE AND RODNEY SAWYER AND CAPITAL GROUP Diane and Rodney Sawyer are wonderful friends of Pacifi c Symphony.

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