STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
FILM WITH ORCHESTRA
Friday, May 12, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 14, 2023 at 2:30 pm
ALLEN-BRADLEY HALL
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
FEATURE FILM WITH ORCHESTRA
This weekend’s media sponsor is WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
The length of this concert is approximately 2 hour and 45 minutes.
Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with Lucasfilm Ltd., and Warner/Chappell Music. ©All rights reserved.
Star Wars Film Concert Series
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
A Lucasfilm Ltd. Production
A Bad Robot Production
Starring
Harrison Ford
Mark Hamill
Carrie Fisher
Adam Driver
Music by John Williams
Visual Effects and Animation by Industrial Light & Magic
Costume Designer
Michael Kaplan
Editors
Mary Jo Markey, ACE Maryann Brandon, ACE
Production Designers
Rick Carter and Darren Gilford
In 3D, REAL D 3D and IMAX 3D
Daisy Ridley
John Boyega
Oscar Isaac
Lupita Nyong’o
Andy Serkis
Domhnall Gleeson
Anthony Daniels
Peter Mayhew and Max Von Sydow
Director of Photography
Dan Mindel, ASC, BSC
Executive Producers
Tommy Harper Jason McGatlin
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy, p.g.a. J.J. Abrams, p.g.a. Bryan Burk, p.g.a.
Written by Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt
Directed by J.J. Abrams
© 2015 & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on Walt Disney Records available at Disneymusicemporium.com
JOHN WILLIAMS
In a career spanning more than six decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and the concert stage. He remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music for more than 100 films, including all nine Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Schindler’s List, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Lincoln, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, and the Indiana Jones films. He served as music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra for 14 seasons and remains their laureate conductor. He has composed numerous works for the concert stage including two symphonies and more than a dozen concertos commissioned by some of America’s most prominent orchestras. He has received five Academy Awards and 53 Oscar nominations, seven British Academy Awards, 25 Grammys, four Golden Globes, and five Emmys. His other honors include the Kennedy Center Honors, the National Medal of Arts, an honorary KBE from Queen Elizabeth II, the Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, and the Gold Medal from the UK’s prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society.
Star Wars Film Concert Series Production Credits
President, Disney Music Group
Ken Bunt
SVP/GM, Disney Concerts
Chip McLean
Supervising Technical Director
Alex Levy – Epilogue Media
Film Preparation
Ramiro Belgardt
Business Affairs, Lucasfilm
Rhonda Hjort
Chris Holm
For Booking Inquires:
Emily.Yoon@ICMPartners.com
Music Preparation
Mark Graham
Matthew Voogt
Joann Kane Music Service
Disney Music Library
Operations, Disney Concerts
Brannon Fells
Royd Haston
Business Affairs, Disney Concerts
Darryl Franklin
Gina Lorscheider
Phil Woods
Elena Contreras
Addison Granillo
Business Affairs, Lucasfilm
Rhonda Hjort
Chris Holm
Business Affairs, Warner-Chappell
Scott McDowell
Marketing & Publicity
Lisa Linares
Rebecca Armour
Maria Kleinman
2022.23 SEASON
KEN-DAVID MASUR
Music Director
Polly and Bill Van Dyke
Music Director Chair
EDO DE WAART
Music Director Laureate
YANIV DINUR
Resident Conductor
CHERYL FRAZES HILL
Chorus Director
Margaret Hawkins Chorus Director Chair
TIMOTHY J. BENSON
Assistant Chorus Director
FIRST VIOLINS
Ilana Setapen, Acting Concertmaster, Charles and Marie Caestecker
Concertmaster Chair
Jeanyi Kim, Acting Associate Concertmaster (2nd Chair)
Alexanders Ayers, Acting Assistant Concertmaster
Yuka Kadota
Ji-Yeon Lee**
Dylana Leung
Allison Lovera
Lijia Phang
Margot Schwartz*
Alejandra Switala**
Yuanhui Fiona Zheng
SECOND VIOLINS
Jennifer Startt, Principal, Andrea and Woodrow Leung Second Violin Chair
Timothy Klabunde, Assistant Principal
John Bian, Assistant Principal (3rd Chair)
Glenn Asch
Lisa Johnson Fuller
Paul Hauer
Hyewon Kim
Shengnan Li*
Laurie Shawger
Mary Terranova
VIOLAS
Robert Levine, Principal, Richard O. and Judith A. Wagner Family Principal Viola Chair
Samantha Rodriguez, Acting Assistant Principal, Friends of Janet F. Ruggeri
Viola Chair
Alejandro Duque, Acting Assistant Principal (3rd Chair)
Elizabeth Breslin
Nathan Hackett
Erin H. Pipal
Helen Reich
CELLOS
Susan Babini, Principal, Dorothea C. Mayer Cello Chair
Nicholas Mariscal, Assistant Principal
Scott Tisdel, Associate Principal Emeritus
Madeleine Kabat
Peter Szczepanek
Peter J. Thomas
Adrien Zitoun
BASSES
Jon McCullough-Benner, Principal, Donald B. Abert Bass Chair
Andrew Raciti, Associate Principal
Nash Tomey, Assistant Principal (3rd Chair)
Brittany Conrad
Peter Hatch
Paris Myers
HARP
Julia Coronelli, Principal, Walter Schroeder Harp Chair
FLUTES
Sonora Slocum, Principal, Margaret and Roy Butter Flute Chair
Heather Zinninger, Assistant Principal
Jennifer Bouton Schaub
PICCOLO
Jennifer Bouton Schaub
OBOES
Katherine Young Steele, Principal, Milwaukee Symphony League Oboe Chair
Kevin Pearl, Assistant Principal
Margaret Butler
ENGLISH HORN
Margaret Butler, Philip and Beatrice Blank English Horn Chair in memoriam to John Martin
CLARINETS
Todd Levy, Principal, Franklyn Esenberg Clarinet Chair
Benjamin Adler, Assistant Principal, Donald and Ruth P. Taylor Assistant Principal Clarinet Chair
Taylor Eiffert
E FLAT CLARINET
Benjamin Adler
BASS CLARINET
Taylor Eiffert
BASSOONS
Catherine Van Handel, Principal, Muriel C. and John D. Silbar Family Bassoon Chair
Rudi Heinrich, Assistant Principal
Beth W. Giacobassi
CONTRABASSOON
Beth W. Giacobassi
HORNS
Matthew Annin, Principal, Krause Family French Horn Chair
Krystof Pipal, Associate Principal
Dietrich Hemann, Andy Nunemaker French Horn Chair
Darcy Hamlin
Kelsey Williams**
TRUMPETS
Matthew Ernst, Principal, Walter L. Robb Family Trumpet Chair
David Cohen, Associate Principal, Martin J. Krebs Associate Principal
Trumpet Chair
Alan Campbell, Fred Fuller
Trumpet Chair
TROMBONES
Megumi Kanda, Principal, Marjorie Tiefenthaler
Trombone Chair
Kirk Ferguson, Assistant Principal
BASS TROMBONE
John Thevenet, Richard M. Kimball Bass Trombone Chair
TUBA
Robyn Black, Principal
TIMPANI
Dean Borghesani, Principal
Chris Riggs, Assistant Principal
PERCUSSION
Robert Klieger, Principal
Chris Riggs
PIANO
Melitta S. Pick Endowed Piano Chair
PERSONNEL MANAGERS
Françoise Moquin, Director of Orchestra Personnel
Constance Aguocha, Assistant Personnel Manager
LIBRARIAN
Paul Beck, Principal Librarian, Anonymous Donor, Principal Librarian Chair
PRODUCTION
Tristan Wallace, Technical Manager & Live Audio Supervisor
Paolo Scarabel, Stage Technician & Deck Supervisor
* Leave of Absence 2022.23 Season
** Acting member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 2022.23 Season