Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in Concert
Watch as the orchestra performs the award-winning John Williams score live with the film that many consider to be their favorite in the franchise. (Lower prices and more availability for Sunday matinee.)
Friday, May 14 | 7:30 PM
Saturday, May 15 | 7:30 PM
Artists
Ernest Richardson
Resident Conductor & Principal Pops Conductor
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Ernest Richardson
Resident Conductor & Principal Pops Conductor
The versatile Ernest Richardson is in high demand as conductor, composer, arranger, organizational leader and inspirational speaker. His versatility finds him within one season conducting Stravinsky's Firebird Suite or Broadway artists in the works of Leonard Bernstein, a live-to-movie production of Harry Potter, facilitating strategic decision-making for leading arts organizations, or training young musicians for the passionate, persistent pursuit of perfection.
He has been at the forefront of symphonic video/live music productions, conducting live-to-movie scores of the Harry Potter series with CineConcerts, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, Pirates of the Caribbean, Singing in the Rain, Casablanca, Ratatouille, Star Trek (2009), the Charlie Chaplin silent film The Gold Rush and Star Wars.May 2020 marked his live-in-concert album debut with indie rock band Guster on OMAGAH! for their live performance with the Omaha Symphony in collaboration with the MAHA Music Festival in February 2019. The recording is available on guster.bandcamp.com or gustermerch.com.
Richardson is presently the principal pops conductor and resident conductor of the Omaha Symphony at his appointment in 2015. Since 1993, he has laid the groundwork for and led in the development of the Omaha Symphony’s vaunted education and community engagement programs. In addition to his artistic…
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After the destruction of the Death Star, Darth Vader pursues Luke Skywalker, who is studying the ways of the Force with Jedi Master Yoda. Enter the Star Wars universe with the Omaha Symphony for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back in Concert, featuring the orchestra performing John Williams’s GRAMMY®-winning score live to the film.
For the respect and consideration of all Omaha Symphony patrons, children under 5 years of age are prohibited from attending this performance.
Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd., and Warner/Chappell Music. All rights reserved.
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