Scary Movie Music with the Omaha Symphony

It's Omaha's most electrifying Halloween party featuring live performances of the hair-raising scores from your favorite scary movies!

Holland Center
Friday, Oct 17 | 7:30 PM
Saturday, Oct 18 | 7:30 PM
No Longer Available
 

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Ernest Richardson Resident Conductor & Principal Pops Conductor More

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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Matt Geiler Host
Résonance Chorus More

Party Starts at 6:30 p.m. Music starts at 7:30 p.m.

For the respect and consideration of all Omaha Symphony patrons, children under 5 years of age are prohibited from attending this performance. Due to the content, parents are cautioned against bringing children under 13 years of age.

It's Omaha's most electrifying Halloween party featuring live performances of the hair-raising scores from your favorite scary movies!

This is not your usual concert experience; we're transforming the Holland Center into a huge haunted house complete with lobby performers, special themed drinks, a coating of fog, and more spooky surprises. Get your friends together and come in costume for a nightmarish night with the Omaha Symphony you'll never be able to forget ...

In the deep depths of the Haunted Hall, you'll hear the Omaha Symphony perform music from:
Frankenstein
Nosferatu (1922)
The Shining
Psycho
Nope
Alien
Jaws
and more!

After the performance, all are invited to shake the scaries out with a post-concert set in the lobby featuring DJ Brent Crampton. It will be a one-of-a-kind night of fright - join your Omaha Symphony at Scary Movie Music ... if you dare!

Come early to enjoy the Witching Hour at 6:30 p.m. Activities include:

  • Costume contest
  • Fortune teller - Tasha Wilwerding
  • Tarot and Bones Reader - Papa Newt
  • Rune Reader
  • Themed drinks
  • Photo Opportunities
  • Lego displays provided by LOLUG

Costume Contest Details

To enter the costume contest, take a photo anywhere inside the Holland Center and send it to email@omahasymphony.org any time before intermission ends. Winners will be chosen from four categories: Best Group or Couple, Most Creative, Funniest, and Best in Show. Each individual winner will receive a certificate for two free tickets to any upcoming Omaha Symphony concert, and each participant in the Best Group or Couple will receive a certificate for one free ticket.

Group Discount

Need a bigger boat? Groups of 10 or more people qualify for 20% off tickets in price levels 1-3.

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Sponsored By

Immanuel Communities
UNMC
Omaha Steaks
Streck
Cordia
Immanuel Communities
UNMC
Omaha Steaks
Streck
Cordia

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