THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS FILM WITH ORCHESTRA ©Disney
Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 7:30 pm Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 2:30 pm ALLEN-BRADLEY HALL Nicholas Buc, conductor Disney Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” In Concert Live to Film Featuring the Voice Talents of: Chris Sarandon Catherine O’Hara Ken Page William Hickey Glenn Shadix Paul Reubens A BURTON/DI NOVI Production Music, Lyrics & Score by DANNY ELFMAN Based on a Story and Characters by TIM BURTON Adaptation by MICHAEL MCDOWELL Screenplay by CAROLINE THOMPSON Produced by TIM BURTON and DENISE DI NOVI Directed by HENRY SELICK Soundtrack available on WALT DISNEY RECORDS This film is rated “PG.” .
There will be one intermission.
Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts © All rights reserved. Today’s performance lasts approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including a 20 minute intermission. The performance is a presentation of the complete film Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas with a live performance of the film’s entire score. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the end credits. MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
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Film Concert Production Credits President, Disney Music Group Ken Bunt SVP/GM, Disney Concerts Chip McLean VP, Disney Concerts Gina Lorscheider Business Affairs, Disney Concerts Darryl Franklin Phil Woods Elena Contreras Addison Granillo Operations, Disney Concerts Brannon Fells Royd Haston Marketing & Publicity, Disney Concerts Maria Kleinman Lisa Linares Technical Supervision Epilogue Media Music Preparation Booker T. White Productions For Bookings Inquiries: TeamWass.com Emily Yoon Erika Noguchi
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Guest Artist Biographies NICHOLAS BUC Nicholas Buc is an Award-winning composer, conductor, and arranger with over 20 years of experience in the music industry. He has composed music for film, television, and the concert hall, with some of his work being screened at festivals and theaters around Australia, Asia, and the United States. As the recipient of the prestigious Brian May Scholarship, he completed a master’s degree in scoring for film and multimedia at New York University, receiving the Elmer Bernstein Award for Film Scoring. He recently completed work on the new Australian feature film Slant, starring Sigrid Thornton and Pia Miranda, which won Best Australian Feature at Monster Fest 2022. He also scored the Ukrainian documentary Slava, which won Best Short Film at Byron All Shorts Flickerfest 2023. He has worked with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Chris Botti, Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds, and Australian pop sensation Tina Arena. He has written arrangements for Birds of Tokyo, Missy Higgins, and Vera Blue as well as working on MasterChef Junior, The Voice Australia, and the 2021 AFL Grand Final. Buc is highly sought after as a conductor for live film concerts, having conducted the world premieres of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Lion King (2019), Beauty and the Beast (2017), Shrek 2, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. He is also the only person in the world to have conducted all three original Star Wars films in concert…in one day!
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2023.24 SEASON KEN-DAVID MASUR Music Director Polly and Bill Van Dyke Music Director Chair EDO DE WAART Music Director Laureate RYAN TANI Assistant Conductor CHERYL FRAZES HILL Chorus Director Margaret Hawkins Chorus Director Chair TIMOTHY J. BENSON Assistant Chorus Director FIRST VIOLINS Jinwoo Lee, Concertmaster, Charles and Marie Caestecker Concertmaster Chair Ilana Setapen, First Associate Concertmaster Jeanyi Kim, Associate Concertmaster Alexander Ayers Yuka Kadota Elliot Lee** Ji-Yeon Lee Dylana Leung Allison Lovera Lijia Phang 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 Alejandra Switala** Mary Terranova VIOLAS Robert Levine, Principal, Richard O. and Judith A. Wagner Family Principal Viola Chair Georgi Dimitrov, Assistant Principal (2nd chair), Friends of Janet F. Ruggeri Viola Chair Samantha Rodriguez, Assistant Principal (3rd chair)* Alejandro Duque, Acting Assistant Principal (3rd chair) Elizabeth Breslin Nathan Hackett Erin H. Pipal Helen Reich
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CELLOS Susan Babini, Principal, Dorothea C. Mayer Cello Chair Nicholas Mariscal, Assistant Principal* Scott Tisdel, Associate Principal Emeritus Madeleine Kabat Shinae Ra 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 Teddy Gabrieledes** 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* Madison Freed** E-FLAT CLARINET Benjamin Adler* BASS CLARINET Taylor Eiffert* Madison Freed** BASSOONS Catherine Van Handel, Principal, Muriel C. and John D. Silbar Family Bassoon Chair Rudi Heinrich, Assistant Principal Beth W. Giacobassi
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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, John and Judith Simonitsch Tuba Chair TIMPANI Dean Borghesani, Principal Chris Riggs, Assistant Principal PERCUSSION Robert Klieger, Principal Chris Riggs PIANO Melitta S. Pick Endowed Piano Chair PERSONNEL MANAGER Françoise Moquin, Director of Orchestra Personnel LIBRARIANS Paul Beck, Principal Librarian, Anonymous Donor, Principal Librarian Chair Matthew Geise, Assistant Librarian & Media Archivist PRODUCTION Tristan Wallace, Technical Manager & Live Audio Supervisor Paolo Scarabel, Stage Technician & Deck Supervisor * Leave of Absence 2023.24 Season ** Acting member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 2023.24 Season
