Richard Cangro, Professor and Director of Music Education at Western Illinois University, joins Galesburg's Morning News to preview the Knox-Galesburg Symphony's season finale, "Silver Screen Symphony," Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Orpheum Theater in Galesburg.
Topics covered in this interview:
- What audiences can expect from Saturday's film and television score concert
- The featured violin solo for "Theme from Schindler's List"
- Cangro's path from Staten Island trumpet student to university music professor
- His memorable stint performing trumpet for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
- Conducting and teaching music in more than a dozen countries
- What makes the Orpheum Theater a unique venue for the symphony
- Why the concert is designed to be accessible for first-time symphony attendees
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Tickets are available at galesburgorpheum.org, by calling the Orpheum Theater at (309) 342-2299, or at kgsymphony.org.
Read the full story: From Star Trek to Schindler's List: Knox-Galesburg Symphony's season finale goes to the movies