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John Williams’ Movie Masterworks

[CLASSICAL] A conductor putting together an orchestral program of music by John Williams has his work cut out for him. Easily the best-known composer of music for the movies, Williams has literally hundreds of scores to his credit, many of them for the most popular films of the last fifty years. John Morris Russell, the new principal pops conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, was drawn to a Williams program not simply for its mass appeal: “We wanted a great orchestral showpiece that features the virtuosity of the orchestra.

The Dear Hunter

[ROCK] Ten years ago, Casey Crescenzo was frontman of the Receiving End of Sirens, a band that was at the time rising in popularity. It seemed like a strange move at the time, but Crescenzo parted ways with the band to pursue a new direction for his music. After leaving, his vision for his new band, The Dear Hunter, quickly came into focus.

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