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John Williams
was born in New York and moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1948. There
he attended UCLA and studied composition privately with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
After service in the Air Force, Mr. Williams returned to New York to attend
the Juilliard School, where he studied piano with Madame Rosina Lhevinne.
While in New York, he also worked as a jazz pianist, both in clubs and on
recordings. He then returned to Los Angeles, where he began his career in
the film industry, working with such composers as Bernard Herrmann, Alfred
Newman, and Franz Waxman. He went on to write music for many television
programs in the 1960s, winning two Emmy Awards for his work. |
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In January 1980,
Williams was named nineteenth Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra since
its founding in 1885. He assumed the title of Boston Pops Laureate
Conductor, following his retirement in December 1993, and currently holds
the title of Artist-in-Residence at Tanglewood.
Williams has
written many concert pieces, including a symphony, a sinfonietta for wind
ensemble, a cello concerto premiered by Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston Symphony
Orchestra at Tanglewood in 1994, concertos for the flute and violin recorded
by the London Symphony Orchestra, concertos for the clarinet and tuba, and a
trumpet concerto, which was premiered by the Cleveland Orchestra and their
principal trumpet Michael Sachs in September 1996. His bassoon concerto, The
Five Sacred Trees, which was premiered by the New York Philharmonic and
principal bassoon player Judith LeClair in 1995, was recorded for Sony
Classical by Williams with LeClair and the London Symphony. In addition, Mr.
Williams has composed the well-known NBC News theme "The Mission," "Liberty
Fanfare" composed for the re-dedication of the Statue of Liberty, "We're
Lookin' Good!," composed for the Special Olympics in celebration of the 1987
International Summer Games, and themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer
Olympic games. His most recent concert work Seven for Luck – for soprano and
orchestra – is a seven-piece song cycle based on the texts of former U.S.
Poet Laureate Rita Dove. Seven for Luck was given its world premiere by the
Boston Symphony under Mr. Williams with soprano Cynthia Haymon.
John Williams
has led the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra on United States Tours in 1985,
1989 and 1992 and on a tour of Japan in 1987. He led the Boston Pops
Orchestra on tours of Japan in 1990 and 1993. In addition to leading the
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall and at Tanglewood, Williams has
appeared as guest conductor with a number of major orchestras, including the
London Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the
Chicago Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the San
Francisco Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Williams holds honorary
degrees from fourteen American universities, including Berklee College of
Music in Boston, Boston College, Northeastern University, Tufts University,
Boston University, the New England Conservatory of Music and the University
of Massachusetts at Boston. On June 23, 2000, he became the first inductee
into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. |
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Books |
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Knowing
the Score: Notes on Film Music
Overtones
and Undertones, Royal S. Brown
TV's
Biggest Hits: The Story of Television Themes from "Dragnet" to "Friends",
Jon Burlingame
American
Film Music: Major Composers, Techniques, Trends, 1915-1990, William Darby
and Jack Du Bois
Arthur
Fiedler and the Boston Pops, Harry Ellis Dickson
Beating
Time: A Musician's Memoir, Harry Ellis Dickson
Settling
the Score: Music and the Classical Hollywood Film, Kathryn Kalinak
On
the Track: A Guide to Contemporary Film Scoring, Fred Karlin and Rayburn
Wright
Listening
to Movies, Fred Karlin
Musical
Content and the Thematic Process in the Star Wars Concert Suites of John
Williams, Bill Joseph Poché
A
Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann, Steven C.
Smith
Cinema
Sheet Music : A Comprehensive Listing of Published Film Music from Squaw Man
(1914) to Batman (1989), Donald J. Stubblebine
Film
Score: The Art & Craft of Movie Music, Tony Thomas |
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Conductor's Scores |
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Escapades
for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
from Catch Me If You Can
Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Superman
March
Across
the Stars
Call
of the Champions
Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Children's Suite for Orchestra
Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Suite for Orchestra
The
Patriot
Far
and Away
Suite
Horseplay
(Isabel's Horse and Buggy)
from Stepmom
Close
Encounters of the Third Kind
Excerpts
Olympic
Fanfare and Theme
Two
Pieces from Angela's Ashes
Liberty
Fanfare
The
Phantom Menace
Suite for Orchestra
Suite
from JFK
Happy
Birthday Variations
A Birthday Greeting for Orchestra
Dry
Your Tears, Afrika
from Amistad
Theme
from The Lost World
The
Cowboys Overture
Star
Wars
Suite for Orchestra
The
Olympic Spirit
Three
Holiday Songs from Home Alone
Summon
the Heroes
Raiders
March
from Raiders of the Lost Ark
Three
Pieces from Schindler's List
for Solo Violin and Orchestra
Adventures
on Earth
from E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial)
America
the Dream Goes On
Hymn
to the Fallen
from Saving Private Ryan
Star
Wars
Symphonic Suite
Sinfonietta
for Winds and Percussion
Essay
for Strings |
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