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For immediate release: October 18, 2012
Nancy Schnarr, 519.745.4711 x287
[email protected]
The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony goes Back to the Future for
An Evening of Blockbusters
The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony takes its cue from some of the world’s best-known films
for Sci-Fi Fantasy: An Evening of Blockbusters on Friday, November 2 and Saturday,
November 3 at 8 pm at the Centre In The Square.
Led by guest conductor Victor Vanacore, the concert will feature music from science fiction
and fantasy movies, including E.T., Ghostbusters, Star Trek, Avatar, and Back to the Future.
This concert also features the local talents of Sam’s Steps Dance Centre and Cameron
Heights Collegiate Choir.
Victor Vanacore is a Grammy-Award winning conductor, pianist, composer and arranger. He
is originally from New Haven, CT and began his music studios on the piano at age six.
Vanacore has worked with orchestras throughout the United States, Canada and abroad. He
has also worked with well-known vocalists, including musical legend Ray Charles, with whom
he had a close friendship after meeting him in 1990 until his passing in 2004. Vanacore’s has
also worked closely with Jackson Five, Johnny Mathis and Barry Manilow.
“For many of us, our first exposure to classical music was through the films we watched
growing up,” said Vanacore. “Concerts like this remind us how much music in film affects our
experience of it.”
SCI-FI FANTASY: AN EVENING OF BLOCKBUSTERS runs November 2 and 3, 2012 at
8pm at the Centre In the Square, 101 Queen St. N. in Kitchener. Tickets start at $19 and can
be purchased online at kwsymphony.ca or by calling 519.745.4711 or 888.745.4717.
The KWS would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of this concert: Season Sponsor: Sun Life Financial; Pops
Sponser: Heffner Lexus.
To download the press kit associated with this release, visit kwsymphony.ca/media.
For inquiries or to arrange interviews, please email [email protected].