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Vancouver

Dec 06, 2010, 8PM
Orpheum Theatre

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Dayton, OH

Mar 31, 2011, 8PM
Schuster Center

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PLAY! A Video Game Symphony

From the creative team that brought you the ground breaking Dear Friends-Music from FINAL FANTASY Symphony Tour, comes an entirely new celebration of video game music and images:

PLAY! A Video Game Symphony is a Symphony world-tour featuring music from blockbuster video games. The music is performed by some of the finest, world-class orchestras and choirs. All concerts take place in classy, prestigious venues. Graphics on large screens suspended above the orchestra accompany the scores, highlighting memorable moments from the video games.

The concert tour started off in North America on May 27, 2006 in Chicago, followed by a sold out show in Europe. PLAY! is embarking on a world tour.

Andy Brick, Principal Conductor and Music Director

Andy Brick is a prolific Award winning composer, conductor and symphonist of music for film, television, live concerts and interactive games.

He has served as Conductor and Music Director of the historic GC (Games Convention) concert series with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague. He has composed, conducted and/or orchestrated music for such productions as The Sims, FINAL FANTASY, Little Mermaid II, Lady & The Tramp II and Merregnon 2 with orchestras throughout the world.

Recently, Brick was selected as the featured conductor in the "Young, Gifted, and Engaged" issue of SYMPHONY Magazine. In June 2005 Brick won the prestigious "Masterworks of the New Era" award for new orchestral compositions.

Jason M. Paul, Producer

Paul has brought critical acclaim to the video game music genre after creating the first ever video game music concert series in the U.S. with Dear Friends-Music from FINAL FANTASY.

As a producer, he has staged concerts around the world for such artists as Luciano Pavarotti, and The Three Tenors.

Paul began his career at a marketing agency handling corporate entertainment and environmental design for clients such as Sony Computer Entertainment America, Sun Microsystems, Adidas, Midway Entertainment, Sony Metreon and Square Enix.

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Performed by full orchestra and choir, PLAY! A Video Game Symphony features award-winning music from a catalogue of blockbuster video game titles. Outstanding graphics on large screens above the orchestra accompany the scores, highlighting memorable moments from the video games.

"This spectacular concert attracts people of all generations to some of the worlds greatest concert halls.", says Maestro Andy Brick, Principal Conductor and Music Director of PLAY! A Video Game Symphony.