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The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to the Morris Performing Arts Center with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ in Concert, the third film in the Harry Potter series. For two performances, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra performs John Williams’ unforgettable score live from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ while the entire film plays in high-definition!    About Ron Spigelman - Guest Conductor Australian conductor Ron Spigelman was recently appointed the Principal Pops Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic. Earlier in his career he was the Associate Conductor in Buffalo Philharmonic and the Fort Worth Symphony, Music Director of the Texas Ballet Theater, San Angelo Symphony (TX), Texas Chamber Orchestra, Springfield Symphony (MO), and the Lake Placid Sinfonietta (NY) where he is now conductor emeritus. He has also served as Principal Pops Conductor of the Fort Worth and Syracuse Symphony. Recent guest conducting appearances include Atlanta, St. Louis, Baltimore, Utah, Oregon, Kansas City, Vancouver, Nashville Symphonies, and the Minnesota Orchestra. He has conducted Symphonic, Ballet, Opera, Musical Theatre and Pops plus over 30 live-to-film productions including all eight of the Harry Potter films. Guest artists he has accompanied include Horacio Gutierrez, Rachel Barton Pine, Richard Stoltzman, Marvin Hamlisch, Peter Paul & Mary, James Taylor, Leslie Odom Jr., Gladys Knight and many others. Career highlights include the world premiere of Pegasus by Lowell Liebermann with the Dallas Symphony, his Carnegie Hall debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the world premiere recording of Sylvan by Michael Torke with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta. Ron lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his wife Laura, they have a combined 6 children. He is board president of Harmony Project Tulsa, bringing instrumental instruction to underserved youth in collaboration with the Tulsa Public Schools. He also recently graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Family and Human Development at Arizona State University receiving the dean’s medal for academic ...

The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to the Morris Performing Arts Center with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ in Concert, the third film in the Harry Potter series. For two performances, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra performs John Williams’ unforgettable score live from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ while the entire film plays in high-definition!  About Ron Spigelman - Guest Conductor Australian conductor Ron Spigelman was recently appointed the Principal Pops Conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic. Earlier in his career he was the Associate Conductor in Buffalo Philharmonic and the Fort Worth Symphony, Music Director of the Texas Ballet Theater, San Angelo Symphony (TX), Texas Chamber Orchestra, Springfield Symphony (MO), and the Lake Placid Sinfonietta (NY) where he is now conductor emeritus. He has also served as Principal Pops Conductor of the Fort Worth and Syracuse Symphony. Recent guest conducting appearances include Atlanta, St. Louis, Baltimore, Utah, Oregon, Kansas City, Vancouver, Nashville Symphonies, and the Minnesota Orchestra. He has conducted Symphonic, Ballet, Opera, Musical Theatre and Pops plus over 30 live-to-film productions including all eight of the Harry Potter films. Guest artists he has accompanied include Horacio Gutierrez, Rachel Barton Pine, Richard Stoltzman, Marvin Hamlisch, Peter Paul & Mary, James Taylor, Leslie Odom Jr., Gladys Knight and many others. Career highlights include the world premiere of Pegasus by Lowell Liebermann with the Dallas Symphony, his Carnegie Hall debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the world premiere recording of Sylvan by Michael Torke with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta. Ron lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his wife Laura, they have a combined 6 children. He is board president of Harmony Project Tulsa, bringing instrumental instruction to underserved youth in collaboration with the Tulsa Public Schools. He also recently graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Family and Human Development at Arizona State University receiving the dean’s medal for academic excellence ...

Romance is in the air with a special Valentine’s collaboration between the Symphony and indie-folk duo The Bergamot. 

The season closes with the music of John Williams with a thrilling evening dedicated to the legendary film composer’s most iconic scores. Music from blockbuster hits such as Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, and so much more!