JAWS @ 50!
- Sat, Jun 21, 2025
- 7:30 PM
- 7-17s Ticket: $0 | Individual Ticket: $10-125
- Granada Theatre
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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest motion pictures of all time, JAWS, with the full power of the Academy Festival Orchestra, conducted by Ben Palmer.
Directed by Academy Award®-winner Steven Spielberg, JAWS set the standard for edge-of-your-seat suspense, quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever changing the movie industry. When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town’s chief of police, a young marine biologist and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.
Featuring an unforgettable score that evokes pure terror, JAWS remains one of the most influential and gripping adventures in motion picture history.
Program
JOHN WILLIAMS JAWS
Ben Palmer conductor
Artists
Ben Palmer
conductor
Ben Palmer is Artistic Director of Covent Garden Sinfonia and Chief Conductor of the Orchestra da Camera di Pordenone and Babylon Orchester Berlin. From 2017-24 he was Chief Conductor of the Deutsche Philharmonie Merck. As a guest he works with orchestras such as the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Hallé, Hong Kong Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the five BBC Orchestras. Forthcoming debuts including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Personally authorised by John Williams to conduct his film scores in concert, and acclaimed as “a masterclass in conducting" by Hans Zimmer, he is one of the world’s most sought-after specialists in conducting live to picture.
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