FLORENCE – The Shoals Symphony Orchestra will present Disney’s feature film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest at 7pm on Saturday, May 4th, in Norton Auditorium. Audience members can watch the adventures of their favorite pirates come to life on the big screen while the orchestra performs the entire film score live.
“An event of this caliber is not one to miss. If you haven’t been to a Shoals Symphony Orchestra film series concert, you are missing something truly spectacular!” said David Black, President of the Board of Directors for the orchestra.
On the Norton Auditorium stage, a 40-foot movie screen will be constructed to showcase the full-length film.
This concert comes to the Shoals as the fifth installation of the Shoals Symphony Orchestra’s now annual movie concert. The first installment, Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, on February 26, 2016, broke records for the orchestra as the first sold-out concert in the organization’s history. Every movie concert performed by the orchestra has continued the trend, each selling out Norton Auditorium respectively. The success of the Disney movie concerts has allowed for the orchestra to partner with another major movie house, 20th Century Fox.
“It’s always fun to dissect the intricate work of a movie such as Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest, to fully remove the soundtrack, as you begin to prepare with a live orchestra. It is at this point that you realize that the characters aren’t as bright and colorful without the mastery and imagination of composer Hans Zimmer,” said Dr. Daniel Stevens, Music Director and Conductor of the orchestra.
Tickets are available for purchase online at shoalssymphony.una.edu, by phone at (256) 710-1623, or in person Monday through Friday, 3pm to 6pm at the Shoals Symphony Office, 409 N Court St, Suite 100, Florence, Al.
SPONSORS The Shoals Symphony Orchestra’s presentation of Pirates of the Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest is sponsored by the generous support of the Alabama Department of Tourism, Alabama State Council on the Arts, FourBridges, GeoSource, and FlorenceLauderdale.
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