Game Day at the Orchestra

Every big game has a sound attached to it. The horn. The crowd. Whatever was playing while you were still on your feet, not ready to sit down yet.

Game Day at the Orchestra is that music, played live by the full Syracuse Orchestra, with the voices who called those games telling the stories behind them. Conducted by Sean O’Loughlin.

Program
- Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme
- Conti: Rocky
- Norworth/Von Tilzer: Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- Newman: The Natural
- Simon: Casey at the Bat
- Diamond: Sweet Caroline

Intermission

• O’Loughlin: Marathon Fanfare
• Vangelis: Chariots of Fire
• Arr. O’Loughlin: Fight Song Medley
• Arr. Rehmann: Fox NFL Theme
• Williams: NBC Wide Receiver
• Williams: Of Grit and Glory
• Schon/Cain: Don’t Stop Believin’

Sean O’Loughlin, conductor

Sean O’Loughlin (b. 1972) is the Principal Pops Conductor of The Syracuse Orchestra and the newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony in Victoria, B.C., Canada. His music is characterized by vibrant rhythms, passionate melodies, and colorful scoring. His commissions include works for the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

As a conductor, he has led performances with orchestras including the Boston Pops, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Houston Symphony, Victoria Symphony, and Seattle Symphony. He was assistant conductor and arranger for Sgt. Pepper Live in Las Vegas featuring Cheap Trick, and has conducted national and worldwide tours with Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan, and the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration.

Recent collaborations include Sarah McLachlan, Adele, Josh Groban, Pentatonix, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Diana Ross, Journey, Melissa Etheridge, Weird Al Yankovic, Blue Man Group, Janelle Monáe, Audra McDonald, Hall and Oates, Gloria Estefan, the Indigo Girls, Diana Krall, Itzhak Perlman, Natalie Merchant, Chris Isaak, Pink Martini, Brandi Carlile, The Decemberists, Martina McBride, Josh Ritter, and Gloria Gaynor.

His music is published by Excelcia Music, Hal Leonard, and Carl Fischer. He is a frequent guest conductor with professional orchestras, an annual ASCAP Special Awards winner, and a composition fellow of the Henry Mancini Institute. He holds composition degrees from New England Conservatory and Syracuse University.