McCallum Theatre Orchestra

Richard Kaufman, Conductor

The McCallum Theatre Orchestra is made up of today’s top Hollywood studio recording musicians who travel to Palm Desert especially for these concerts. 

These concerts will feature music written by many of Hollywood’s great composers, including:

JOHN WILLIAMS

DANNY ELFMAN

LALO SCHIFFRIN

ALAN SILVESTRI

JERRY GOLDSMITH

THE SHERMAN BROTHERS

Some of the film titles music that will be performed:

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

THE SEAHAWK

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

THE RIGHT STUFF

MARY POPPINS

SPIDER-MAN

BACK TO THE FUTURE

LINCOLN

TRUE GRIT

EXODUS

STAR TREK

SUPERMAN

AUSTIN POWERS

…and More

Richard Kaufman, Grammy award-winning conductor, has devoted much of his musical life to conducting and supervising music for film and television productions, as well as performing film and classical music in concert halls and on recordings. He holds the title of Pops Conductor Laureate with both the Dallas Symphony and Pacific Symphony and continues as guest conductor with orchestras throughout the US and overseas. He has recorded with the London Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Nuremberg Symphony, Brandenburg Philharmonic Potsdam, and most recently with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Richard often conducts programs featuring live performances of entire scores while the film is show. Hi live-to-film repertoire includes over thirty films.