How do you get kids, Tweens and Teens interested in classical music -- ask Video Games Live http://www.videogameslive.com which is doing a terrific job of bringing music to the people through live orchestra concerts around the country that feature music from of all things -- VIDEO GAMES!
WHAT KIND OF GAMES AND WHAT KIND OF MUSIC -- look at this amazing list:
Games like Mario™, Zelda®, Halo®, Metal Gear Solid®, Warcraft®, Myst®, Final Fantasy®, Castlevania®, Kingdom Hearts, Medal of Honor™, Sonic™, Tron, God of War™, Tomb Raider®, Advent Rising, Headhunter, Beyond Good & Evil™, Splinter Cell®, Ghost Recon™, Rainbow Six®, EverQuest® II and a special retro Classic Arcade Medley featuring over 20+ games from Pong® to Donkey Kong® including such classics as Dragon's Lair, Tetris, Frogger, Gauntlet, Space Invaders & Outrun!
CHECK OUT THIS NEW TRAILER FOR THE VIDEO GAMES LIVE EVENT:
WANT TO SEE A TRAILER -- peek at these links:
HI-RES: http://www.videogameslive.com/trailer/vglsanjose2006.wmv
LO-RES: http://www.videogameslive.com/trailer/vglsanjose2006.mov
You may have caught the premiere of this event at the Hollywood Bowl last year -- if not or if so - you'll probably want to check out the redux this fall! See the list of dates on the link below. Hollywood2020 missed it at the GDC (Game Developer's Show in San Jose) but I sure hope we're in town this fall!. Congrats to VGL for all of their great work...what a wonderful way to make music real to people of all ages!
NEXT CONCERT IN PHILLY: next show is Saturday, June 3rd at the Merriam Theatre in Philadelphia during Wizard World. It will be the very first video game concert in Philadelphia. Check out the other tour dates at: http://www.videogameslive.com/index.php?s=dates
SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITY BANDS CAN NOW PLAY VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACK MUSIC!
VGL writes to us that they made a non-profit deal with Alfred Publishing where they gave them all of their orchestrations and arrangements so that over 60,000+ schools and universities across North America will be able to play their favorite music for Drum Corps, Marching Band or School Orchestra. The profit is passed on to the composer, publishers & developers http://www.videogameslive.com/index.php?story=36 KEWL STUFF~
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