Musco Center Presents

Disney's Pixar in Concert

Film with The Chapman Orchestra & Professional Musicians

Saturday, September 28, 2019 | 7:30 p.m.

All your favorites from Pixar are coming to the Musco Center stage in a way you’ve never seen them before: in concert with a live symphony orchestra! This visually stunning, high-definition, multi-media family show features montages of memorable clips from every one of Pixar’s 14 films — including Cars, WALL-E, Ratatouille, A Bug’s Life, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc. and Brave — accompanied live by an orchestra featuring professional musicians playing side by side with Chapman student musicians. Together, these film scores -- by such icons as Randy Newman, Patrick Doyle, Thomas Newman and Michael Giacchino -- have won 10 Grammys and three Academy Awards, and have received 10 Oscar nominations.

Pre-Show Discussion

Chapman University Faculty and Students are invited to attend a free pre-show discussion on Film Animation and Composing in Musco Center for the Arts beginning at 6pm on September 28, 2019. The public may attend only if they have purchased tickets to the 7:30pm. However, all Chapman University students and faculty with valid ID may attend the pre-show event.

The pre-show event will include a Q&A session with the audience.

The Discussion Panelists

Michael Giacchino is one of the best-known and most successful composers working in Hollywood today. His 2009 score for the Pixar hit Up earned him an Oscar®, a Golden Globe, the BAFTA, the Broadcast Film Critics' Choice Award and two Grammy Awards. In addition to The Incredibles, his many credits include some of the most popular and acclaimed films in recent history: Ratatouille, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes to name a few.

Mark Andrews is a director, writer and story artist at Pixar Animation Studios. He is best known for the 2012 Pixar feature film Brave, which he co-directed with Brenda Chapman. He was also the story supervisor for The Incredibles, directed the short film One Man Band, and co-wrote the short films Jack-Jack Attack and One Man Band.

Professor William Kroyer, who will moderate the discussion, directs the Digital Arts Program of Chapman University's Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. Kroyer is also an award-winning director of animation who has directed computer graphics commercials, short films, movie titles and theatrical films. Trained in classic hand-drawn animation at the Disney Studio, Kroyer was one of the first animators to make the leap to computer animation as computer image choreographer on Disney's groundbreaking 1982 feature, Tron. Founding his Kroyer Films, Inc. with his wife Susan, he pioneered the technique of combining hand-drawn animation with computer animation

“Pixar music is pure magic.”

– Broadway World

College of Performing Arts students will rehearse and perform side-by-side with professional musicians. Click here to learn more about our Master Class program.