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PLAY! A Video Game Symphony

From the creative team that brought you the ground breaking Dear Friends-Music from FINAL FANTASY Symphony Tour, comes an entirely new celebration of video game music and images:

PLAY! A Video Game Symphony is a Symphony world-tour featuring music from blockbuster video games. The music is performed by some of the finest, world-class orchestras and choirs. All concerts take place in classy, prestigious venues. Graphics on large screens suspended above the orchestra accompany the scores, highlighting memorable moments from the video games.

The concert tour started off in North America on May 27, 2006 in Chicago, followed by a sold out show in Europe. PLAY! is embarking on a world tour.

Andy Brick, Principal Conductor and Music Director

Andy Brick is a prolific Award winning composer, conductor and symphonist of music for film, television, live concerts and interactive games.

He has served as Conductor and Music Director of the historic GC (Games Convention) concert series with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague. He has composed, conducted and/or orchestrated music for such productions as The Sims, Final Fantasy, Little Mermaid II, Lady & The Tramp II and Civilization V with orchestras throughout the world.

Recently, Brick was selected as the featured conductor in the "Young, Gifted, and Engaged" issue of SYMPHONY Magazine and is a recipient of the prestigious "Masterworks of the New Era" award for new orchestral compositions.

Jason M. Paul, Executive Producer

Paul has brought critical acclaim to the video game music genre after creating the first ever video game music concert series in the U.S. with Dear Friends-Music from FINAL FANTASY.

As a producer, he has staged concerts around the world for such artists as Luciano Pavarotti, and The Three Tenors.

Paul began his career at a marketing agency handling corporate entertainment and environmental design for clients such as Sony Computer Entertainment America, Sun Microsystems, Adidas, Midway Entertainment, Sony Metreon and Square Enix.

Jeron Moore, Producer

Jeron Moore is a working Los Angeles producer that splits his time between both the video game and film industries. Having graduated from California State University, Los Angeles, he holds a degree in film and television directing and producing. Since that time, he's made a broad spectrum of contributions in the video game industry, ranging from video production to music direction, supervision and editing for companies including Namco, 3D Realms, 2K Games, ArenaNet, and Take Two Interactive. He has produced over 12 soundtrack albums for British Academy award-winning composer Jeremy Soule, including the highly-acclaimed scores for the Guild Wars franchise, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and IV: Oblivion, Dungeon Siege 2, and many others. Jeron serves as the Producer for PLAY! A Video Game Symphony, where he's actively developing new content and licensing new material, with an always passionate commitment toward keeping the show's program fresh and exciting.

Anthony Pagano, Director

Award winning video producer/director Anthony Pagano recently completed his first year with PLAY! on tour, bringing a professional, clean and dynamic approach to the multimedia component of the show. With over 25 years of experience working with such names as: The Jonas Brothers, Pavarotti, Ennio Marricone and Elton John, as well as his more than 15 DVD credits ranging from Bad Company Live at the Hard Rock, The Isley Brothers, Dickie Betts to The Blind Boys of Alabama, Pagano is considered one of the finest "LIVE" video directors in the industry, and we're delighted to have him on board.

Opus 3 Artists

Opus 3 Artists is an independent artists management firm with offices in New York City and Los Angeles, and represents several classical artists, as well as artists in the non-classical genres, such as jazz, world music, theater, dance, and special attractions. The company represents several notable artists and groups, including Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

More info at: www.opus3artists.com