An event with Halloween-themed film music, fun interactive science exhibits, AND costumes? Sign us up! No, literally—make sure to sign yourselves up for our most popular event of the year—Session 94 at The Exploratorium in SF! Costumes encouraged!
Join us as we take a wild romp through Danny Elfman’s devilish score to Beetlejuice, followed by a concert suite of Bernard Herrmann’s music to his and Hitchcock’s 1958 magnum opus, Vertigo. After years of popular demand, we’ll close the evening out with excerpts from the 1980 space opera Krull featuring some of James Horner’s most epic film music ever written!
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
SESSION 94 DETAILS
WHEN: Thursday, October 26, 2023, 6:30–9:30pm
WHERE: Gallery 4, The Exploratorium, Pier 15, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94111
* This venue is 18+. Anyone under the age of 18 will not be allowed to enter the venue *
All players MUST enter at the front of the museum and sign in at the staff and volunteer booth (NOT at the ticket counter) across from their Seismic Joint Cafe to receive their musician passes. Then walk back to Gallery 4 at the far end of the venue where we'll be playing. (ONLY musicians who sign up to play and are CONFIRMED by their section's Ambassadors will be able to get in. You cannot just show up and play with us for Session 94. Sorry!)
COST: Free for musicians. Audience members will need to purchase After Dark tickets from The Exploratorium ($19.95)
TRANSPORTATION SUGGESTIONS: Easily accessible from the F muni line or BART (Embacadero stop is .75 miles away, 15-minute walk). The Exploratorium has a lot of tips for public transportation options, street parking, garage parking, and driving directions: https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/location-directions.
SCHEDULE AND INSTRUMENTATION
conducted by Artistic Director David Möschler, featuring Associate Artistic Director, Brian Adam McCune and guest conductor Omid Zoufonoun
6:30-7:20 End Credits to Beetlejuice by Danny Elfman (orchestrated by Steve Bartek) (~4 minutes)
INSTRUMENTATION:
1 flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 4 horns (F), 3 trumpets (B-flat), 2 trombones, 2 bass trombones, 2 tubas, 4 percussion, 2 keyboards, 1 harp, strings
7:30-8:30pm: Vertigo Concert Suite by Bernard Herrmann (~11 minutes)
INSTRUMENTATION:
3 flutes, 2 oboes, 1 english horn, 3 clarinets (B-flat), 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 4 horns (F), 3 trumpets (B-flat), 3 trombones, 1 tuba, timpani, 3 percussion, 1 harp, 1 celesta, 1 organ, strings
8:40-9:30pm: Epilogue and End Credits from Krull by James Horner (~5 minutes)
INSTRUMENTATION:
2 flutes, 1 piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 1 contra-bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 8 horns (F), 4 trumpets (B-flat), 4 trombones, 2 tubas, 1 timpani, 3 percussion, 2 harps, 3 keyboards, 1 celesta, chorus (treble only), strings
SHEET MUSIC for upcoming open sessions can always be found on Google Drive at: bit.ly/AOCOpenSession
Reference recordings can be found for all pieces can be found linked above.
Costumes HIGHLY encouraged! Please bring music stands and battery-powered stand lights. We'll provide chairs and sheet music. All confirmed players will be granted free admission to the event.
MUSICIANS
* This event is 18+ only*
You must sign up before October 17, and some sections will fill up in the first few hours.
We have space for: 8 flutes, 7 oboes, 9 clarinets, 8 bassoons, 12 horns, 10 trumpets, 11 trombones, 4 tubas, 8 percussion, 3 harps, 5 keyboards, 16 first violins, 16 second violins, 16 violas, 16 cellos, 8 double basses.
Be sure to sign up before the deadline on October 17. You can expect an email from your Awesöme Ambassadors with specific info by October 17 EOD (check your spam filters if this is your first session). If you are signing up after October 17, you might not get your Ambassador email until August 14. Please be patient—they have a lot of information to collect before emailing everyone.
Waitlist Protocol
Our community of musicians is growing (which is AWESOME), but sometimes that means that some sections fill up quickly (especially flutes and clarinets). You can still sign-up via the form, but if you notice on the form that your instrument has a “waitlist” tag on it, don’t despair! We usually take players off the waitlist as some folks’ plans change. When that happens, you’ll be notified by your Section Ambassadors via email.
AUDIENCE
* This event is all 18+ only*
Audience members will need to purchase tickets for this event through The Exploratorium.