Lord of the Rings: In Concert

Hello there!

Here’s an anthology of links regarding the performance– photos, videos, and news articles. These are links that did not make it into the blog post.

Everything is my content unless otherwise noted (i.e., the YouTube videos courtesy the Symphony Silicon Valley or The San Jose Mercury News).

Thank you for stopping by!

Photos

• Artist’s Rendering of the San Jose Performing Arts Center with the Eye of Sauron
• the giant poster atop the San Jose Performing Arts Center
• dress rehearsal of Return of the King
• the theater after our last dress rehearsal
• a cave troll and the score for ROTK
• Legolas, Nenya, and Lothlorien
• time for two old men to duke it out in Isengard
• the Mouth of Sauron accompanied me to pre-show dinner
• the Mouth of Sauron has claimed The One Ring
• Lou de la Rosa and Michael DiGiacinto at the scene of their triumph
• my friend Susie came to the show and sat up front
• mid-show photo by The San Jose Mercury News
• happy Frodo, another from The Merc
• Gandalf is about to hit his head courtesy The Merc
• bit of the orchestra and choir (find me!)
• view from the balcony, thank you The Merc
• I wore my BlackMilk One Ring leggings under my concert skirt
• here’s pictures of Maestro’s autograph and Clara Sanabras’
• I made a photo collage to hang in my room. It’s pretty rad.

Videos (recorded by myself unless otherwise noted)

• did I mention that we were right under an international flight landing path??
• this is what the movie looks like from the back row of the choir
  
• The Lord of the Rings Comes to San Jose! – SSV
• Howard Shore speaks about The Lord of the Rings In Concert – SSV
• Join our Fellowship: you have my violin, my horn, and my timpani mallet! – SSV
• Rehearsals for The Lord of the Rings Live in Concert – SSV
• Fanghorn Percussion – SSV
• The Distressed Piano – SSV
• Panpipes – SSV
• My Precious – SSV
• Roots and Beginnings – SSV
• The Beacons of Gondor – SSV
• In Dreams – SSV
• The Two Towers Opening Sequence – SSV
• Into the West – SSV
• The History of the Ring – SSV
• Dwarrowdelf (this is an amazing bit) – SSV
• I Can Carry You – SSV
• rehearsing the latter half of “The Lighting of the Beacons” in the giant tent-hall
• immediately following Gandalf’s fall
• the Battle of the Pelennor Fields
• the Breaking of the Fellowship
• “I will not say do not weep…” – Lou de la Rosa
• the Knights of Rohan head for wargs – Lou de la Rosa

News Articles

• Nine is a Pretty Good Number – Middle-earth News
• Watch Lord of the Rings Trilogy with live symphony score in Silicon Valley!
• letter to the editor, San Jose Mercury News
• Critics Rave About The Lord of the Rings Live In Concert
• ‘Lord of the Rings’ symphony extravaganza makes thunderous debut
• One Performance to Rule Them All
• Symphony Silicon Valley: “Lord of the Rings” like you’ve never heard it before
• Lord of the (St)rings resonates from The Shire to the South Bay in a suitably epic performance
• Symphony Silicon Valley: ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy on screen with full orchestra