Grammy-winning Pianist Gloria Cheng to visit WWU Nov. 5-7

Western Washington University’s Department of Music will host Gloria Cheng for her concert, “MONTAGE: Great Film Composers and the Piano,” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 5 in the Performance Art Center Concert Hall.

Tickets are available through the WWU Box Office and cost $10 for general admission; and free for students with ID.

Cheng will also join the WWU Symphony Orchestra for a free performance at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7 in the PAC Concert Hall. This event will feature John Adams’ Century Rolls and Antonín Dvořák’s “From the New World” Symphony No. 9.

The six film composers represented on this program have among them amassed 73 Oscar nominations and eight wins.

Hear selections from pieces written expressly for her by John Williams (“Star Wars,” “Jaws,” “E.T.”), Bruce Broughton (“Silverado,” “Young Sherlock Holmes”), Don Davis (“The Matrix,” “Beauty and the Beast”), Michael Giacchino (“Up,” “Lost,” “Ratatouille”) and Randy Newman (“Monsters, Inc.,” “Toy Story”). Alexandre Desplat (“The Imitation Game,” “Grand Budapest Hotel”) contributed a piece originally written for Lang Lang.

A documentary film chronicling the composers and Cheng during their recording process completes the performance.

For more information, contact Ryan Dudenbostel, director of Orchestral Studies, Western Washington University, at (360) 650-7712 or Ryan.Dudenbostel@wwu.edu.