FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOME ALONE The Movie: Live in Concert hits WSO stage for 25th Anniversary

Winnipeg, MB – Dec 8, 2015 – Experience the classic holiday film HOME ALONE on the big screen with John Williams' delightful score performed by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) LIVE, Dec 11-13, at the Centennial Concert Hall. Just in time for the holidays and the 25th Anniversary of the film, the WSO presents the film with orchestra concert experience that's fun for the whole family, conducted by WSO Resident Conductor Julian Pellicano. It's like 3D for your ears! John Williams is the winner of 5 Academy Awards, 49 Oscar nominations, and composer of Star Wars, Harry Potter, Schindler's List, E.T. The Extra-Terristial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Indian Jones, War Horse, Lincolnamong many other popular films and television shows. About Home Alone: It is Christmas time and the McCallister family is preparing for a vacation in Paris, France. But the youngest in the family, 8-year-old trouble-maker Kevin, gets into a scuffle with his older brother Buzz and was sent to his room, which is on the third floor of his house. Then, the next morning, while the rest of the family was in a rush to make it to the airport on time, they completely forget about Kevin who now has the house all to himself. Being home alone was fun for Kevin, having a pizza all to himself, jumping on his parents' bed, and making a mess. Then, Kevin discovers about two burglars, Harry and Marv, about to rob his house on Christmas Eve. Kevin acts quickly by wiring his own house with makeshift booby traps to stop the burglars and to bring them to justice. Hilarious and heart warming, HOME ALONE is holiday fun for the entire family. Seating limited all nights.

Air Canada Pops Series Friday, Dec 11 - 8:00 pm HOME ALONE The Movie: Live in Concert Saturday, Dec 12 - 8:00 pm Centennial Concert Hall Sunday, Dec 13 - 2:00 pm Julian Pellicano, conductor Prairie Voices, Vic Pankratz, director

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MUSICIANS IN THE MAKING Pre-concert performance on the Piano Nobile. Friday, 7:15 pm Music for Young Children Saturday, 7:15 pm Suzuki Music Winnipeg Sunday, 1:15 pm Association Christmas Tuba Festival Tickets start at $25 and are available through the WSO Box Office: 204.949.3999 or wso.ca or Ticketmaster: 1.855.985.ARTS and Ticketmaster.ca

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Presents A JOHN HUGHES Production A CHRIS COLUMBUS Film

HOME ALONE MACAULAY CULKIN

JOE PESCI DANIEL STERN JOHN HEARD

and CATHERINE O’HARA

Music by JOHN WILLIAMS Film Editor RAJA GOSNELL

Production Designer JOHN MUTO Director of Photography JULIO MACAT

Executive Producers MARK LEVINSON & SCOTT ROSENFELT and TARQUIN GOTCH Written and Produced by JOHN HUGHES

Directed by CHRIS COLUMBUS

Soundtrack Album Available on CBS Records, Cassettes and Compact Discs

Color by DELUXE® Film screening of Home Alone courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox. © 1990 Twentieth Century Fox Film

Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Home Alone – Film with Live Orchestra produced by Film Concerts Live!,

a joint venture of IMG Artists, LLC and The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc. Producers: Steven A. Linder and Jamie Richardson Production Coordinator: Rob Stogsdill Worldwide Representation: IMG Artists, LLC Technical Director: Mike Runice Marketing Coordinator: Dan Barry

Music Composed by John Williams

Music Preparation: Jo Ann Kane Music Service Film Preparation for Concert Performance: Ramiro Belgardt Technical Consultant: Laura Gibson Sound Remixing for Concert Performance: Chace Audio by Deluxe The

score for Home Alone has been adapted for live concert performance. With special thanks to: Twentieth Century Fox, Chris Columbus, David Newman, John Kulback, and Mark Graham.

Own the Music From the Live Concert!

“HOME ALONE – 25th Anniversary Limited Edition” Music Composed and Conducted by John Williams

* 2-CD set featuring the Complete Film Score, Original 1990 Album, Bonus Tracks and Songs * All Music Fully Restored and Remastered for Superior Quality * Full-Color Booklet with Detailed Historical Notes and Photos * Limited Edition of 5000 copies! Available: La-La Land Records www.lalalandrecords.com

About John Williams:

In a career spanning five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music and served as music director for more than one hundred films, including all six Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone and The Book Thief. His 40-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse and Lincoln. His contributions to television music include scores for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking, early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC Nightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet the Press, and the PBS arts showcase Great Performances. He also composed themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer Olympic Games, the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has received five Academy Awards and forty-nine Oscar nominations, making him the Academy’s most-nominated living person and the second-most nominated person in the history of the Oscars. He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), twenty-one Grammys, four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the IOC’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. He received the prestigious Kennedy Center Honor in December of 2004. In 2009, Mr. Williams was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the U.S. Government. In January 1980, Mr. Williams was named nineteenth music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of Boston Pops Laureate Conductor which he assumed following his retirement in December, 1993, after fourteen highly successful seasons. He also holds the title of

Artist-in-Residence at Tanglewood. Mr. Williams has composed numerous works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by several of the world’s leading orchestras, including a cello concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoon concerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trumpet concerto for The Cleveland Orchestra, and a horn concerto for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In2009, Mr. Williams composed and arranged “Air and Simple Gifts” especially for the first inaugural ceremony of President Barack Obama, and in September 2009, the Boston Symphony premiered a new concerto for harp and orchestra entitled “On Willows and Birches.”

About WSO: The WSO is integral to Winnipeg's rich cultural life, delighting more than 225,000 audience members each year with innovative programming and musical excellence. The WSO presents educational programs for more than 40,000 students annually and tours to communities across Manitoba.

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HOME ALONE MEDIA CALL: Friday, December 11, 2015 11:15 am – 11:45 am Centennial Concert Hall, 555 Main Street Media to arrive at back stage entrance Lily Street. Please RSVP to the media call by emailing spanas@wso.mb.ca MEDIA: For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact:

Sarah Panas, Marketing & Communications Coordinator p. (204) 949-3970 f. (204) 956-4271 e: spanas@wso.mb.ca