The Shippensburg Festival Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Lawrence Loh, presents an evening of symphonic works from Academy-award winning films from beloved classics to modern epics, including Ben Hur, Gone with the Wind, West Side Story, Out of Africa, Star Wars, Interstellar, Lord of the Rings, and many more.

Featured vocalist Meredith Lustig has enjoyed a diverse career in opera, musical theater, and television. Favorite roles include: Lilli/Kiss Me Kate, Laurie/Oklahoma (Mac-Haydn Theater), Blanche DuBois/A Streetcar Named Desire, Agnes/Maid of Orleans, Older Alyce/Glory Denied (Opera Company Middlebury), Gianetta/L’Elisir D’Amore, Cephisia/Orpheus (New York City Opera), Sister Berta/The Sound of Music (Broadway International Tour/Papermill Playhouse), Julie Jordan/Carousel (Opera Montana), Eurydice/Orpheus in the Underworld (Virginia Opera), Fiona/Brigadoon (TheaterZone), Megan/The Whole Truth (American Modern Ensemble), Musetta/La Boheme (Syracuse Opera). Papagena/Magic Flute, Zina/Dark Sisters, Carolina/Il Matrimonio Segreto, Clorinda/Cenerentola (Pittsburgh Opera); Daisy/The Great Gatsby (Aspen Opera Theater), and Bella/An American Tragedy (Glimmerglass). She has held residence at the Ravinia Steans Institute, Caramoor, New York Festival of Song, Town Hall Theatre, Glimmerglass, and Pittsburgh Opera.  Symphonic appearances include Candide (Philadelphia Orchestra), Serenade to Music (Chicago Symphony), Bernstein’s Mass (Ravinia Festival, Philadelphia Orchestra), and as a headliner for the Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Steamboat Springs Symphony, The Virginia Arts Festival and Canada’s Centre National Des Arts. Television appearances include Dickenson, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and PBS Great Performances’ presentation of Mass under the baton of Marin Alsop. Her one-woman show, To Sondheim, With Love premiered in 2022 and was nominated for both a Berkshire Theatre and Broadwayworld awards. Ms. Lustig is a proud Juilliard alumna, faculty member at Circle In The Square Theater in NYC and has appeared in educational recitals and masterclasses with Rob Fischer. She enjoys helping students of all ages find joy in singing. meredithlustig.com @meredithlustig

About the Shippensburg Festival Symphony:  For over 50 years (with a brief hiatus due to Covid) professional musicians from orchestras in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia have gathered to form the Shippensburg Festival Orchestra under the baton of renowned guest conductors.  This year Lawrence Loh, former conductor with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Dallas Symphony and Colorado Symphony, and current music director of the Syracuse Symphony and Waco Symphony, leads the orchestra in a film concert series, A Night at the Oscars on July 18^th and E.T. The Extra Terrestrial In Concert on July 20^th.