So, I went to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra last night and saw one of the final performances of
Dear Friends: Music From Final Fantasy and it was frickin' awesome! Seeing all that great music by Nobuo Uematsu played by a live orchestra was a thrill. And they capped the evening off with a dual encore of "One Winged Angel!" Sephiroth is badass. The final performance of the entire tour is tonight. I believe Lusipher is supposed to be going.
On further gaming music news: On August 28th, at the DTE Music Theatre (or known as Pine Knobb by non-heathens) there is another concert! It's called
Video Games Live and promises to fully orchestrate music from a number of classic and modern games. Should be sweet!
"Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Inc. (consortium)
Detroit, MI
$40,000
To support the consortium project Community Arts Partners. Several presenting series and an educational program will be established at the new Max M. Fisher Music Center, in consortium with the University Cultural Center Association."
(http://www.nea.gov/grants/recent/index.html)