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Richard Cangro, Professor and Director of Music Education at Western Illinois University, joins Galesburg's Morning News to preview the Knox-Galesburg Symphony's season finale, "Silver Screen Symphony," Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Orpheum Theater in Galesburg. Topics covered in this interview: What audiences can expect from Saturday's film and television score concert The featured violin solo for "Theme from Schindler's List" Cangro's path from Staten Island trumpet student to university music professor His memorable stint performing trumpet for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Conducting and teaching music in more than a dozen countries What makes the Orpheum Theater a unique venue for the symphony Why the concert is designed to be accessible for first-time symphony attendees   🎧 Subscribe to Galesburg's Morning News on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Tickets are available at galesburgorpheum.org, by calling the Orpheum Theater at (309) 342-2299, or at kgsymphony.org. Read the full story: From Star Trek to Schindler's List: Knox-Galesburg Symphony's season finale goes to the movies