George Daugherty (born 1955) is an Irish-American band conductor, composer, and filmmaker.
He has guest conducted for many symphonies, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony.
Since 1990, he has been notable for creating symphony orchestra concerts which combine film and multimedia with classical music, with the goal of bringing new audiences to the genre of symphony orchestra music. His most successful concert in this genre, Bugs Bunny on Broadway, and its 2010 sequel Bugs Bunny at the Symphony combine classic Warner Bros. Looney Tunes projected on a large screen accompanied by a live orchestra performing the original score. This production has been touring the world continuously since 1990 and has played to a total international audience of almost two million people.
Looney works[]
- Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends (1990; composer)
- Bugs Bunny on Broadway (1990; conductor)
- "(Blooper) Bunny" (1991; conductor, musical director, composer)
- "Chariots of Fur" (1994; conductor, musical director, composer)
- "Another Froggy Evening" (1995; conductor, musical director, composer)
- "Superior Duck" (1996; musical director)
- "From Hare to Eternity" (1997; musical director)
- Bugs Bunny at the Symphony (2010; conductor)
- Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II (2013; conductor)
- Bugs Bunny at the Symphony 30th Anniversary Edition (2019; conductor)
Notes[]
- Indirectly, George Daugherty produced and directed a special called The Magical World of Chuck Jones in 1992 and was the conductor, musical director, off-line video editor, producer, writer, and director of a 1996 ABC special called Peter and the Wolf, which featured animation from Chuck Jones.