In This Program
The Concert
Tuesday, November 24, 2026, at 7:30pm
Sarah Hicks conducting
There will be one intermission.
Featuring the Voice Talents of:
Chris Sarandon
Catherine O’Hara
Ken Page
William Hickey
Glenn Shadix
Paul Reubens
A BURTON/DI NOVI Production
Music, Lyrics & Score by DANNY ELFMAN
Based on a Story and Characters by TIM BURTON
Adaptation by MICHAEL MCDOWELL
Screenplay by CAROLINE THOMPSON
Produced by TIM BURTON and DENISE DI NOVI
Directed by HENRY SELICK
Film Concert Production Credits
President, Disney Music Group: Ken Bunt
SVP/GM, Disney Concerts: Chip McLean
VP, Disney Concerts: Gina Lorscheider
Business Affairs, Disney Concerts
Darryl Franklin
Leigh Zeichick
Phil Woods
Elena Contreras
Addison Granillo
Narine Minasian
Christy Swintek
Svetlana Tzaneva
Operations, Disney Concerts
Brannon Fells
Royd Haston
Marketing & Publicity, Disney Concerts
Lisa Linares
Technical Supervision: Epilogue Media
Music Preparation: Booker T. White Productions
This concert is presented in honor of Misty Tyree, whose remarkable legacy gift ensures her lasting commitment to the San Francisco Symphony and its artistic mission.
This concert is presented in partnership with
Concert Partner
The Board of Governors of the San Francisco Symphony gratefully acknowledges the support of the San Francisco Arts Commission.
Music for A City
In founding the San Francisco Symphony in 1911, San Francisco’s civic leaders sought to create a permanent orchestra in our music-loving city. For more than 85 years, the San Francisco Symphony has partnered with the San Francisco Arts Commission to enrich and serve its vibrant community through music. The partnership dates back to 1935, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt encouraged all cities to support local symphonies believing that music was good for the soul of the people. San Franciscans followed suit and passed an historic charter amendment allocating funds to support the Symphony.
Through this mutually beneficial partnership, the Arts Commission funding contributes to the Symphony’s community programs, supports concerts such as Día de los Muertos and Lunar New Year, and helps bring a broad audience to experience its music and programs. This partnership also enables the Arts Commission to distribute funds to support and strengthen cultural equity throughout the city.
The San Francisco Symphony is honored to partner with the San Francisco Arts Commission to continue its work as San Francisco’s orchestra.
About the Artists
Sarah Hicks
Sarah Hicks is a conductor, educator, arranger, producer, writer, and speaker committed to creating connections through music. She has collaborated with diverse artists including Hilary Hahn, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, and Sting. Her passion for cross-genre partnerships led to a 2019 album with rap artist Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra, where she is principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall.
Hicks made her San Francisco Symphony debut in July 2009 and has also worked with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Toronto Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, RTÉ Orchestra, Danish National Symphony, Czech National Symphony, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, and Malaysian Philharmonic. Her commitment to new music led to a micro-commission project, and her recording of new concertos, Triple Doubles, has been released by the Bridge label. Her interest in the intersection of mental health and music led to the production of a concert titled Music and the Mind.
Born in Japan and raised in Hawaii, Hicks is fluent in Japanese and holds degrees from Harvard University and the Curtis Institute of Music.
Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman, film composer, classical composer, singer- songwriter, and recording artist, has garnered international recognition for composing more than 100 feature film scores, as well as compositions for television, stage productions, and the concert hall. He has been Tim Burton’s composer for more than 35 years, having scored 17 Burton films such as Batman, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, Alice in Wonderland, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, as well as music, lyrics, and songs for The Nightmare Before Christmas, for which he also sang the part of Jack Skellington. Elfman was also the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Oingo Boingo for 17 years.
Elfman has frequently collaborated with director Sam Raimi on films such as Spider-Man and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and with director Gus Van Sant on the Academy Award–winning films Good Will Hunting and Milk. Additionally, he wrote the music for the Men in Black film series franchise, the themes for the popular television series The Simpsons, Desperate Housewives, Tales from the Crypt, and more recently, Tim Burton’s Netflix series Wednesday.
Elfman has been honored with four Academy Award nominations, three Emmy Awards including Outstanding Original Main Title Theme for Wednesday, a Grammy Award, the Richard Kirk Award, Disney Legend Award, Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award, and Society of Composer and Lyricists’ Lifetime Achievement Award.
Elfman has written nine symphonic concert works which are frequently performed throughout Europe and North America, including a cello concerto for Gautier Capuçon co-commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony. Elfman’s recent projects include composing the music for Universal Orlando’s Dark Universe world, scoring Luc Besson’s Dracula, Gus Van Sant’s Deadman’s Wire, and Sam Raimi’s Send Help.
