Heroes: a Video Game Symphony ^2025-2026

Vancouver based conductor Kevin Zakresky has directed international touring productions of The Picasso Symphony, The National Geographic “Symphony for our World,” the Legend of Zelda “Symphony of the Goddesses,” the Sonic the Hedgehog Symphony, and the “Heroes” Video Game Symphony. Recent tour dates for Heroes include the Baltimore Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, Chicago Philharmonic, the English National Symphony as well as orchestras in Los Angeles, San Antonio, Seattle, San Francisco, Paris and Grand Rapids. The National Geographic « Symphony For Our World » debuted in San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall and continued to venues in San Jose, Chicago, Madison, Minneapolis, Houston, Edmonton, Calgary, Limerick, Monterrey and Columbus. The Legend of Zelda “Symphony of the Goddesses” tour included dates in London – to conduct the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra in Wembley Arena – as well as Montreal, Philadelphia, Miami, Los Angeles, Dublin, San Francisco, San Antonio, Charlottesville, Fresno, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Birmingham (UK), Toronto, Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, Vancouver and Pittsburgh. This year he will guest conduct the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the Saskatoon Symphony. He is the past Music Director of the Prince George Symphony Orchestra in British Columbia.

Andrew Megill is recognized as one of the leading choral conductors of his generation, known for his unusually wide-ranging repertoire, extending from early music to newly composed works. He has prepared choruses for the American Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Dresden Philharmonic, the National Symphony, and the New York Philharmonic, and he has worked with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Charles Dutoit, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Jane Glover, Kurt Masur, Zubin Mehta, and Kent Nagano. He is Director of Choral Organizations Activities at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and serves as Artistic Advisor and Director of Choral Activities for the Carmel Bach Festival and Choral Director for Music of the Baroque (Chicago). He previously taught at the University of Illinois and Westminster Choir College and has been a Guest Conductor for the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Broadcast by Public Radio International and the BBC, his work can be heard on numerous recordings, including Magnussen’s Psalm (Albany Records), Haydn’s Masses (Naxos), and works by Caleb Burhans (Cantaloupe).