The free program, Patrick Doyle’s Music of Shakespeare, will feature the music of composer and two-time Oscar nominee Doyle, who has served as the composer for Sir Kenneth Branagh鈥檚 Shakespearean films, including Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing and Henry V.

The program will be presented Friday, April 15, at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts under the baton of conductor James Shearman. While the musicians perform the songs and underscores from Doyle鈥檚 cinematic scores, actors from the Prague Shakespeare Company and Orlando Shakespeare Theater will perform scenes from the films.

Doyle, a classically trained composer, has composed more than 45 internationally renowned feature film scores including Indochine, Sense and Sensibility, Carlito’s Way, Gosford Park, A Little Princess, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Nanny McPhee and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He has also collaborated with a host of film directors including Robert Altman, Ang Lee, Brian de Palma, Alfonso Cuaron, Mike Newell and Regis Wagnier.

Shearman has gained worldwide recognition as a conductor and orchestrator of more than 60 feature film scores, from the Academy Award-winning score for Shakespeare in Love, Gosford Park, Brave, Thor and Doyle鈥檚 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Featured actors for the evening include Jessica Boone and Guy Roberts from Prague Shakespeare Company, as well as actors from the Orlando Shakespeare Theater and 麻豆原创. Doyle and his son, Patrick Neil Doyle, will narrate the event, telling the audience about the inspiration and creation of the music.

鈥淕uy Roberts and Jessica Boone from Prague Shakespeare Company are accomplished international artists who have a history of working with Patrick Doyle and we are thrilled to have them in Orlando,鈥� said Orlando Shakespeare Theater artistic director Jim Helsinger.

Helsinger said there are several highlights for patrons to look forward to, including Henry V鈥�s “The Non Nobis” song for those who died at Agincourt, sung by a full choir and orchestra, the joyous songs from Much Ado About Nothing, and hearing Hamlet do his great monologues backed by beautiful live music.

鈥淭he power of music is an irreplaceable element in any good stage or theatrical performance,鈥� said Helsinger. 鈥淧atrick Doyle is a master composer whose work has turned many productions into cinematic legend.鈥�

The Shakespeare presentation is one of the many events that will be presented at 麻豆原创 Celebrates the Arts, which is all free and open to the public.

More than 1,000 university students, 100 faculty members and some collaborative programs with outside partners will showcase theatre, dance, orchestra, choirs, big band, chamber music, cabaret, concert bands, opera, visual arts, studio art, gaming, animation, photography and film.

This is part of a series of stories about the April 8-16 events at 麻豆原创 Celebrates the Arts 2016. All events are free, but tickets are required for performances and entrance into the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando.聽The full schedule is posted at聽; ticket information will be posted later this month.

The festival, which is all open to the public, will reprise its second season April 8-16 at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando with an extended program of student and faculty presentations and collaborations.

Two more days of events have been added to this year鈥檚 festival, which will feature offerings from more than 1,000 university students and 100 faculty members and include some collaborative programs with outside partners.

The festival will showcase the talents of the university鈥檚 artists and practitioners in theatre, dance, orchestra, choirs, big band, chamber music, cabaret, concert bands, opera, visual arts, studio art, gaming, animation, photography and film. There鈥檚 even a concert that organizers think may be the first of its kind: a presentation geared exclusively for expectant parents. (An ambulance will be on hand if needed to respond to any pregnant women who may聽go into labor!)

Collaborative music performances by 麻豆原创 students will be under the direction of visiting composers Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight, and more than 150 other films), and Patrick Doyle (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sense and Sensibility, Bridget Jones’s Diary, and more than 45 other films, including several movie adaptations of Shakespeare works).

鈥淭he festival allows us to show the breadth and depth of 麻豆原创 arts in one location,鈥� said Jeff Moore, director of the 麻豆原创 School of Performing Arts and artistic director of the festival. 鈥淟ast year someone said to me: 鈥榃e know 麻豆原创 is big, but an event like this brings it home.鈥� This demonstrates the quality of programs we have at 麻豆原创.鈥�

The festival also will provide an opportunity for high school arts students to attend workshops led by 麻豆原创 faculty and perform at the new Dr. Phillips Center鈥檚 state-of-the-art venue in downtown Orlando.

The schedule for 麻豆原创 Celebrates the Arts is still evolving, but the event will kick off April 8 with a dance concert to showcase about 80 student dancers. Six students were selected in competition to create the choreography of this 10th annual presentation.

Afterward, here are some of the highlighted events:

Events will be scheduled all nine days of 麻豆原创 Celebrates the Arts, and the calendar is still building. All events will be free, but tickets will be required to enter the building.

鈥淲e had such positive response last year,鈥� Moore said. 鈥淭his platform gives us a chance to share with the community all those things we create and are happening at the university.鈥�

This is part of a series of stories about the April 8-16 events at 麻豆原创 Celebrates the Arts 2016. The festival will feature studio art, music, theatre, dance, gaming, animation, photography and film at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando.