The San Francisco band will perform at the Walt Disney Hall on October 25thCounting Crows, who have sold 18 million records worldwide, are set to perform their songs with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at a special concert next month. The band will have their music arranged for full symphony orchestra by Vince Mendoza as part of Argent Mortgage Orchestrated. Mendoza has worked with a host of stars including the likes of Joni Mitchell, Bjork, Chaka Khan, Robbie Williams and Bobby McFerrin.
The first year concert series will be produced by Elevation Entertainment and aims to pair popular recording artists with symphony orchestras in "one night only" engagements. This show will be the fifth installment of the series and will be held at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and is sponsored by leading US national mortgage lender Argent Mortgage.
The mortgage company's President Sam Marzouk commented on the concert series saying, "We are very pleased to bring together Counting Crows and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra as the fifth concert in the Argent Mortgage Orchestrated Concert Series. The fact that we can culminate this very successful tour at a venue like the incredible Disney Concert Hall will make this a particularly special evening. This musical convergence of world-class orchestras and top performing artists offers an uncommon and innovative experience to pop music and classical music enthusiasts alike."
"The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra is proud to host Counting Crows for this special engagement at Walt Disney Concert Hall," says Arvind Manocha, general manager of the Hollywood Bowl and Presentations for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. "The combination of the band, the HBO, and the intimacy of Walt Disney Concert Hall is going to be one of this year's can't-miss events in Los Angeles. We would also like to thank Argent Mortgage for bringing this great series to our hall."
The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Counting Crows performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall is the fifth in the series which has seen the likes of country cross over star LeAnn Rimes perform with the legendary Boston Pops, British singer Seal and the Minnesota Orchestra, UK pop outfit Duran Duran and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and singer/songwriter Jewel and the Cleveland Pops Orchestra.
