Robert Boardman

Robert Boardman appears as conductor with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra for a performance of "The Lord of the Rings Symphony," Howard Shore's concert arrangement of his film music. This directory entry reflects that single scheduled appearance; no further biographical detail is confirmed here.

This program presents Howard Shore's "The Lord of the Rings Symphony," a six-movement concert work drawn from the music Shore wrote for Peter Jackson's film trilogy. Listeners can expect sweeping orchestral themes tied to specific places and characters from the story, including recurring melodies for the Shire, for Rohan, and for the ring itself, all reshaped from their original film cues into a continuous symphonic narrative. The score leans on full orchestral forces plus chorus and vocal soloists in some performances, moving between quiet, folk-like melodies and large brass-and-percussion climaxes. A conductor leading this piece typically manages the balance between intimate thematic material and the large-scale sound needed to fill a concert hall, while keeping the through-line of the story audible across the work's different sections.