As a composer, Marvin Hamlisch has won virtually every major award — three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony, and three Golden Globe Awards. His groundbreaking musical, A Chorus Line, received the Pulitzer Prize. Other Broadway credits include They’re Playing Our Song, The Goodbye Girl, Sweet Smell of Success, and Imaginary Friends. Mr. Hamlisch is also the composer of more than 40 motion picture scores, including his Oscar-winning score and song for The Way We Were, and his adaptation of Scott Joplin’s music for The Sting, for which he received a third Oscar. His prolific output of film scores includes original compositions and/or musical adaptations for Sophie’s Choice, Ordinary People, The Swimmer, Three Men and a Baby, Ice Castles, Take the Money and Run, Bananas, and Save the Tiger. Marvin Hamlisch is principal pops conductor for the National, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and San Diego symphony orchestras. He was music director and arranger of Barbra Streisand’s 1994 concert tour of the U.S. and England, as well as the television special, Barbra Streisand: The Concert (for which he received two of his Emmys). He served in the same capacities for her Millennium concerts. Mr. Hamlisch is a graduate of The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division and Queens College, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree. He made his New York Philharmonic debut on May 20, 2008, as conductor and host of Broadway’s Greatest Showstoppers.