Richard Kaufman has devoted much of his musical life to conducting and supervising music for film and television productions, as well as performing film and classical music in concert halls and on recordings. He is in his nineteenth season with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert series, CSO at the Movies, conducting classic and contemporary film music, as well as classical music used in motion pictures. Richard holds the permanent title of Pops Conductor Laureate with the Dallas Symphony, and after thirty-one seasons as Principal Pops Conductor of Orange County's Pacific Symphony, he continues conducting the Orchestra with the new title of Principal Pops Conductor Laureate.