Shark Expert Named Guest Conductor for 32nd Annual Citizens Bank Pops by the Sea

COURTESY OF THE ATLANTIC WHITE SHARK CONSERVANCY: Dr. Greg Skomal tags a shark off the coast of Monomoy.

HYANNIS – Dr. Greg Skomal with the state Division of Marine Fisheries will be the guest conductor of this year’s Citizens Bank Pops by the Seas concert.

The 32nd annual event will be held on August 13 on the Hyannis Village Green.

Skomal will join Keith Lockhart and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a show that celebrates the Cape and the music of film composer John Williams.

Coinciding with Williams’ 85th birthday, the concert will perform scores from “Harry Potter”, “Star Wars” and “Jaws”.

“We started thinking about how we could build upon this awesome music and the history and we were thinking about Cape Cod and then we were thinking about jaws, and sharks and Greg Skomal came to mind,” said Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Executive Director Julie Wake.

A senior marine fisheries biologist with the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries since 1987, Skomal has tagged more than 100 sharks and has appeared on the Discovery Channel’s hit summer series “Shark Week”.

“We thought that this would be a really fun, kind of very current and locally-minded choice,” said Wake. “We love the connection between arts and science, so we thought he was the obvious choice this year.”

By JUSTIN SAUNDERS, CapeCod.com Newscenter

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