2011 Young People’s Concerts
Tickets Still Available!
Wednesday, Oct 12 @ Noon
Wednesday, Oct 26 @ Noon
Monday, Nov 7 @ Noon
Reserve your seats now for just $6 EACH!
Contact Eric Smith, Education Director:
407-896-6700 x 232 | esmith@orlandophil.org
What makes a musical composition American? The answers to this question are as interesting and as varied as the people of America. The Orlando Philharmonic invites you to explore American Visions through the musical images created by American composers. American music is not just a part of our history, but it is happening today! The Young People’s Concert will feature the music of two living American composers as well as 19th and 20th century works that are classics of the concert hall and popular culture.
Students will hear how composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein blends operatic and classical styles into a Broadway hit. The audience will sing with the orchestra, then hear how Aaron Copland turned a simple folk hymn into an orchestral ballet. The influence of African Americans will be heard in the music of jazz legend Louis Armstrong. The concert will include the music of Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona as arranged for orchestra by Ferde Grofe.
Singers will perform selections from a 21st century opera that was inspired by the journey of explorers Lewis and Clark, and students can read an online blog about opera by composer Michael Ching. An exciting feature of the YPC will be the preview performance of a new work by composer Adolphus Hailstork combining narration and orchestral music to celebrate the legacy of Central Floridian Zora Neale Hurston. Dancers from Orlando Ballet will join the orchestra on stage as they dance a rousing finale to John Philip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes. Join us for this concert to hear and see America through a new musical vision.
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