Halloween creates great family memories. Who doesn't remember trick-or-treating or your child's first Halloween costume? (Thinking about my daughter's first Halloween, when she dressed up as Winnie the Pooh, brings a huge smile to my face.) This Sunday, the Symphony Family Series begins and this is a great opportunity for kids to wear their costumes and enjoy music.
The Symphony's Family Concerts at Trinity University are perfect for pre-school children. At 1:30 p.m. there is an hour of fun interactive activities including musical crafts and an instrument petting zoo. Musicians are in the lobby and offer hands-on instruction on how to play a variety of instruments. The Symphony's mascot, Count Bassie (pictured on the right) hands out batons. Courtesy of Terra Nova, we have kid-sized string instruments for the youngest children to try.
The one-hour concert begins at 2:30 p.m. The Symphony presents four Family concerts each season at Laurie Auditorium at Trinity University and parking is free. For tickets call (210) 554-1010 or visit sasymphony.org.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR
Trinity University's Laurie Auditorium
The San Antonio Symphony celebrates the spooky sounds of the season with this Halloween Spooktacular. Come in costume (the orchestra will be) for this family Halloween celebration.
Troy Peters, conductor
John Clare, actor
Lloyd Webber, arr. Custer: Selections from The Phantom of the Opera
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
Copland: "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo
Bizet: "Les Toréadors" from Suite 1 from Carmen
Tchaikovsky: "Danse des mirlitons" from The Nutcracker
Fucik: Entrance of the Gladiators
Williams: "Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette
Wendel: Ride of the Headless Horseman
While Family Concerts are perfect for younger kids, the Symphony's Classics concerts are very kid friendly for older children. For all Classics and POPS concerts, student tickets are just $8. Students can sit in any seat for this price and student tickets may be purchased in advance. If you have a student studying a brass instrument, then this weekend's concert featuring Respighi's exciting depiction of Rome may be of interest. The last movement is one of the great sonic spectaculars in the orchestral repertoire. If your student is in chorus or studying voice, then the Rossini with four vocal soloists and the San Antonio Mastersingers may be the highlight of the Symphony season.
NEXT CLASSICS CONCERT @ THE MAJESTIC THEATRE
October 22 & 23, 2010
ITALIAN SPLENDOR
Ken-David Masur, conductor
San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers - John Silantien, director
Heidi Melton, soprano
Margaret Lattimore, mezzo soprano
Russell Thomas, tenor
Kevin Maynor, bass
Vivaldi: Concerto alla rustica, RV151
Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Rossini: Stabat Mater
Jack Fishman
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