Young People's Concert
Each season the Inland Valley Symphony presents a concert especially designed to appeal to audiences of all ages, featuring concerto performances by the Winners of the Young Artist Competition, in addition to a full concert program. Fantastic Creatures explores the imagination, weaving musical lines and stories centered around creatures, characters, and video game icons.
The concert will open with The Cowboys Overture by John Williams, an American award-winning composer. This robust overture from the motion picture The Cowboys, features themes and sounds reminiscent of the "Old West" and will leave you wanting to brush the dust off your chaps.
Composer Nathaniel Stookey and children's author Lemony Snicket collaborated on The Composer Is Dead for Narrator & Orchestra. "When it's discovered that the composer is dead, or "decomposing" as the author puts it, the inspector is called in to solve the mystery of his murder. One by one, he interviews the sections of the orchestra, thereby revealing their various musical roles. Each one, of course, has an alibi. Ultimately, after revealing a long list of also dead composers, the inspector finds his answers, and all who want "something a little more interesting" than justice are encouraged to go to the orchestra." (as quoted by Patricia Tauzer from www.commonsensemedia.org)
Suite from Video Games Live arranged by Ralph Ford, will thrill the "gamers" in the audience as they hear the music of some of their favorite classic video games come to life on the orchestral stage! The suite, set to a graphic visual presentation, depicting clips from actual video games, will feature favorite theme music from Halo, Civilization IV, Advent Rising, & Kingdom Hearts.
The crowned jewel of the concert will be Béla Bartók's Miraculous Mandarin which will be the culmination of the 2009-2010 season, highlighting shifting time signatures and rhythmic patterns, pentatonic themes and dance-like melodies.
Fantastic Creatures - Sunday Matinee
Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 2:30 PM
Gershwin Performing Arts Center
Murrieta Mesa High School
24801 Monroe Avenue (California Oaks exit off of the 15 fwy. - 1 block east)
Murrieta, CA 92562
Phone: (760) 318-0460
Website: www.InlandValleySymphony.org
E-Mail: tickets@inlandvalleysymphony.org
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