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Free family concert Sunday features ‘Peter and the Wolf,’ ‘Spring’

Posted at 11:24 am January 16, 2015
By Kay Brookshire 1 Comment

Martha Damiano

The Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra will present “Peter and the Wolf” and Vivaldi’s “Spring” in a free family concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, January 25, at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge.

Children are invited to come early for paper puppet making and instrument making beginning at 2 p.m. at the museum at 461 West Outer Drive. The museum is offering free admission from 1-5 p.m. Sunday to support the concert.

Puppets from the “Peter and the Wolf” story are in the Anna Cebrat Puppet Room at the museum, where children may act out the story in the puppet theater in the week leading up to the concert. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Entertainment, Music, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, concert, Dan Allcott, free family concert, Hannah Shipstad, Matt Shafer Powell, Michelle Powell, Oak Ridge Civic Music Association, Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra, Peter and the Wolf, Sergei Prokofiev, spring, Vivaldi, Youth Aliyah

Symphony Orchestra presents Baroque Bonanza on Saturday

Posted at 1:34 pm February 12, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Meghan Mayes

Meghan Mayes

A Saturday evening concert with the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra will feature the music of Bach, Vivaldi, and Mozart.

It will also feature singer Meghan Mayes, winner of the Youth Aliyah Honors Concert in Oak Ridge. She will be in the spotlight for “Exsultate, Jubilate” by Mozart, a press release said.

The orchestra will be led by conductor Dan Allcott, and the concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church. The church is at the intersection of Oak Ridge Turnpike and Tulane Avenue.

The Baroque Bonanza concert is part of an Oak Ridge Civic Music Association concert series. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Front Page News, Music Tagged With: Bach, Baroque Bonanza, Chamber Orchestra, concert, Dan Allcott, First United Methodist Church, Ihsan Kartal, Karen Kartal, Meghan Mayes, Mozart, Oak Ridge Civic Music Association, Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra, Susan Eddlemon, Tellico Village Community Church, Vivaldi

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