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Contact:
Public Relations Director
The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
Phone: 407/896-6700 x 223
Fax: 407/896-5512
gmiller@orlandophil.org
www.orlandophil.org |
(Orlando, FL – March 15, 2005) – The
Orlando Philharmonic pays tribute to the Olympics and
other sporting activities in the final program in the
2004 - 2005 Darden Family Series, Let the
Games Begin! The concert is held
on Sunday, April 17 at the Bob Carr Performing Arts
Centre, 401 W. Livingston Street, Orlando. Pre-concert
activities begin at 2:00 PM and the concert begins
at 3:00 PM. The Darden Family Series is sponsored
by Darden Restaurants Foundation. Media Sponsors
for the Darden Family Series are WFTV 9 Family Connection
and Orlando Sentinel Communications.
Enjoy
an afternoon of sports-related fun with the Orlando
Philharmonic! Pre-concert activities include
a basketball throwing activity, a batting practice
baseball activity and mini-golf. With the help
of Philharmonic musicians, you can try your hand at
a variety of instruments from the orchestra and take
a turn as conductor of the orchestra at the popular
conducting station.
Listen
to ensemble performances from young people including
the Gift for Music Orchestra and the Florida Symphony
Youth Orchestra (FSYO) Flute Choir.
At
3:00 PM, the concert, Let the Games Begin takes
place. Music from John Williams’ stirring Olympic
Fanfare and Bugler’s Dream (familiar
to all as the music used to signal the start of the
games) highlight the program. Also on the program
is Casey at the Bat, inspired by a famous
poem written by Ernest L. Thayer.
Be
inspired by the young musicians from the Florida Symphony
Youth Orchestra as they perform side-by-side with the
Philharmonic throughout the performance.
FSYO
Concerto Competition winner Sarah Davis performs as
cello soloist on Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto
in E Minor, op. 85, 4th movement. Davis
is a senior at Winter Park High School. She has
been playing cello since she was seven and has been
a member of the FSYO since she was in the sixth grade.
Tickets
to Let the Games Begin are
presently on sale. Single tickets are $8 for
children and $15 for adults. Seats are assigned
as general admission and are filled from front to back
as orders are received. Phone the Philharmonic’s
Box Office at 407-770-0071, or visit
the Philharmonic’s website at www.orlandophil.org,
for your tickets to an exciting afternoon of music
and fun!
There
is a lot to listen to, see and do at the Philharmonic’s
Darden Family Series. We hope that you will join
in the fun as you try some new sporting activities
and be inspired by young people at Let the Games
Begin!
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