The Garland Symphony Orchestra begins its 2015-2016 Young People’s Concert series with a performance for Garland ISD in the Curtis Culwell Center 10 a.m. Oct. 27 and 28.
These concerts are a part of an age-specific, arts integrated curriculum designed to enhance and supplement the arts education programs of the participating school district. This project works through teacher/school partnerships and culminates with a professional symphony orchestra performance by the Garland Symphony Orchestra for elementary school students in the Garland ISD. The Young People’s Concert program creates a platform for learning through creative discovery and enhances the development of critical skills that will be useful to students in all learning endeavors.
The purpose of GSO’s Young People’s Concerts are to educate, inspire and entertain young students by acquainting them with the orchestra, introducing them to a live performance, as well as interest them in creating music and appreciating quality music throughout their lives. The Garland Symphony Orchestra tours it’s Young People’s Concerts each year to more than 7,000 elementary school students.
Students attending this year’s Young People’s Concert will be swept away on a musical journey featuring Auber’s Overture to The Crown Diamonds, Dvorak’s Slavonic Dance in C Minor, Sousa’s Liberty Bell March and music from Disney’s hit motion picture Aladdin.
The mission of the Garland Symphony Orchestra is to bring a fully professional ensemble of musicians dedicated to excellence in the performance of symphonic music and to the cultural enrichment of the dynamically growing Garland corporate and residential communities, as well as to patrons throughout Garland and adjacent cities. The GSO seeks to present concerts for the community of the highest artistic quality of symphonic music for all ages. It also seeks to foster an appreciation of orchestral music and to further the performing arts.
GSO credits its Music Director, Robert Carter Austin for its continued outstanding and diverse orchestral programming. Maestro Austin’s background encompasses more than 40 years of professional music experience and includes degrees from MIT, Cambridge University, and Stanford University.
For more information about the Garland Symphony Orchestra visit www.garlandsymphony.org.