The Garland Symphony Orchestra (GSO) shares its Young People’s Concert series with the fourth-grade students of Garland ISD at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, at the Curtis Culwell Center. That date also happens to mark the 266th anniversary of Mozart’s birth!
This concert is 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 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.
Purpose
The purpose of the Garland Symphony Orchestra’s Young People’s Concert series is to educate, inspire, and entertain young students by acquainting them with the orchestra, introducing them to a live performance, sparking in them an interest to create music themselves, and fostering in them a lifelong appreciation for quality music. The Garland Symphony Orchestra’s Young People’s Concerts reach thousands of elementary school students each year.
Students attending this year’s Young People’s Concert will hear a program to include: The official state song “Texas, Our Texas” by William J. Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright; Overture to The Impresario by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; “The Washington Post March” by John Philip Sousa; “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” by Benjamin Britten; and a Suite from Frozen by Academy Award winners Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.
The Garland Symphony Orchestra is committed to delivering high-quality educational programming to youth in our community.
Maestro Austin
The GSO credits its Music Director, Robert Carter Austin, for its continued outstanding and diverse orchestral programming. His background encompasses over 40 years of professional music experience and includes degrees from MIT, Cambridge University, and Stanford University. Austin’s musical experience includes conducting performances in countries including Korea, Ukraine, Canada, Italy, Spain, China, France, Germany, the U. S. and many more.
This Young People’s Concert will take place at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, at the Curtis Culwell Center.
For more information about the GSO, visit www.garlandsymphony.org.