FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Steve Collins
New Haven Symphony Orchestra
(203) 931-2998
scollins@newhavensymphony.

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND!
New Haven, CT February 6, 2009: The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) is committed to the importance of music education in our children’s lives and proudly presents The 77th Annual Young People’s Concert Series; This Land is Your Land. The concert series features music by American composers including Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, John Philip Sousa, and George Gershwin’s masterpiece, An American in Paris, a work that suggests the sounds of Paris street life. The concert series is Wednesday, April 1, 9:30am and 11:30am at Woolsey Hall, New Haven, with repeat performances, April 2, through 7 at Fairfield Warde High School, Fairfield, Parson’s Complex, Milford, Seymour Middle School, Seymour and Hyde Cultural Complex, Woodstock.

he exhilarating 55-minute concerts are designed for students in grades 2-8 and are supported by a curriculum guide and reference guide to the Connecticut State Department of Education teaching standards.

The New Haven Symphony Orchestra also organized school visits for students that will be attending the concert.  The purpose of the visits is to familiarize the students with some of the instruments and musicians that will be playing the day of the concert and prepare the students with information regarding the concert.

Three NHSO musicians that will be performing in the concert; Brittany Boulding (violin), Judi McDermott-Eggert (violin) and Mariusz Skula (cello) will conduct the school visits. The musicians will demonstrate their instrument(s), play excerpts from The Young People’s Concert program, and either help students try an instrument or engage them in a group musical exercise.

Tickets for the April 1st performances at Woolsey Hall are $5 per child and free of charge for adults. For tickets, please contact NHSO Education Intern Corina Zapata at 203.931.2991, or intern@newhavensymphony.org. Performances at the remaining locations are reserved for in-district students.

This program is made possible in part by the generous support of Target and the Katharine Matthies Foundation.  For sponsorship information please call Stephanie Hardenber at 203.931.2997.

All programs subject to change without notice.
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