Tuesday: Dallas Symphony Parks Concert at Paul Quinn College

City of Dallas sent this bulletin at 06/09/2014 02:36 PM CDT

Calling All Cameras:

2014 Dallas Symphony Parks Concert

Paul Quinn College

 

“Under the Stars” community celebration also features

International Conservatory of Performing Arts, free health screenings, food trucks

 

Honorary Guest Conductor Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins, District 8 

  

Dallas Symphony Orchestra Media Contact: 

Chris Shull, c.shull@dalsym.com, 214.871.4061 (office), 316-305-1679 (cell)

 

Dallas City Council District 8 Media Contact:

Gaytha F. Davis, Executive Assistant to Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins

gaytha.davis@dallascityhall.com, 214.670.4066

 

Paul Quinn College Media Contact:

Ashley Daily, adaly@pqc.edu, 214-379-5570 (office), 281-782-3847 (cell)

  WHAT:            Free outdoor concert by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, part of the 2014 Dallas Symphony Parks Concerts series featuring free outdoor performances in diverse Dallas neighborhoods.

                        Honorary Guest Conductor Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins, District 8, will conduct the Dallas Symphony in Sousa’s Washington Post march.

                        VIP honorees Michael Stromile and Joseph Ewatuya, 2014 United States Presidential Scholars from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Chuck Rainey, world-renowned jazz bass player

“Under the Stars” community celebration features performance by International Conservatory of Performing Arts, free health screenings by Dallas Nursing Institute, food trucks, family fun.

WHEN:            Tuesday, June 10, 2014

                        8 p.m.  – Dallas Symphony Orchestra

                        7 p.m.  – International Conservatory of Performing Arts

                        6:30 p.m.  – Food trucks, free health screenings

 

WHERE:         Paul Quinn College

                        3837 Simpson Stuart Road

                        Dallas, Texas 75241

 

RAIN SITE:     Grande Lounge, Paul Quinn College (on campus)

 

FREE ADMISSION:   For more information, visit www.DallasSymphony.com/Parks or call 214.692.0203.

 

PROGRAM:   Rei Hotoda, conductor

 

SOUSA The Washington Post

            Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins, Honorary Guest Conductor

WILLIAMS The Cowboys Overture

BIZET “Habanera” and “Les Toréadors” from Carmen

BARROSO Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil)

BORODIN “Polovtzian Dances” from Prince Igor

ARLEN & HARBURG Medley from The Wizard of Oz

HAILSTORK Epitaph (In Memoriam: Martin Luther King, Jr.)

WILLIAMS Olympic Fanfare

TCHAIKOVSKY Valse from Swan Lake

STRAUSS Thunder and Lightning Polka

RODGERS Selections from The Sound of Music

WILLIAMS March from Superman

ROSSINI Finale from William Tell Overture

 

SPONSORS:  Dallas Symphony Parks Concerts are presented in partnership with the City of Dallas Park and Recreation Department. The 2014 Dallas Symphony Parks Concerts are made possible by generous support from 7-Eleven, Inc., Clif Bar, ExxonMobil, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, the City of Dallas and WRR Classical 101.

 

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