Spotlight on Austin Symphony’s Summer Events

June 25, 2007

From the Austin Symphony Website:

The Hartman Foundation Concerts in the Park
Sundays - 7:30 p.m.
June 3 - August 26 (except July 1st)
Wooldridge Park, 9th and Guadalupe

Admission- Free

SCHEDULE
June 3 - Large String Ensemble (Classical)
June 10 - Big Band (Swing)
June 17 - Brass Ensemble (Father’s Day Theme)
June 24 - Woodwind Ensemble (Classical)
July 8 - Big Band (Audience Requests)
July 15 - Brass Quintet (Patriotic Theme)
July 22 - Mixed Woodwind Ensemble (Light Classical)
July 29 - Large String Ensemble (Light Classical)
August 5 - Big Band (Count Basie; Duke Ellington)
August 12 - Woodwinds/Brass Ensemble (Pops)
August 19 - Brass Ensemble (Pops)
August 26 - Season Finale (Mixed; Variety) .

The Austin Symphony returns with the 5th summer of presenting free ensemble concerts running June 3 - August 26, 2007 in the early evening. These concerts are a gift from the Hartman Foundation and are presented to the Austin Community as a thank you for its generous support. Each Sunday, a different ensemble will be featured under the gazebo, performing arrangements by composers from Mozart to Ellington to Rodgers & Hammerstein. Concert goers are encouraged to bring a picnic dinner and blanket and make it a family affair. (Sorry, alcohol and glass containers are not permitted in the park)

The music and atmosphere will reflect a simpler time when performances of familiar classics in town centers were commonplace. It is the hope of the Hartman Family that these free and very informal outdoor events will provide an opportunity for Austinites to become acquainted or reacquainted with the classical music experience. As the sun begins to set, music will fill Wooldridge Park and will last about an hour. These delightful outdoor park concerts are a perfect opportunity for Austinites to enjoy some of the Capitol City’s greatest pleasures - the Austin Symphony’s fine music and one of Austin’s beautiful historic parks.

Children’s Day Art Park
Every Wednesday morning in June and July (except July 4)
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Symphony Square - 1101 Red River St. (corner of 11th St. and Red River)

Admission
50¢ a child
Adults free when accompanied by a child

Children can experience the magic of the arts at Children’s Day Art Park. This exciting summer program features local musicians, dancers, storytellers, magicians, mimes and crafts people. Youngsters can visit the Instrument Petting Zoo (where they can see, touch and try to play the instruments), talk to symphony musicians and hear them play their instruments, see a Ballet Folklorico, hear a Latin jazz band, follow a real Pied Piper along the Lemonade Trail to the Magic Oak Tree and try their hands at different art projects under the Art Tent.

SCHEDULE
June 6 - Roy Lozano’s Ballet Folklorico
June 13 - Beto y los Fairlanes
June 20 - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
June 27 - Joe McDermott
July 4 - No Children’s Day (Hope you have a happy July 4th!)
July 11 - Jon Emery
July 18 - Bill Oliver and the Teddy Bear Picnic (Bring Your Bear!)
July 25 - The Biscuit Brothers

July 4th Concert & Fireworks
Peter Bay, conductor
Wednesday, July 4, 2007 - 8:30 pm
Northeast Triangle of Zilker Park (Lou Neff Point)

Admission
Free

On July 4th, well over 100,000 people will gather at Zilker Park for the largest Independence Day celebration in Austin ever. The Austin Symphony will be under the apt baton of ASO Music Director Peter Bay. The H-E-B Austin Symphony July 4th Concert and Fireworks will feature patriotic music and the ever-popular 1812 Overture–the latter punctuated by 75-millimeter Howitzer cannons, courtesy of Texas National Guard Salute Battery, and spectacular fireworks over Town Lake.

The H-E-B Austin Symphony July 4th Concert and Fireworks — planned and produced entirely by the ASO — is free and open to the public. The stage for this celebration will be the northeast triangle of Zilker Park Lou Neff Point. The Austin Symphony Orchestra will begin performing at 8:30 pm and the fireworks will begin at 9:30 pm, ending at 10:00 pm Come early, bring a picnic, claim a grassy spot and enjoy the patriotic music of the Austin Symphony Orchestra. Concessions will be available on site. (Sorry, alcohol and glass containers are not permitted in the park.)

Media Sponsors News 8 Austin and Majic 95.5 will be onsite for concert day information, complete with updates from the News 8 Austin Storm Cruiser about weather conditions. Emcee for this year’s show is News 8 Austin anchor Paul Brown. Additionally, Majic 95.5 will broadcast the concert beginning at 8:30 p.m., with News 8 Austin joining in at 9:30 p.m. for the fireworks show in its entirety.

Street Closings
1900 block of Barton Springs @ Robert E. Lee Rd. and the 2200 block of Stratford will be closed beginning at 3 pm and reopening at 10 pm. The hike and bike trail will be closed between Lamar and MoPac. Town Lake will be closed to water traffic from 7:00 pm until 11:00 pm between Lamar Street Bridge and MoPac Bridge.

If you haven’t ever heard the Austin Symphony, get to it!  You’ll love it!!!

Happy Listening,
LA

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