The Grammy® Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-17 Family Concert Series, led by Assistant Conductor and ASYO Music Director Joseph Young, will begin on Oct. 30 with the Halloween Spectacular Phantoms of the Orchestra, featuring spooky music and a costume contest. The series will continue on Nov. 27 in Symphony Hall and Dec. 15 at Kennesaw State University with A Family Holiday Special. Families with older children can choose a Compose Your Own series to include any of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s family-friendly POPS! and holiday performances.
The Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and Talent Development Program (TDP) will both provide affordable opportunities for families to experience great, live orchestral music this fall. On Nov. 6, Joseph Young will lead the Youth Orchestra in a performance of Elgar’s Enigma Variations in Atlanta Symphony Hall. The Talent Development Program will host its annual Musicale and Aspire Awards on Nov. 13, with performances by TDP students and the 2016 Aspire Award winner and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra trombone, Weston Sprott.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will continue the Music for the Very Young series this season with Meet Our Families: An Introduction to the Instruments of the Orchestra. The series, designed for children three to five years-old and their grown-ups, will introduce members of the woodwind, brass, strings and percussion families in four separate programs – each highlighting one specific family of instruments. At the end of the season, the musicians will join forces to perform as an ensemble, one big family!
Family Fun at the Woodruff Arts Center takes place every Sunday from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m., where parents and children can explore, play, learn and create art in an interactive, family-friendly environment. This fall the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will lead the festivities on Aug. 28, Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and 30, Nov. 6, 20 and 27, and Dec. 4. Symphony led activities will include instrument petting zoos, a backstage tour of Symphony Hall, instrument making stations and more. Support for this program is provided by the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation.
Subscribers to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Family Series will receive tickets to A Family Holiday Special free. Subscriptions can be purchased now and single tickets for the 2016-17 season will go on sale August 9, at 10 a.m.Patrons who purchase subscription packages will receive great subscriber benefits, including subscriber-only events, advanced notice of special programming, free open rehearsals and Thursday concert previews, discounts at the Symphony Store, High Museum of Art and the Alliance Theatre; and more.
Additional details for each performance and event:
Halloween with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra — The Phantoms of the Orchestra
Family Concert Series
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Sunday, October 30, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
Joseph Young, conductor
Magic Circle Mime Company
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
BACH Toccata in D Minor
KODÁLY Ballet Music 1925 (Dragon’s Dance)
BACH/STOKOWSKI Little Fugue in G
DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain
Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Overture Concert
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Sunday, November 6, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
Joseph Young, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra
ELGAR Enigma Variations
Talent Development Program Musicale and Aspire Awards
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Sunday, November 13, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
A Family Holiday Special
Family Concert Series
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Sunday, November 27, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
Joseph Young, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
A Family Holiday Special at KSU
Family Concert Series
Bailey Performance Center, Kennesaw State University – Kennesaw, GA
Thursday, December 15, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Joseph Young, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Music for the Very Young
Event Room on Balcony Level of the Woodruff Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Woodwind:
Saturday, October 1, 2016 – 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, October 2, 2016 – 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.
Brass:
Saturday, November 19, 2016 – 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, November 20, 2016 – 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.
Strings:
Saturday, December 3, 2016 – 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, December 4, 2016 – 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.
Family Fun at the Woodruff Arts Center
Every Sunday, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Tickets to all Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performances at Atlanta Symphony Hall are available online atAtlantaSymphony.org or by calling 404-733-5000. Tickets may also be purchased at the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office, located in the Woodruff Arts Center at 15th and Peachtree Streets. Box office hours are Tuesday through Saturday noon to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5:00 p.m.
About the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Beginning its 72nd season, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra continues to affirm its position as one of America’s leading orchestras with excellent live performances, renowned guest artist features and engaging education initiatives. As a cornerstone for artistic development in the Southeast, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performs a full schedule of more than 200 concerts, including educational and community concerts, each year for a combined audience of more than half a million. more
