October 30, 2006

MEDIA CONTACT

Dr. Maria Busch

Director of Education & Community Programs

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Office: 812/425-5050

EVANSVILLE PHILHARMONIC YOUTH ORCHESTRAS PRESENT FALL CONCERT ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4

Evansville, Indiana – The Evansville Philharmonic Youth Orchestras, EPYO & EPYO II, will hold their Fall Concert on Saturday, November 4 at 7PM, at the Victory Theatre in downtown Evansville.

EPYO II, consisting of students in grades 6-9, will begin the concert, under the direction of Sheryl Schuster, by performing a kid-friendly program titled “Just Between Us Kids”. Included are selections from movements of the Nutcracker Suite featuring members of the Evansville Dance Theatre, When You Tell Me That You Love Me featuring vocalists Lauren Wright and Ben Smith, and the well-known themes from Superman and Looney Tunes’ greatest hits in What’s Up at the Symphony, plus more!

Following EPYO II, Conductor Joseph Eunkwan Choi will lead the EPYO in its portion of the program titled “In Memory of November 6 Tornado Victims and Families”.  The program includes Dvorak’s Husitska Overture, Op. 67, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.1 in Eb Major featuring the young and talented pianist Jennifer Shinyoung Drake-Perry and Berlioz’s Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24.  The concert concludes with Thompson’s Testament of Freedom, spotlighting a combined chorus with members from Signature Singers, North High School Chorus, Harrison High School Concert Choir, Evansville Day School Choir and the Evansville Philharmonic Chorus.                                                               

General admission tickets are $6 each and can be purchased by calling the Philharmonic Box Office at 812/425-5050 or online at www.evansvillephilharmonic.org.

The Evansville Philharmonic Youth Orchestras offer exciting performance opportunities for talented high school and middle school students in the Tri-State. Special underwriting for the Evansville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra is made possible by Mrs. George Eykamp.    

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