Date and Time
Thursday Mar 3, 2011
Contact Information
337-0553
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Description
On Thursday, March 3 the Southwest Minnesota Orchestra will be performing two concerts for children ? 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The orchestra will perform both concerts at the Schwan's Community Center for the Performing Arts, Marshall High School, 400 Tiger Drive, Marshall, MN. Tickets for the morning concert at $1.00. Tickets for the evening concert are $9.00 for adults and $6.00 for SMSU students/children. Tickets are available at the door for the evening concert.
Limited seating is available at the morning concert, so please call 337-0553 to check on the availability of tickets. This concert is being held during the school day for area school children in grades 3-4 and home-school families. The general public may purchase tickets by calling the number listed above.
The SMO and Friends of the Orchestra are thrilled to welcome the parents, students and staff for its third year of youth concerts. The program includes Paul Tripp and George Kleinsinger?s Tubby the Tuba, Dr. Peter Lothringer?s Painting by Numbers and W. A. Mozart?s Symphony No. 40. Minneota band director, John Voit, will be the featured soloist for Tubby the Tuba, and Dr. Jan Loft of SMSU will narrate.
This activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council (SMAHC) and is funded, in part, by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
For more information about these concerts, please contact D'Ann Newman, SMSU Fine Arts secretary (537-7234; newman@southwestmsu.edu). Audience members with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation to participate should call the University Relations office at SMSU at 1-800-642-0684 or through the Minnesota Relay service at 1-800-627-3529. Please call 5-7 days in advance of the performance.
