Event

Musical Pursuit

The concert is planned as an audience participation event, a musical quiz that will keep you engaged as you go on this Musical Pursuit. Not a musical trivia buff? No problem, says OVOC Publicist, Judy Johnston. Quiz questions are designed to let the music give you the answers, those delicious AHA moments that are so fun. Audience members who wish to participate may use cell phones to access the simple app that allows them to play along by choosing among multiple choice possibilities shown on the projection screen. Directions will be given at the concert and it is promised to be easy even for the technologically challenged!! We have the most fun at our concerts when the audience is actively engaged. Young people who play along will learn some interesting facts and we know everyone will walk away with a smile, especially the winners of some great prizes! Matt Brown and Jonathan McBride, musical directors for the orchestra and chorus, have chosen an eclectic mix of music. The chorus will perform a Chopin Prelude, a Beethoven spoof called Beethovens Wig, a choral piece from HMS Pinafore, the rock anthem Bohemian Rhapsody, plus some modern movie music from La La Land and The Lord of The Rings. The orchestra will perform Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt Suite, Mars from The Planets, Sleeping Beauty Waltz and March to the Scaffold by Berlioz.

The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra
Gustav Holst, arr. Clinton Nieweg / G. Vaught

Peer Gynt Suite
Edvard Grieg, arr. Carl Simpson

March to the Scaffold
Hector Berlioz, arr. Anthony Carter

Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, arr. Merle Isaac