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2008-03-06  ALPHARETTA AND ROSWELL REVUE & NEWS | ASO changes tunes on Alpharetta, Milton bands
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March 12, 2008
ALPHARETTA -- Alpharetta and Milton High School bands need to practice a different tune, as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has changed its program to open the inaugural season of the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park.
The high school bands will join the ASO at the new 12,000-seat facility in Alpharetta on Saturday, May 10 at 8 p.m. Music Director Robert Spano leads the ASO in a performance of Bernstein's Candide Overture and Copland's Appalachian Spring, replacing Broadway works by various composers.
The 320 musicians from the local Alpharetta and Milton High marching bands will join the ASO in the finale of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, which will close the concert.
The rest of the May 10 program remains the same, featuring the Marcus Roberts Trio performing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, plus the final movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, "Ode to Joy" with soprano Christine Brewer, mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop, tenor Vinson Cole, baritone Gordon Hawkins, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus.
Turner Classic Movies Host and official historian of the Academy Awards® Robert Osborne will be the host for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's Turner Classic Movie Night, a musical evening featuring classic movies with music conducted by Richard Kauffman on Saturday, Aug. 16, at 8 p.m.
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2008 Inaugural Season – Classical Concerts
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
•Grand Opening Celebration
Saturday, May 10, 8 p.m.
Robert Spano conductor
Marcus Roberts Trio
Christine Brewer soprano
Elizabeth Bishop mezzo-soprano
Vinson Cole tenor
Gordon Hawkins baritone
ASO Chorus
Norman Mackenzie, director
Alpharetta HS marching band
Mike Walsh, director
Troy Bennefield, associate director
Milton HS marching band
Ryan Borger, director
Mark Kapral, associate director
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Grand Opening Fanfares
•An Evening of Beethoven
Saturday, June 28, 8 p.m.
Robert Spano, conductor
Dejan Lazic, piano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
•Family Presentation
July 4th Spectacular
Friday, July 4, 8 p.m.
Robert Spano, conductor
Surprise Narrator
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
•All-Tchaikovsky Under the Stars
Saturday, July 12, 8 p.m.
Robert Spano, conductor
Robert McDuffie, violin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
•A Night in Paris: Puccini's La Bohème Semi-Staged Concert Performance
Saturday, July 26, 8 p.m.
Robert Spano conductor
ASO Chorus
Norman Mackenzie director
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
PUCCINI La Bohème
•Family Presentation
Julie Andrews: The Gift of Music
Saturday, Aug. 2, 8 p.m.
Ian Fraser conductor
Julie Andrews narrator
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Rodgers & Hammerstein, plus a musical storytelling of Simeon's
Gift, co-authored by Ms. Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton. Score by Ian Fraser, with lyrics by John Bucchino.
•Robert Spano & Garrick Ohlsson
Friday, Aug. 8, 8 p.m.
Robert Spano conductor
Garrick Ohlsson piano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
•ASO Connect Free Concert Thursday, Aug. 14, 8 p.m.
Mei-Ann Chen conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Part of the ASO Around Georgia and annual Free Parks Concerts.
•Family Presentation
Turner Classic Movie Night
Saturday, Aug. 16, 8 p.m.
Richard Kaufman conductor
Robert Osborne host
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
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