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Symphony Discovery Concerts

Espressivo!  Exploring and Experiencing the Emotional Side of Music

Monday, May 2, 2011
9:30 and 11:30 AM
Carl Perkins Civic Center

Join Maestro Jordan Tang and The Jackson Symphony in a concert that explores the emotional side of music:  music that is passionate, powerful, haunting, intense, noble, triumphal, elegant, delightful or humorous, by the great masters past and present.   You won't want to miss this unique musical experience featuring works by Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Shostakovich and Barber!

Tickets are just $5. To download an order form, click here.

Materials to accompany this year's concert will soon be available. The materials listed below have been prepared to help prepare students for the Symphony Discovery Concerts.

The Conductor and the Composer
The Orchestra
Orchestra Diagram
Instrument Families of the Orchestra
Quiz: Lost and Found Instruments
"At the Concert" Game

Files are in pdf format. You may get a free download of Adobe Reader by clicking on this link.

Ticket Subsidy money is available for public schools. For information about the program, follow this link:http://www.arts.state.tn.us/community_arts_sts.htm. The Ticket Subsidy program is funded by the Tennessee General Assembly and administered in cooperation with the Tennessee Arts Commission and Designated Agencies throughout Tennessee.