Classic Fairy Tales
Sunday, October 19, 2008, 2:30pm

Thomas Wilson , Conductor
Ballet Society of Colorado Springs

Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite
Delibes: Coppelia Suite

Castles, princes and princesses and a doll who seems to come to life

Midsummer in Midwinter
Sunday, January 25, 2009, 2:30pm

Thomas Wilson , Conductor
Ballet Society of Colorado Springs

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream told with dance, is about love and many magical events

A Classic “Whodunnit”
Sunday, March 8, 2009, 2:30pm

Thomas Wilson , Conductor
Colorado Springs Youth Symphony
Mark Arnest, Arts writer, The Gazette, as “Inspector Beckensteiner”

Grieg: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Gregory Smith: A Major/Minor Mystery

An exploration of music’s major and minor tonalities disguised as a "whodunnit"—with a most surprising and unexpected conclusion