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Young Emily is drawn out of her seat and onto the orchestral stage by the strains of beautiful music. However, her bold behaviour brings her much more than she bargained for. In this theatrical introduction to the instruments of the orchestra and the basic elements of music, find out how Emily battles to save music as the ESO presents works by Beethoven, Kabalevsky, Rossini, and more.

Ticket Information

(A) Dress Circle $29 Adult / $17 Child
(B) Terrace $27 Adult / $16 Child
(C) Orchestra $27 Adult / $16 Child
(D) Upper Circle $21 Adult / $13 Child
Tickets subject to applicable service charges.

Subscriptions to the Esso Symphony for Kids series are currently available.

The next Esso Symphony for Kids performance is Roald Dahl’s Little Red Riding Hood on January 15, 2011.

Thank you to our series sponsor:

Artist Info

Lucas Waldin, conductor

The 2010/11 season marks the second for Lucas Waldin as Resident Conductor for the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. This mentorship position is made possible through the Canada Council for the Arts and Enbridge. Mr. Waldin graduated in 2006 from the Cleveland Institute of Music with a Masters in Conducting. He has performed with L'Orchestre du Festival Beaulieu-Sur-Mer (Monaco), Staatstheater Cottbus (Brandenburg), and Bachakademie Stuttgart. Lucas was assistant conductor of the contemporary orchestra RED (Cleveland), director of the Cleveland Bach Consort, and a Discovery Series Conductor at the Oregon Bach Festival. In 2007, he was invited to conduct the Miami-based New World Symphony Orchestra in masterclasses given by Michael Tilson Thomas. In Lucerne in 2009, he also participated in a masterclass led by Bernard Haitink, with the Lucerne Festival Strings.

A native of Toronto, Lucas Waldin has spent summers studying in Europe, including studies at the International Music Academy in Leipzig, the Bayreuth Youth Orchestra, and the Acanthes New Music Festival in France. On this continent, he has studied under the renowned Bach conductor Helmut Rilling at the Oregon Bach Festival, and has attended conducting masterclasses with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra in Toronto. Mr. Waldin received a Bachelor of Music degree in flute performance from the Cleveland Institute, studying with Joshua Smith.

The ESO would like to thank Enbridge Pipelines for their commitment to the arts and this program by matching the funding provided by the Canada Council for the Arts.

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Platypus Theatre

Combining live actors, masks and puppets the company has been lauded for its immensely creative productions and its unique ability to educate young audiences about classical music in an intelligent, entertaining and interactive way. Last season, in collaboration with the Toronto Symphony and Television Ontario, Platypus shot a television version of “How the Gimquat Found Her Song” which is scheduled to be aired on TVO in December 2006. In Addition to “Gimquat” the company has six other original productions to its credit: Emily Saves the Orchestra, Rhythm in Your Rubbish, Bach to the Future, Song of the Forest, Charlotte and the Music-Maker and A Flicker of Light on a Christmas Night.

Program Info

Program includes excerpts from:
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 1, op. 46