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Tuesday, 29 June 2010 10:09

Symphony Under the Sky

September 3 - 6, 2010
Heritage Amphitheatre, Hawrelak Park

The summer festival season ends on a suspended high note with your Edmonton Symphony Orchestra filling the river valley skies with the sound of music. Symphony Under the Sky returns for its 16th annual outdoor music festival at Hawrelak Park from September 3rd – 6th, 2010. The always charming conductor Bob Bernhardt returns to lead the orchestra for his fifth consecutive year. With special guest artists Karen Gomyo and Jim Witter, guest conductor Claude Lapalme, and Edmonton’s own Knock School of Irish Dance, the ESO’s concert repertoire will range from Celtic to Canadian, John Williams to Elton John, and Bach to Brahms.

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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:27

Backstage Sale has unique Winspear and ESO items up for grabs

Friday, June 25 from 12:00 – 6:00 pm

Winspear Centre, Studio

The Winspear Centre and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra invite you to their Backstage Sale on Friday, June 25th from 12:00 – 6:00 pm in the Winspear Centre’s Studio. A variety of office furniture and accessories, plus items from Front of House and Production, including excellent condition beverage glasses, lighting units, and monitors, will be available for sale. ESO merchandise, including CD’s, T-shirts, framed pictures, and blankets, can also be purchased.

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Thursday, 27 May 2010 15:17

Delight your senses at the ESO's 2nd annual Strawberry Tea

Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Fairmont Hotel Macdonald

Your Edmonton Symphony Orchestra is pleased to hold its 2nd annual Strawberry Tea at a venue steeped in history, The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald. On June 6th, 2010, join us for an afternoon in the charming and classically elegant Wedgewood Room for an assortment of delectable tastings, enjoyable company, wonderful door prizes, and seasonal string music.

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Tuesday, 11 May 2010 08:33

All 2010/11 ESO Specials are available now!

The upcoming line-up of Symphony Specials are sure to appeal to music lovers of all ages and genres. Fresh from the 2010 Lilith Fair festival tour celebrating women in music, Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk makes her debut with Edmonton’s orchestra and conductor Lucas Waldin. Everybody’s favourite Looney Tunes and characters from Warner Bros. Studios will appear on-screen at the Winspear Centre for three performances of Bugs Bunny At The Symphony. Crown jewels such as What’s Opera, Doc?, The Rabbit of Seville, and A Corny Concerto will be performed under the direction of conductor and creator George Daugherty. Paying homage to a composer that was one of the first to break down barriers between rock, jazz, and classical music, the ESO and Bill Eddins present music of the legendary Frank Zappa in Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow.

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Monday, 03 May 2010 20:05

Mozart, Boy Genius, comes to life in an afternoon of musical storytelling

ESSO Symphony for Kids
Saturday, May 8 at 2 pm

Local performers join your Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in presenting the inspiring story of Mozart, Boy Genius in the final concert of the ESSO Symphony for Kids series this season. ESO Resident Conductor Lucas Waldin invites the entire family to the Francis Winspear Centre for Music to see and hear Wolfgang Amadé Mozart come to life through stories told by his proud yet demanding father, Leopold Mozart.

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