LSWO
Hello Band Families,
I’ll need a response for this possible new event.
I saw a social media post about Frank Ticheli, a retiring professor from the USC Thornton School of Music and composer of some of our best current band music, and saw that he will be conducting one of his best pieces called “Blue Shades.” I searched a little more and found that we might be able to get free tickets that are normally $22-$42. I got 50 free tickets!
The concert will be Sunday, January 29 at 3:00pm. If we have enough people respond by tomorrow I’ll do what I can to get a bus. If it’s a few people that don’t mind driving then that might be the best course financially.
Please let me know if you’d like your student to go and if you would chaperone (go with) them as parents or family.
Here’s some information from the Lone Star Wind Orchestra:
1. Prior to the concert, please review concert etiquette rules with your students (students should stay seated during the concert, no phones during the concert, when it's appropriate to applaud, etc). Also, please have your students complete this pre-assessment. (Note: Please do not prep your students for these questions. We just want to gauge what they may know prior to the concert. Students will take a post-assessment after the concert to see what if any knowledge they gained from attending the concert.) https://form.jotform.com/230037538798163
2. Please arrive at the Eisemann Center (2351 Performance Dr, Richardson, TX 75082) between 1:45 and 2:00 PM.
3. Please have buses park according to the attached map upon dropping off you and your students.
4. You will be met in the lobby by a LSWO Volunteer when you arrive who will show you and your students to your seats between 2:15 and 2:30 PM (doors to the hall will not open until that time). Please make sure your students have used the restrooms prior to getting seated. The Volunteer will give you a paper with a few QR codes. One of the QR codes will be for the Playbill, one for a link to the post-assessment questions and the third for a link to a Concert Review for the students to complete after the concert (Both the post-assessment & the concert reviews will be due on February 3rd, but might be best to complete right after the concert). Please scan the QR code for the Playbill prior to the concert and open the link in your browser.
I’ll have more information soon if you’re interested.
Here’s an incredible recording of Blue Shades that has an incredible piano solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNUui99aSNc
Here’s a recording of the band Rhapsody in Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VH7nBKs9LM
I’m looking forward to hearing the new symphony “Blue Marble” by one of the most famous female composers of this time.
Thank you all,
David DeSoto
More information is below.
Bring in the New Year with Rhapsodies in Blue
A New Year brings shades of blue on Sunday, January 29th as Music Director Eugene Migliaro Corporon and the Lone Star Wind Orchestra presents “Rhapsodies in Blue” at the Eisemann Center in Richardson. The LSWO presents three masterpieces from the far past, not too long ago, and a brand-new innovative work which has already cemented itself as a groundbreaking composition. The Lone Star Wind Orchestra presents the multimedia experience that is Julie Giroux’s Symphony No. 6 “The Blue Marble.” Giroux’s new symphony is accompanied by a film screen with various videos and pictorials of what makes up our world that is Earth. The concert welcomes home DFW’s very own award-winning pianist Aaron Kurz to perform George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and in addition features Frank Ticheli’s Blue Shades.
Tickets
Concert tickets are $12 for students and seniors, $22 for adults, $42 for special loge box seats. The concert is general admission. To purchase, call 972-744-4650 or order online.
Venue and COVID-19 Info
Concert will be held at the Eisemann Center in Richardson. The Eisemann Center is located at 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson, Texas 75082. Per the venue’s guidelines, mask-wearing is strongly encouraged. The Eisemann Center details their commitment to safety in response to COVID-19.
Concert Program
Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin
Original Paul Whiteman Edition | Featuring Aaron Kurz
Symphony No. 6 “The Blue Marble”, Julie Giroux
Blue Shades, Frank Ticheli