SCHOOL CONCERTS

The annual School Concerts are a tradition of the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra.  Over 3,000 students from across the Mississippi coast attend these entertaining and informative events.

Elementary and middle schools are especially encouraged to register, although the programming is appropriate for all ages.

Recent programs include:

Forward March! (2008)

The Light Cavalry – Franz von Suppé
March miniature (from Suite No. 1) – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Funeral March of a Marionette – Charles Gounod
Rákóczy March (Hungarian March) from The Damnation of Faust – Hector Berlioz
The Toy Trumpet – Raymond Scott
March With Trumpets – William Bergsma

Water You Hearing Now? (2009)

The Flying Dutchman Overture – Richard Wagner
The Moldau (from Ma Vlast) – Bedrich Smetana
Thunder and Lightning Polka – Johann Strauss, Jr.
The Enchanted Lake – Anatol Liadov
Savannah River Holiday – Ron Nelson
Clarinet Candy – Leroy Anderson

 

Give Me Five!  February 4 & 5, 2010

Featuring Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven

plus:
The Whistler and His Dog – Arthur Pryor
Flight of the Bumblebee – Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
A Fifth of Beethoven – Walter Murphy

Scripted and conducted by Timothy James Bergman
9:00 & 11:00 a.m. both days, Saenger Theatre, Biloxi

Open to public, parochial, and private schools
$2 per seat (students, teachers, chaperones)

For reservations, call 228 896-4276 (GCSO)

Click here for The Listening Guide.  A companion compact disc is available upon request.