Here’s both drama and music—as The Story of Ferdinand is brought to life by Teatro del Pueblo. This beloved children’s book by Munro Leaf tells the story of a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights. Also on the program: the Orchestra will perform selections from Bizet’s lively Carmen suite as well as Mozart’s famous Jupiter symphony.

Curriculum & Recordings
(This information will be posted approximately 8 weeks before the concert.)

Homeschool Family workshop:  Thursday, January 17, 10-11:30AM at Ferguson Hall, on the U of M West Bank campus.  (There will be one workshop this season for all three concerts.)

Illustration from The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson, © 1936 by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson, renewed © 1964 by Munro Leaf and John W. Boyd. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

Big sounds rule!  All the works on this concert are powerful and intense, starting with the theme from the classic film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, from Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra. Talented young Sedra Bistodeau of Princeton, Minnesota, who won YPSCA’s 2012 School Music Auditions, will play the high-energy finale of Sibelius’ great Violin Concerto. Rounding out the program will be Wagner’s extraordinary Ride of the Valkyries and Respighi’s Pines of Rome.

Curriculum & Recordings
(This information will be posted approximately 8 weeks before the concert.)

Homeschool Family workshop:  Thursday, January 17, 10-11:30AM at Ferguson Hall, on the U of M West Bank campus.  (There will be one workshop this season for all three concerts.)

Appalachian Spring is an iconic American masterpiece that glows with the “American sound” created by its composer Aaron Copland.  Mexican composer Arturo Márquez’ Danzon, inspired by a Cuban-style dance, and Sibelius’ Finlandia are both viewed as national treasures in their homelands. A musical symbol of yet another nation brings the concert to a grand close: Walton’s Crown Imperial March, a magnificent work played at every British coronation. 

Curriculum & Recordings 
(This information will be posted approximately 8 weeks before the concert.)

Homeschool Family workshop:  Thursday, January 17, 10-11:30AM at Ferguson Hall, on the U of M West Bank campus. (There will be one workshop this season for all three concerts.)