The North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra presents a Children’s Concert and Instrument Petting Zoo on May 4 at the First Baptist Church in Beverly beginning at 2 p.m., led by guest conductor Marshunda Smith, Music Director and Conductor of the Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra.
The concert program will feature Dan Brown’s “Wild Symphony”, based on the best-selling author’s book of the same name that is details the adventures of Maestro Mouse and his companions from the animal kingdom.
Tickets are available online at NSPO.org or at the door for $12, $5.75 for ages 5 to 18, and children four and under are admitted free.
The events will begin with an Instrument Petting Zoo, where youngsters can get to feel what it’s like to hold and play a classical instrument. A variety of crafts and student performers will highlight the pre-concert festivities.
Dan Brown, creator of the Wild Symphony, is renowned as author of such thrillers as “The DaVinci Code” and “The Secret of Secrets,” among others. His delightful “Wild Symphony” features two dozen musical portraits drawn from the animal kingdom, such as Bouncing Kangaroo, Wondrous Whale, and Brilliant Bat, to name a few. The symphony has been welcomed and enjoyed world-wide since its release five years ago.
Guest Conductor Marshunda Smith has enjoyed a stellar career as a cellist with numerous orchestras in the Boston area and now is making her mark as a conductor. Smith is in her second year as Music Director with the Lowell Philharmonic. In February of 2018, she became only the second female—(and first African-American)—to conduct the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra in a ground-breaking performance that became the focus of a YouTube/RevereTV production “The Democracy of Sound: The Marshunda Smith Story.”
The North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra recently completed its 76th Concert season. The Orchestra strives to develop, train and provide opportunities for young and amateur musicians, while providing a large range of programs covering the full range of symphonic and pops repertoire for a diverse public. For full concert information, visit www.nspo.org or contact [email protected].
The Childrens Concert is supported in part by a grant from the Beverly Cultural Council, which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.