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PSO Presents Family-friendly Discovery Concert “Symphony Spooktacular” October 30

PORTLAND, Maine (August 8, 2011) — The Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) today announced an addition to its 2011-12 season, a Halloween-themed Discovery Concert titled Symphony Spooktacular, on Sunday, October 30 at 2:30 p.m. at Merrill Auditorium. Seating is general admission and tickets are a family-friendly $10, and only $6 for groups of 10 or more. Kids and adults alike are encouraged to come in costume, and arrive early for pre-concert fun and games in the Merrill Auditorium lobby.

“I’m so excited about our first-ever Discovery Concert of the PSO,” enthused Music Director Robert Moody. “This has been a dream of mine since my very first day on the job. With these concerts we will now be able to reach out to a new and broader section of our wonderful community. These concerts are not only for kids, they’re for the ‘kid’ in all of us!”

Symphony Spooktacular is a Halloween experience filled with symphonic thrills and chills for the whole family. Maestro Moody leads the Portland Symphony in some of the greatest “spooktacular” music ever written for orchestra, including the Funeral March of a Marionette by Gounod, music from from Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, and The Chill of the Orchestra by American composer Russell Peck. Dancers from Portland Ballet will join in “Bella’s Lullaby” from Twilight and lead the entire audience in the zombie dance stylings of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Come in costume, and come early for games, crafts, a hands-on instrument petting zoo and lots more family-friendly musical fun.

Symphony Spooktacular is made possible by a grant from the Sam L. Cohen Foundation, and by private funding from Sue and Jim Konkel.

Tickets are now available through PortTIX.com, by phone at 207-842-0800 or at the box office at 20 Myrtle St. Box office hours are noon – 6 pm Monday through Saturday. All ticket prices include $2 handling fee ($1 for groups) and $2 Merrill Restoration fee.

Discovery Concert: Symphony Spooktacular Program
Gounod, Funeral March of a Marionette
Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Opening
Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Movement 5
Burwell, “Bella’s Lullaby” from Twilight
Dukas, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Prokofiev, Cinderella, Suite No. 1
Peck, The Chill of the Orchestra
Jackson, Thriller