Program areas at Shoals Symphony at UNA
THE LITTLE MERMAID. Disney's animated classic, The Little Mermaid, will be given new life for a special evening at Norton Auditorium. As The Little Mermaid plays on a large movie screen, Maestro Stevens will lead the Shoals Symphony Orchestra performing the film's Oscar(R) and Grammy(R)-winning score by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman live to film.
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS. Rimsky-Korsakov tells the Arabian Nights tale of the cruel Sultan Shahryar, convinced of the faithlessness of all women, takes a new bride every night only to have her executed at dawn, until one, Scheherazade, saves herself and wins his heart by telling stories, ending them each night in the middle of a tale. After one thousand and one nights, the sultan has fallen for the one for which the masterpiece is named.
GLORIA and the FIFTH. Guest conductor Dr. Ian Loeppky and combined UNA/Guest Choirs perform John Rutter's Gloria with the Shoals Symphony Orchestra. The piece described by many as exalted, devotional, and jubilant will be preceded by a powerful performance of Beethoven's timeless, classic symphony. Pieces performed include: Rutter - Gloria and Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, Op. 67.
In addition to the concerts described in 4a, 4b, & 4c, Shoals Symphony Orchestra performed two concerts, Yesterday: A Tribute to the Beatles and Year of the Woman, and two special events, Magical Masquerade and My Lucky Day. Shoals Symphony Orchestra also provided support to the UNA Repertory Orchestra, a public school performance of one of its concerts, an honor orchestra workshop, and provided community string instruction.