EVERETT — Thanksgiving weekend doesn’t have to be all about food and shopping.
Rethink your plans, because the Everett Philharmonic Orchestra offers a delightful concert for families, a musical event that children will enjoy.
Led by Paul-Elliott Cobbs, the Philharmonic performs its annual Music for the Imagination concert at 3 p.m. Nov. 27 in Everett Civic Auditorium at Everett High School.
The concert will feature a performance by the winner of the orchestra’s Young Artist Concerto Competition, Marie Leou. A 16-year-old violinist from Bellevue, Marie has shared her talent with orchestras throughout the region, as well as on Classical KING-FM radio’s “Northwest Focus Live.”
She will play Tomaso Vitali’s beautiful and passionate Chaconne in G minor for violin, organ and strings. For parents and grandparents who have young ones learning to play the violin, this is an opportunity for great inspiration.
Also on the program is the famous and fast-paced “William Tell” Overture — with its depictions of the dawn, the storm, the pastoral field and the march of the soldiers — by Gioachino Rossini. Grandparents will remember the overture as the theme music for “Lone Ranger” radio, TV and movie productions. The kids might not know about the Lone Ranger traveling the West on his horse, but after the concert, you can fill them in.
The Philharmonic continues its “on horseback” theme with Franz von Suppé’s entertaining and exciting “Light Cavalry” Overture. It’s a piece many will recognize for its use in cartoons.
Because we’re officially now into the Christmas season, Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” — horses again — will be performed with the help of audience members asked to play the bells.
Completing the concert will be Hans Zimmer’s score for the 1994 animated film, “The Lion King,” including the tunes “This Land,” “To Die For,” “Under the Stars” and “King of Pride Rock.”
It all sounds fun, but it’s not just a concert for kids, said Cobbs.
“Adults also will get a kick out of the way that these works (produce) the sounds of the season,” he said.
Right after the concert, get a closer look at the instrument families of the orchestra.
Children — and adults — will have the opportunity to learn by watching the orchestra’s musicians pluck, toot and tickle the strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion instruments. Hands-on activities also are planned.
If you go
Music for the Imagination
3 p.m. Nov. 27, Everett Civic Auditorium, 2415 Colby Ave., Everett.
Festival seating, so arrive early.
Family tickets are $40 for a group of four, with $10 for charged for each additional ticket. Individual tickets are $20.
Tickets are available online at www.everettphil.org.
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