Texarkana Symphony Orchestra and guest artists WOW kids at annual Youth Concerts at the Perot Theater 2-15-2012

Peter and the Wolf, a Haydn Piano Concerto, Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag and a Rossini Overture fill the program bill for the annual Youth Concerts this morning at the Perot Theater in Texarkana. The Texarkana Symphony Orchestra along with the student Concerto Competition Winner pianist Hunter Mabery and actor Michael Boudewyns brought the house down - TWICE!

 Actor/Artist Michael Boudewyns with a wonderful and innovative performance in Peter and the Wolf

Music Director Marc-Andre' Bougie with guests actor Michael Boudewyns and pianist Hunter Mabery, 2012 winner of the TSO Concerto Competition

Marc-Andre Bougie with concerto competition winner, pianist Hunter Mabery

TSO Executive Director Andrew Clark with Board President Remeca Gray and actor Michael Boudewyns

After the TSO Youth concerts

Actor/Artist Michael Boudewyns

TSO Principal Trumpet Clayton Harris - practicing before rehearsal for Maple Leaf  Rag

pianist Hunter Mabery and TSO Assistant Concertmaster Edward Charity

Percussionists Anthony Robinson and Russell Roberts - THE HUNTERS

Love Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin

Janelle Ott and Sara Scurry - Bassoon - The bassoon portrays Grand Father

Rosetta Stalcup - Perot Theater Stage Manager

AHHHH!! Lunch between shows at Merfelds

Rosetta getting dessert - I bought raspberry cheesecake, but took it home - Yummy!!!

What's left of Chris' lunch

TSO Third Horn David Renfro - one of three BIG BAD WOLFIES

2nd clarinet Adam Myers and Principal, Rebecca Wenck - the clarinet portrays the Cat

The strings portray Peter

'cellist Milovan Paz

violist Mario Torres

Principal Bass Peter Haas and Alfredo Portillo

Algimanthas Staskevicius and Arthur Busby

Michael Boudewyns signing autographs for the students after the program

Texarkana Symphony Orchestra visits The Planets Saturday, 2-19-2012

The Texarkana Symphony Orchestra, Music Director Marc-Andre' Bougie conducting, takes you on a tour into outer space including the Planetary Solar Systems this Saturday evening February 19, 2012 at the Perot Theatre in downtown Texarkana.

Concert begins at 7:30 PM........ Concert preview at 6:40 PM

TSO Music Director Marc-Andre' Bougie

 

Texarkana Symphony Orchestra Concert info and tickets

Earth and Pluto are not part of Holst Suite because all of the Planets were named after Roman Gods. Earth was not and Pluto had not been discovered yet.

Marc-Andre' Bougie rehearsing  The Planets with the TSO

Mercury -the inner most planet and the smallest

Mars - 4th planet from the Sun - 

 

 Jupiter - 5th planet around the Sun and the largest

Saturn - 6th planet from the Sun and second largest

Venus - 2nd planet from the Sun

 

 Neptune - the 8th planet and farthest from the Sun

Uranus - the 7th planet from the Sun