Go Wild with CSO's 'Concert for Kids', Featuring CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS, 4/6

Columbus, Ohio -- As part of the CSO's Concerts for Kids series, conductor Albert-George Schram and the Columbus Symphony, with assistance from the BalletMet Dance Academy Performance Ensemble, will perform Carnival of the Animals. Even the composer, Camille Saint-Saëns, referred to the work as "such fun" as each movement humorously depicts a member of the animal kingdom.

Children and parents are invited to come dressed in their most ferocious or most beautiful animal costume and enjoy pre-concert activities that begin at 2pm in the Capitol Theatre lobby. Activities include:

• Meet animal visitors from the Columbus Zoo
• See and play instruments from Music & Arts Centers and The Loft Violin Shop
• Harp "Petting Zoo" courtesy of the studio of CSO harpist Jude Mollenhauer
• Instruments and musical fun with WeJoySing
• Crafts with the Columbus Museum of Art
• Musical tattoos
• Meet the CSO musicians
• Meet Mr. Sunny from Sunny 95

The Columbus Symphony's Concerts for Kids presents Carnival of the Animals at the Capitol Theatre (77 S. High St.) on Sunday, April 6, at 3pm. Recommended for ages 3-10, the concert will last approximately one hour. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children, and can be purchased at the CAPA Ticket Center (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, and www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, call (614) 228-8600 or (800) 745-3000.

The complete program includes:

Von Suppe Light Cavalry Overture

Sherman /Lowden A Disney Super Time

Frost, arr. "Tingalayo"

Mancini /Cacavas Pink Panther

Mancini Baby Elephant Walk

Frost, arr. "Once an Austrian Went Yodeling"

Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals

featuring BalletMet Dance Academy Performance Ensemble

Frost, arr. Boogie Walk

Strauss Thunder and Lightning Polka

About the Columbus Symphony Orchestra: Founded in 1951, the Columbus Symphony is the longest-running, professional symphony in central Ohio. Through an array of innovative artistic, educational, and community outreach programming, the Columbus Symphony is reaching an expanding, more diverse audience each year. This season, the Columbus Symphony will share classical music with more than 175,000 people in central Ohio through concerts, radio broadcasts, and special programming. For more information, visit www.columbussymphony.com.

Photo Credit: Randall L. Schieber

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