CSO's Concert for Kids LET'S GO TO OUTER SPACE! to Be Dedicated to US Senator John Glenn

As part of the CSO's Concerts for Kids series, CSO Music Director Rossen Milanov and the Columbus Symphony have teamed up with Columbus' Momentum dance program and OSU Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics Dr. Mike Stamatikos for a one-hour exploration of music and outer space designed for kids ages 3-10. Dedicated to former astronaut and US Senator John Glenn, children and parents are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite space hero (fictional or non-fictional) and enjoy popular selections from "Star Trek," E.T., and Star Wars, as well as an interactive travel log of a trip to space narrated by Dr. Mike and a Momentum dance performance to Holst's "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity."

The complete program includes:

Custer, arr. Star Trek Through the Years

DORFF Blast Off!

WILLIAMS "Adventures on Earth" from E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial)

HOLST "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from The Planets

WILLIAMS "Main Title" from Star Wars Suite

Attendees are also invited to come early and enjoy pre-concert activities beginning at 2pm in the Ohio Theatre lobby. Activities include:

• OSU physics students will demonstrate science experiments that relate to sound
• Instruments to see and play from the Loft Violin Shop and Music & Arts
• Music activities with Musicologie!
• Crafting with the Columbus Museum of Art
• Conducting lessons with the CSO's principal cellist Luis Biava
• Musical fun with WeJoySing
• Temporary musical tattoos
• Singing and dancing with Joanie
• Instrument demonstrations by students of Suzuki Music Columbus

• Meet the CSO's mascot Bee-thoven and Mr. Sunny from Sunny 95!

The Columbus Symphony's Concerts for Kids presents Let's Go to Outer Space! at the Ohio Theatre (39 E. State St.) on Sunday, March 5, 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, please call (614) 469-0939 or (800) 745-3000.

About Momentum

Momentum engages children in dance, music, and performance to develop lifelong habits of self-discipline, teamwork, and excellence. Highly skilled teaching artists and pianists work weekly with more than 850 Central Ohio students in 12 elementary schools, instilling the guiding principles "work hard, do my best, never give up, and be healthy." www.momentum-excellence.org

About Dr. Michael Stamatikos

Dr. Michael (Mike) Stamatikos is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at The Ohio

State University (OSU) at Newark and an astrophysicist affiliated with the National Aeronautics and

Space Administration's (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP) at OSU. He joined OSU as a CCAPP Fellow in January 2009, after serving as a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at GSFC since 2006. He earned a Bachelor's degree with a major in physics and a minor in teaching from the State University of New York at Buffalo (UB). After teaching high school physics in western New York for a couple of years, he returned to UB and earned additional degrees in physics consisting of a Master's of Science (M.S.) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). His Ph.D. was based upon work performed while at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Madison, using the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array (AMANDA) located at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, where he spent three weeks in November of 2003. His continued passion for education and public outreach has been recognized with awards from the Buffalo Research Institute on Education for Teaching (1998), the American Association of Physics Teachers (2002), the UB Graduate School (2005), and a nomination for the NASA Robert H. Goddard Honor Award for Outreach (2011).

www.columbussymphony.com

The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, education excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The CSO also appreciates the support of the Greater Columbus Arts Council, supporting the city's artists and arts organizations since 1973, and the Kenneth L. Coe and Jack Barrow, J. Allen and Ruth Maxwell Pyne, Janet Leonard Reading, and James W. Overstreet funds of The Columbus Foundation, assisting donors and others in strengthening our community for the benefit of all its citizens.

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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