ESO Family Fun Series Starts This Weekend!

I can't believe it's finally here! All of the time, thought and work everyone has put into making this series happen from the beginning is finally paying off. I hope it all goes as smoothly as we plan. My office is currently exploding with everything we'll be using for the activities - instruments for the petting zoo, goodie bags, and programs for example.

Ticket sales for the first concert are better than we expected - I believe we are close to selling out the main floor. This is thanks in large part to everyone on our Education Committee and Marketing staff for getting the word out about the concert. We've taken brochures everywhere we could think of taking them and it really seems to be paying off.

If you haven't gotten your tickets already make sure you don't miss out! Even if you can't make it to the activities beforehand the concert is sure to be exciting for all ages - who doesn't love Peter and the Wolf, especially narrated by Peter Sagal???

Michael Daugherty attending ESO's Saturday night performance

I think we don't stress often enough the calibur of artists we bring into the Elgin Symphony Organization - at all levels. From the contracted musicians, the the subs, to the conductors and guest artists we have some of the top people in Chicago and beyond performing on the stage at Hemmens.

For example, this weekend not only do we have our usual fantastic orchestra performing with baritone Robert Orth, but we also have composer Michael Daugherty coming to make some remarks about his piece Letters from Lincoln at the Saturday night performance. This is pretty exciting, and I've gotten the impression that not too many people know about it.

Well, now you know!