MUSIC

This summer, the Houston Symphony comes to your neighborhood and continues its commitment to the community with its annual Sounds Like Fun! series. These FREE performances are relaxed, dynamic and designed for the whole family.

The 2012 Sounds Like Fun! series begins on May 30 and picks up again on June 26 with Associate Conductor Robert Franz leading the orchestra in 7 different FREE Family concerts held in churches, community centers and schools throughout Houston. With the theme Classical Jukebox, music selections will include Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont, Sibelius’ Suite from Karelia and John Williams’ Flying Theme from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial!

Performance Dates:

May 30, 2012, 7:30pm
Seven Lakes High School, Katy
Robert Franz, conductor
9251 South Fry Road
Katy, TX 77494

June 26, 2012, 11:00am
Miller Outdoor Theatre
Robert Franz, conductor
6000 Hermann Park Drive
Houston, TX 77030

June 26, 2012 at 7:30pm
The Centrum, Spring
Robert Franz, conductor
6823 Cypresswood Drive
Spring, TX 77379

June 27, 2012 at 11:00am
Pershing Middle School
Robert Franz, conductor
3838 Blue Bonnet Boulevard
Houston, TX 77025

June 28, 2012 at 7:30pm
The Church Without Walls
Robert Franz, conductor
5725 Queenston
Houston, TX 77084

June 29, 2012 at 11:00 am
Ripley House
Robert Franz, conductor
4410 Navigation Boulevard
Houston, TX 77011

June 30, 2012 at 7:30pm
St. Bernadette Catholic Church
Robert Franz, conductor
15500 El Camino Real
Houston, TX 77062

Program to be selected from the following:
KABALEVSKY: Overture Pathétique, Opus 64
SIBELIUS: Suite from Karelia, Opus 11
BEETHOVEN: Overture to Egmont, Opus 84 [evening programs only]
A. MÁRQUEZ: Conga del Fuego Nuevo
ANDERSON: Chicken Reel
BARBER: Overture to The School for Scandal
OFFENBACH: Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann
D. A. EARNEST: Turbulence
J. WILLIAMS: Flying Theme from E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
PUCCINI/R. WENDEL: Viva Puccini

Please note: not all musical selections will be performed.

Generous sponsorship support for the Sounds Like Fun! Series comes from CenterPoint Energy, ExxonMobil, Randalls Food Markets, Inc., Swift Energy Company, as well as grants from the Melbern G. and Susanne M. Glassock Foundation and the Texas Commission on the Arts.