The Ars
Viva Symphony Orchestra, recent winner of the 2013 Skokie Fine Arts Award for Excellence, opens its 19th
season at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie on September
29, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. Music Director
Alan Heatherington, known for his creative programming and entertaining
comments to the audience illuminating the music, will lead one of Chicago’s
finest professional orchestras in a program featuring Bartok, Brahms and
Bruckner. The orchestra’s unique Music for Life program for children ages
4 to 11 accompanies each concert providing parents and their children a perfect
blend of live classical music and music education.
The season begins with an engaging work
of Bartók, Hungarian Sketches, which
exudes the influence of popular Hungarian folk tunes. The Brahms “Tragic”
Overture is much more dramatic than tragic in nature, and is as brilliant a
work as any of his four beloved symphonies. With the powerful Bruckner Symphony
No. 6, Maestro Heatherington concludes a fascinating afternoon of music.
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Founded in 1995 by Music
Director Alan Heatherington, the Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra is composed of the
finest professional musicians in the Chicago metropolitan area, including many
members of the world-renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Thoughtful, challenging programming
demonstrates a commitment to excellence and artistic vitality that sets Ars Viva
apart from other orchestras. With
diligent attention to detail and a profound knowledge of style and musical
history, Maestro Heatherington commands a wide variety of repertoire ranging
from Baroque to contemporary music. It
is the goal of Ars Viva not only to present an interesting variety of music at
the highest level of performance quality, but to help audiences engage with the
music in new ways.
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The popular Music for Life program accompanies each of Ars Viva’s concerts. The program concept is simple: parents (or grandparents) bring their
children to the concerts and sit together in the audience to hear the
orchestra. After the first piece on the program, the children ages 4 to 7 leave
the auditorium with the professional educators from the Music Institute of
Chicago to go to their classroom right in the building. At intermission, the older children (8 to 11)
go to their classroom. The children learn more about the music they have heard,
the composer or the historical and cultural setting. Instructors use visual arts, drama,
storytelling, and movement to stimulate the children’s imagination and
creativity. With an accompanying adult,
the children are admitted to the concert and Music for Life free of charge.
Single tickets
are $32–70 with discounts for seniors and youth. The Ars Viva season-opening
concert and the Music for Life
program begin at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at the North Shore
Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. Ample free parking is available and the
building is handicapped accessible. For
complete information, call 855 ARS-VIVA (277-8482) or purchase tickets at http://www.arsviva.org
