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The EMF Young Artists Orchestra in collaboration with the Greensboro Ballet and narrator Dr. Robert Wells present a family-friendly concert featuring Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. Join us at 1:00 pm for pre-concert activities on the lawn!
The Eastern Music Festival’s mission is to promote musical enrichment, excellence, professional collaboration, innovation, and diversity through a nationally-recognized teaching program, music festival, concerts, and other programs which will enhance the quality of life, health, and vitality of our region. The Eastern Music Festival and School, founded in 1961 in Greensboro, North Carolina by Sheldon Morgenstern, is an internationally-renowned classical music festival and institute for young musicians that runs for five weeks each summer. The institute accepts students ages 14 through 22 from around the country and the world. The EMF faculty consists of world-class performing artists selected from top orchestras and music schools nationally and internationally. Led by music director Gerard Schwarz, the Eastern Music Festival and School celebrates its 51st season in 2012.