This preview has been provided by the North Carolina Symphony.

The North Carolina Symphony will perform “boo-ti-ful” music in two NCS Kids Series “Halloween Spooktacular” concerts on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. at Meymandi Concert in downtown Raleigh.  Conductor Alfred E. Sturgis and Enchantment Theatre Company will join the Symphony in this much requested repeat performance.

The program features music by John Williams, Bach, Saint-Saëns, and others.  Young concertgoers are urged to come to the performance dressed in their favorite costume to walk across the stage.  Also featured before the concerts will be the North Carolina Symphony Instrument Zoo, a hands-on classical music activity. North Carolina Symphony volunteers and staff demonstrate the instruments of the orchestra and give kids the opportunity to try them out for themselves.

Alfred E. Sturgis is a highly sought after conductor whose versatility and extensive background allow him to journey comfortably into a wide variety of musical experiences. He currently serves as Music Director of the North Carolina Master Chorale, the Carolina Ballet and the Tar River Orchestra. Known for being a strong collaborative artist, Sturgis has also enjoyed a great deal of experience in opera and musical theater.

Enchantment Theatre Company has produced original theater for school groups and families since 2000, when it was established as a non-profit arts organization in Philadelphia. The company presents only original work based on classic stories from children’s literature, using its signature blend of masked actors, pantomime, magic, large-scale puppets, and original music.

Tickets to the “Halloween Spooktacular” with the North Carolina Symphony and Enchantment Theatre Company are $20.  For more information, go to the North Carolina Symphony’s website at www.ncsymphony.org, or call 919.733.2750 or toll free 877.627.6724. Tickets can also be purchased one hour prior to concert times at Meymandi Concert Hall.

WakeMed is the NCS Kids Series sponsor.

About the North Carolina Symphony

Founded in 1932, the North Carolina Symphony gives more than 200 performances annually to adults and school children in more than 50 North Carolina counties. An entity of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, the orchestra employs 65 professional musicians, under the artistic leadership of Music Director and Conductor Grant Llewellyn and Resident Conductor William Henry Curry.

Headquartered in downtown Raleigh’s spectacular Meymandi Concert Hall at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts and an outdoor summer venue at Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, N.C., the Symphony performs about 60 concerts annually in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary metropolitan area. It holds regular concert series in Fayetteville, New Bern, Southern Pines and Wilmington—as well as individual concerts in many other North Carolina communities throughout the year—and conducts one of the most extensive education programs of any U.S. orchestra.

Nov. 2 Program
North Carolina Symphony
Alfred E. Sturgis, conductor
Enchantment Theatre Company

Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
John Williams (b. 1932)

In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

Danse macabre, Opus 40
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Funeral March of a Marionette

March to the Scaffold from Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Entrance of the Gladiators, Triumphal March
Julius Fucik (1872-1916)

The Tale of Prince Kalendar from Scheherazade, Op. 35
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)