A sensory-friendly concert co-hosted with Rockbridge Area Community Services (RACS) at Lexington Presbyterian Church @ 6:00pm.
Collaboration with W&L dance department featuring music from Duke Ellington, Florence Price, and Mary Watkins.
Collaboration with SVU orchestra featuring the Dvorak New World Symphony and Bernstein's West Side Story Overture
After two years as conductor of the Rockbridge Symphony Orchestra, I began to wonder: why did the Lexington community make me feel at home right away?
The answer: your open acceptance made me feel like I belong here. Therefore, I want to dedicate the theme of this season, There’s a Place for Us, to this special community to celebrate acceptance.
In the November concert, we want to create a space where all our audience can be comfortable having their own reaction to the music we play. This is especially important because persons having special sensory processing needs should be welcomed into a concert space alongside traditional classical concert attendees.
In the March and April concerts, we want to understand African-American heritage better through their music and dance.
In the final concert, we want to realize Dvorak’s vision of the future of American music as inclusive as the music school he started in America back in 1892.
The newest movie rendition of Bernstein’s West Side Story perfectly describes the dream of belonging as the song “There’s A Place for Us” is being sung by the Puerto Rican wanting to feel at home in America. Along with our musicians in the Rockbridge Symphony, we can’t wait to contribute to the welcoming spirit of our community with music.
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