The KSO is all over town(s) this December, with Storytime concerts continuing, and the KSO Chamber Orchestra traveling “over the river and through the woods” to Concerts in the Community in Harrogate and Dandridge. Since winter decided to start abruptly just before Thanksgiving this year, we’ve all gotten a head start on that “folks dressed up like Eskimos” thing.
This week starts off with the KSO Storytime quartet (Rachel Loseke and Ikuko Koizumi, violins; Bill Pierce, viola; Ihsan Kartal, cello) playing concerts at the Knox County Public Library’s Karns branch on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 11 am. The theme of this year’s Storytimes is “Boom, Fizz, Read!” and features Eric Carle’s Very Quiet Cricket, Phil Cummings and Nina Rycroft’s Boom Bah, (sounds like the opposite of “very quiet”) and Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root. Geared towards pre-school-age children and their parents, these concerts will be repeated at the Powell, Halls, Norwood, Carter and Cedar Bluff branches through the month of December. Click here to see the complete schedule.
The whole family will enjoy holiday and light classics at the upcoming KSO appearances in Harrogate at Lincoln Memorial University for two shows on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 4:00 and 7:30. Highlights include the Tri-State Community Chorus joining us on works by Rutter and Vivaldi, and KSO principal clarinetist Gary Sperl performing a movement of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. This concert will be repeated the next evening at the First Baptist Church of Dandridge at 7:00, to my knowledge the KSO’s first ever safari to Dandridge.
Next weekend comes the Nutcracker- stay tuned for more!
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