In this performance, guest host Holly Adams, circus performers Fire Magick, and Symphoria explore Charles Darwin’s observations about the origins of music as well as some of his musical favorites. A cash bar and light refreshments are offered as part of this performance.
PROGRAM
MOZART: Magic Flute Overture
ELGAR: Salut d’Amour
SAINT-SAENS: Carnival of the Animals (Aviary)
TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake Suite (Danse des cygnes)
PIAZZOLLA: Libertano
DVORAK: American String Quartet (Scherzo)
RIMSKY KORSAKOV: Snow Maiden Suite (Dance of the Birds)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 (Mvt. 2)
BIZET: Carmen Suite (Habanera)
BEETHOVEN: Ruins of Athens (Turkish March and Overture)
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FEATURED ARTISTS

Lawrence Loh is Music Director of Symphoria (Syracuse, NY). Mr. Loh was Assistant, Associate and Resident Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 2005-2015 and he returns annually to lead a wide variety of programs.
Mr. Loh’s previous positions include: Music Director of the West Virginia ...
Lawrence Loh is Music Director of Symphoria (Syracuse, NY). Mr. Loh was Assistant, Associate and Resident Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 2005-2015 and he returns annually to lead a wide variety of programs.
Mr. Loh’s previous positions include: Music Director of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Syracuse Opera; Music Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra; Associate Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Denver Young Artists Orchestra.
Mr. Loh is active as a guest conductor, both in the U.S. and abroad. In addition to annual concerts in Pittsburgh and Dallas, his recent engagements include the Boston Pops (Tanglewood), North Carolina Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Pensacola Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, National Symphony, Detroit Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Albany Symphony and the Cathedral Choral Society at the Washington National Cathedral. Past engagements include the National (Washington D.C.), Indianapolis, Tacoma, Utah, Rochester, Naples, Knoxville, Florida, El Paso, San Luis Obispo, Edmonton, Colorado, Charleston (SC), Malaysia, Daejeon (South Korea) and Greater Bridgeport Orchestras. His summer appearances include the festivals of Grant Park, Sun Valley, Bravo Vail Valley, Aspen, Mann Center in Philadelphia, Breckenridge, Las Vegas, Hot Springs, the Kinhaven Music School and the Performing Arts Institute (PA). In the summer of 2016, he made his debut at Tanglewood, conducting Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony with the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Orchestra and returned to Tanglewood in 2017 to conduct the Boston Pops.
Having a particular affinity for pops programming, Mr. Loh has been engaged for repeat performances with Chris Botti, Idina Menzel, Ann Hampton Callaway and more. He has assisted John Williams on multiple occasions and conducted numerous sold-out John Williams tribute concerts. He is particularly adept at conducting concerts synchronizing live orchestral music with film, and he has lead Jurassic Park, Pixar in Concert, Disney in Concert, The Wizard of Oz and Singin’ in the Rain, among other concert productions.
Mr. Loh received his Artist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting from Yale, his Masters in Choral Conducting from Indiana University and his Bachelor of Arts and Certificate of Management Studies from the University of Rochester. Lawrence Loh was born in southern California of Korean parentage and raised in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He and his wife Jennifer have a son, Charlie, and a daughter, Hilary. Follow him on instagram @conductorlarryloh or twitter @lawrenceloh or visit his website, www.lawrenceloh.com.

Holly Adams is a SAG-AFTRA performer with classic and conservatory training and a graduate of the International Dell’Arte School. Her professional career covers two decades and four continents! Known for her skills as a physical actor, her stage and film roles include Zombies, Aliens, and Shakespearean nymphs, witches, ...
Holly Adams is a SAG-AFTRA performer with classic and conservatory training and a graduate of the International Dell’Arte School. Her professional career covers two decades and four continents! Known for her skills as a physical actor, her stage and film roles include Zombies, Aliens, and Shakespearean nymphs, witches, and warriors. Favorites include film features Gotham Blue, Anomie, and Here Alone; shorts Your Loving, Virginia as Virginia Woolf, Ovid, and Taps. Some stage favorites: Love, Loss and What I Wore; My Father’s Dragon; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Macbeth; A Christmas Carol; Hotspur in Richard II; Richard III in Kynge’s Games; as well as numerous physical theatre pieces.

Founded by dynamic partnership, Luna Hawks and Artemis Fox; Fire Magick is a professional fire dancing company who offers very unique, top notch entertainment that is exciting and memorable! Fire Magick delivers a variety of performances that are all very adaptable to different venues and events. Their performers combine ...
Founded by dynamic partnership, Luna Hawks and Artemis Fox; Fire Magick is a professional fire dancing company who offers very unique, top notch entertainment that is exciting and memorable! Fire Magick delivers a variety of performances that are all very adaptable to different venues and events. Their performers combine highly technical prop manipulation skills with an athletic flowing dance to music. They use many props including; hoops, fans, levitation wand and orb, staff, dragon staff, and more! In addition, they offer incredible displays of fire eating and even breathing!