It's Not Your Grandpa's Symphony: DSO Launches 8 Days In June

It's Not Your Grandpa's Symphony: DSO Launches 8 Days In June

      Cutting Edge, Weeklong Festival Explores "Creation and Conflict,"                   Welcomes in New Era of Classical Music    WHAT:           Get ready for a whole new way to experience the Detroit                   Symphony Orchestra.  On Thursday, June 21, the DSO and the                   Max M. Fisher Music Center launch 8 Days in June, a                   weeklong music festival (June 21 -28) that is designed to                   challenge traditional ideas about classical music and the                   role of symphony orchestras today.  Featuring classical                   and chamber music, jazz, film, theater, spoken word,                   visual art and more, the festival presentations are all                   connected by the theme "Creation and Conflict."    MORE:           In addition to a vast cross-section of genres -- and                   featuring stars such as Chuck D, Wynton Marsalis and F.                   Murray Abraham -- the festival breaks with convention in                   other ways:                      -- The Orchestra will eschew formal attire (no monkey                        suits!) and dress in all-black.                     -- All concerts will allow patrons to bring drinks to                        seats, and latecomers will be seated immediately.                     -- Unique lighting and audio-visual components will                        enhance concerts.                     -- Performances will be introduced by Festival Host Tom                        Allen, of CBC Radio.                     -- A festival lounge will be open pre-concert through                        midnight each night, offering full bar, food service                        and club music.                     -- An art installation by students from College of                        Creative Studies will be on display, with a parallel                        exhibit in the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.    REHEARSALS:     Thursday, June 21, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.                   Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Peter Oundjian conductor                   Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Stravinsky's The Rite of                   Spring                    Thursday, June 21 at 3 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.                   Members of the DSO; Robert Moody, conductor                   Brett Dietz's Headcase (a multi-media work that Dietz                   wrote about his experience of suffering and recovering                   from a debilitating stroke).                    Peter Oundjian and Brett Dietz available for interviews.    CONCERTS:       Thursday, June 21 at 8:30 p.m.*                   Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Peter Oundjian conductor                   Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Stravinsky's The Rite of                   Spring                   *Media reception at 6 p.m.; "Inside the Festival with Tom                   Allen" at 7:30 p.m.                    For a complete schedule of events of to purchase tickets                   visit http://www.8daysinjune.com/ or call 313-576-5111.    CONTACTS:       Jill Woodward -- (313) 576-5126, jwoodward@dso.org                   Marilou Carlin -- (313) 576-5128, mcarlin@dso.org                   Scott Roush -- (313) 576-5158, sroush@dso.org  

PR Newswire -- June 20

Source: Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Web site: http://www.8daysinjune.com/
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