Pacific Symphony Presents Annual Free Concert Celebrating 60th Anniversary, 7/26

Pacific Symphony's annual free summer evenings of outdoor music and entertainment will come to Segerstrom Center's Arts Plaza for the first time on Friday, July 26 beginning at 5:30 p.m. The 2013 Target Symphony in the Cities (SITC) concert series on the Center's Arts Plaza will also help to celebrate Costa Mesa's 60th Anniversary. The Symphony, led by Music Director Carl St.Clair, will play familiar and well-loved tunes by Shostakovich, Massenet, Strauss (Jr. and Sr.!) and American legends John Williams, Leonard Bernstein and John Philip Sousa. Special guest performers are the doo-wop group The Alley Cats and violinist Kotaro Tsutsumi.

Pre-concert events feature the Symphony's Musical Playground and many interactive and hands-on activities for children, including the opportunity to make an instrument, play in a drum circle, visit the instrument petting zoo and meet Symphony musicians. Maestro St.Clair will offer his conducting workshop, starting at 6:45 p.m. in preparation to assist in leading Sousa's "Hands Across the Sea" during the concert. Guests are encouraged to bring beach chairs or other easily portable seating items, as well as snacks and picnic suppers. Barbecues and similar food preparation are not permitted.

Parking is available for an event rate of $10 in the Park Tower structure off Sunflower and Park Center Drive. Event rate parking vouchers will be sold in the Concert Hall.

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