Columbus Symphony’s PNC Arts Alive Concerts for Kids to Present RHYTHM OF THE AMERICAS, 3/25

The Columbus Symphony and conductor Michael Berkowitz will showcase a variety of percussion instruments in the Rhythm of the Americas program. This PNC Arts Alive Concert for Kids is a one-hour classical concert for young audiences at the Capitol Theatre on March 25, and will feature rhythmic music from all the Americas-North, South, and Central. The CSO's PNC Arts Alive Concerts for Kids are funded by a grant from PNC Arts Alive, a three-year, $1.5 million initiative of The PNC Foundation that supports visual and performing arts groups with the goal of increasing arts access and engagement in new and innovative ways.

"We know what art can do, how it changes perspectives, even changes lives. From classical music and fine art to dance and theatre, we're committed to keeping the arts alive in central Ohio," said Michael Gonsiorowski, PNC regional president for central Ohio.

The program includes Copland's Hoedown, Anderson's Syncopated Clock, Strauss, Sr.'s Radetzky March, Prima's Sing, Sing, Sing, Joplin's The Entertainer, Gershwin's Cuban Overture, Tchaikovsky's Waltz from Eugene Onegin, LaPrise's The Hokey Pokey, Bizet's Carmen: Les Toreadors, Gershwin's Promenade, Bernstein's Overture to West Side Story, and Williams' End Title from Star Wars.

Children and parents are invited to come early and enjoy free, pre-concert activities beginning at 2pm in the Capitol Theatre lobby. Activities include:

Musical crafting with the Columbus Museum of Art
String instrument "Petting Zoo" courtesy of The Loft Violin Shop
Woodwind, brass, and percussion "Petting Zoo" courtesy of Music and Arts Centers

Harp "Petting Zoo" courtesy of Jude Mollenhauer Music Studio
Choose your own temporary tattoos

WeJoySing – play, dance, and learn!
Learn to conduct with Luis Biava, CSO Principal Cellist
Meet the Columbus Symphony musicians
Musical activity with Tau Beta Sigma Music Fraternity, Capital University

Also, PNC Grow Up Great, a comprehensive, bilingual school readiness initiative to help prepare children from birth to age five for success in school and life, will offer a crafting activity.

The Columbus Symphony's PNC Arts Alive Concerts for Kids presents Rhythm of the Americas at the Capitol Theatre (77 S. High St.) on Sunday, March 25, at 3pm. Recommended for ages 3-10, the concert will last approximately one hour. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for children, and can be purchased at the Ohio Theatre Ticket Office (39 E. State St.), all Ticketmaster outlets, and www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, please call (614) 228-8600 or (800) 745-3000. Children 3 and under are free.

www.columbussymphony.com.