Local Student Chorus & Spring Branch ISD Teacher Perform in Family Concert

The Houston Symphony's Family Series returns to Jones Hall at 10 and 11:30 a.m. Saturday, October 15, just in time for Halloween. Led by Associate Conductor Robert Franz, the program will take audiences on A Magic Carpet Ride featuring music from Aladdin, including "A Whole New World" and "Friend Like Me."

The orchestra will perform Rimsky-Korsakov's magical Scheherazade as Edgewood Elementary School music teacher Hope Shiver narrates the tale. Shiver, who has graced stages in Egypt, France and Iceland, has a longstanding relationship with the Houston Symphony, having sung selected compositions and narrated various children's stories, including Peter and the Wolf (in Spanish and English) Babar the Elephant, and Scheherazade several times over the past two decades. Based on the tale of One Thousand and One Nights, Scheherazade evokes a sense of thrilling fairy-tale adventure.

ABOUT THE HOUSTON SYMPHONY

During the 2016-17 season, the Houston Symphony celebrates its third season withMusic Director Andrés Orozco- Estrada, and continues its second century as one of America's leading orchestras with a full complement of concert, community, education, touring and recording activities. The Houston Symphony, one of the oldest performing arts organizations in Texas, held its inaugural performance at The Majestic Theater in downtown Houston June 21, 1913. Today, with an annual operating budget of $33.9 million, the full-time ensemble of 87 professional musicians presents nearly 170 concerts annually, making it the largest performing arts organization in Houston. Additionally, musicians of the orchestra and the Symphony's four Community-Embedded Musicians offer over 900 community-based performances each year, reaching thousands of people in Greater Houston.

For tickets and more information, please visit www.houstonsymphony.org or call 713-224-7575.