Kearney Symphony Orchestra opens season Oct. 4

Anthony Donofrio, left, Heidi Farrell, top right, and Franziska Brech are featured performers at the upcoming Kearney Symphony Orchestra concerts Oct. 4 at the UNK Fine Arts Recital Hall and Oct. 6 in Holdrege at The Tassel Performing Arts Center.
Anthony Donofrio, left, Heidi Farrell, top right, and Franziska Brech are featured performers at the upcoming Kearney Symphony Orchestra concerts Oct. 4 at the UNK Fine Arts Recital Hall and Oct. 6 in Holdrege at The Tassel Performing Arts Center.

WHAT: Kearney Symphony Orchestra Concert “Journey North to’ Neath”
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
DATE: Tuesday, Oct. 4
PLACE: Fine Arts Recital Hall, University of Nebraska at Kearney
SECOND PERFORMANCE: KSO also performs at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 in Holdrege at The Tassel Performing Arts Center. The concert in Holdrege is free to the public.
FEATURED MUSIC: Premiere of “Red/Blue Continuum” by UNK Assistant Professor of Music and Performing Arts Anthony Donofrio; Haydn’s “Concerto #2” by UNK’s Franziska Brech on flute and Heidi Farrell on oboe; “Orpheus in the Underworld Overture,” Jacques Offenbach; “Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana,” Pietro Mascagni; “Karelia Suite,” Jean Sibelius; “Symphony #38 Prague,” W.A. Mozart.
LIVE STREAM: http://www.unk.edu/kso/
TICKETS: Tickets are free for students and $10 for adults. Reserve through the UNK Theatre Box Office the week of the performance by calling 308.865.8417 or via email at boxoffice@unk.edu
ABOUTO KSO: Kearney Symphony Orchestra is comprised of UNK faculty and students, as well as instrumentalists from communities across the region. It performs classical and pops concert repertoire, opera, musicals and large works with choir.
DIRECTOR: KSO is under the direction of Deborah Freedman, UNK Ronald J. Crocker Chair in Orchestra