Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony and the Chestnut Street Fair for Families! Saturday, July 8th from 2-5pm.
Bestselling author Dan Brown presents WILD SYMPHONY with Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra at The Music Hall
The illustrated children’s book features original orchestral music from Dan Brown
Dan Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code, presents his new illustrated children’s book and original orchestral music, Wild Symphony at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH, Saturday, July 8, at 3pm.
The Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra will perform Brown’s classical debut for the young at heart as a special benefit presented by the author himself. Wild Symphony, Brown’s first work for orchestra, features twenty-one musical portraits drawn from the animal kingdom. From the joyous rhythms of “Bouncing Kangaroo” to the mysterious melodies of “Wondrous Whale” to the hair-raising harmonies of “Brilliant Bat,” Wild Symphony is a very wild symphony indeed.
*NEW EVENT* CHESTNUT STREET FAIR FOR FAMILIES
Chestnut Street Fair, Saturday, July 8, from 2 to 5 pm
Before and after the performance of Wild Symphony, The Music Hall will be hosting a family-friendly street fair out on Chestnut Street starting at 2pm and directly following the performance until 5pm. The street fair will include a Kona ice truck, face painting, a magician, free popcorn, and photo booth.
“This special event will be bigger and better this year! Outside will be a fun Chestnut Street Fair for families, and inside sweeping and exciting orchestral music in the Historic Theater,” says Bob Lord, Chair of the Board of Trustees at The Music Hall, CEO of PARMA Recordings, and Music Producer of Wild Symphony. “Dan Brown makes orchestral music and reading fun for all—it’s been thrilling to watch Wild Symphony become a beloved family favorite around the world.”
“Wild Symphony is fast becoming a new classic for families the world over, and we’re all looking forward to bringing this special event back,” says Bob Lord, Chair of the Board of Trustees at The Music Hall, CEO of PARMA Recordings, and Music Producer of Wild Symphony. “This is fun, exciting, beautiful music, and to hear it live in the Historic Theater with Dan himself narrating is a true treat.”
A lifelong musician and composer who counts himself among those inspired at a young age by classics such as Peter and the Wolf and The Carnival of the Animals, Brown has long held music at the core of his artistic life. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit New Hampshire Music Educators Association (NHMEA), a New Hampshire-based nonprofit focused on the development of music educators and the advancement of all forms of music creation, performance, and literacy.
Please visit www.wildsymphony.com for more information and a sneak peek behind the scenes.
TICKETS
Tickets starting at $14 for children 18 and under and $28 for adults, and can be purchased online at TheMusicHall.org, by calling 603.436.2400, or in person at the B2W Box Office at the Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut Street in downtown Portsmouth. Groups of 10 or more are $14 per ticket.
ABOUT DAN BROWN
Dan Brown is the author of numerous #1 international bestsellers, including The Da Vinci Code, Inferno, The Lost Symbol, Angels & Demons, Deception Point, Digital Fortress, and Origin with over 220 million copies in print. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he spent time as an English teacher before turning his efforts fully to writing. He lives in New England and is currently working on a tantalizing new Robert Langdon thriller. You can follow Dan at www.danbrown.com and @authordanbrown.
ABOUT THE MUSIC HALL
The Music Hall is a performing arts center featuring curated entertainment from around the world in two theaters in its downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire campus—one, a landmark 1878 Victorian theater, designated an American Treasure for the Arts by the National Park Service’s Save America’s Treasures Program, the other the intimate Music Hall Lounge around the corner, recently named “best performing arts venue” by Yankee
Magazine and the recipient of the NH AIA award for design excellence.
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ABOUT THE PORTSMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1997 to provide an ensemble for amateur musicians to play together and perform for the community. Over the years it has turned its focus outward to the Greater Seacoast community to provide a series of Main Stage concerts at the historic Music Hall and enrichment concerts for schools, Stringendo – a youth program for students, and the Up Close and Personal chamber music series. The
orchestra is comprised of over 65 local professionals, educators, highly accomplished amateurs, and advanced students. In 2011 John Page became music director, opening the doors to a new level of involvement in the greater Seacoast community.
Tickets and more Information: www.themusichall.org
Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony Benefit Concert
With the Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra
Sat., July 8 • 3pm
The Music Hall’s Historic Theater
Chestnut Street Fair
Sat., July 8 • 2-5pm
Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, NH
