What: Luther College Symphony Orchestra performance in Hays, Kan.
Where: Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center
When: Wednesday, March 24, 7:30 p.m.
Concert info: http://music.luther.edu/tours/orchestra/current/index.html or call 1-800-4 LUTHER
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March 10, 2010                 For immediate release
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Luther College Symphony Orchestra to perform in Hays, Kan.

    DECORAH, Iowa – Luther College Symphony Orchestra, Luther’s largest and oldest orchestral ensemble, will perform Wednesday, March 24, 7:30 p.m. at Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center, Fort Hays State University, 601 Park St., Hays, Kan..
The performance is open to the public. Tickets are $15 adults, $10 seniors and $8 students. For tickets, visit www.luthertickets.com or call 1-800-4 LUTHER..

The Symphony Orchestra will perform Overture to “Rienzi” by Richard Wagner, “Mother Goose Suite: Five Pieces for Children” by Maurice Ravel and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Opus 39.

    The Luther Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Daniel Baldwin, Luther professor of music, includes more than 85 student musicians representing a variety of academic majors. In addition to presenting regular concerts featuring the masterworks of orchestral literature, the Symphony Orchestra hosts more than 200 high school students at the annual Dorian Orchestra Festival.
Baldwin conducts both the Chamber and Symphony orchestras at Luther.  Before joining the Luther faculty, he held conducting positions at Central Washington University, the Brevard (N.C.) Music Center and with the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestras. 
He received his formal training in string pedagogy as a teacher in the nationally acclaimed University of Texas String Project.
Luther is home to one of the largest collegiate music programs in the world with seven choirs, three bands, three orchestras, two jazz bands and nearly 1,000 student musicians. Luther’s students perform in large ensembles, faculty-coached chamber groups, private lessons and master classes. More than 350 music majors study music theory/ear training, history, education, composition, church music and performance.