Morningside presents free family concert Sunday
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By Joanne Fox Journal staff writer | Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2008
SIOUX CITY -- It's not the allergies that will have folks sneezing at the next outdoor production at Morningside College. It's the audience participation.
"Symphony in Sneeze" is a family concert of symphonic music play. The free concert features musician, author and child development specialist Jim Gill and a 45-piece orchestra.
"Jim has created a program of what he calls symphonic music play," said Randy Peters, artistic director of Morningside's Betty Ling Tsang Summer Fine Arts Series. "In his concerts, Jim doesn't just perform for children and their parents. He uses his music to promote active play between adults and children."
Those who know children's music are aware of a little ditty Gill released about 15 years ago called "The Sneezing Song," one of several songs on a CD entitled "Jim Gill sings The Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes."
"This little recording -- only about 30 seconds -- ultimately went all across the country and became very popular among people who work with children," Gill said in a phone conversation from his home in Oak Park, Ill. "That recording is a little bit of a classic."
"Symphony in Sneeze," a family concert of symphonic music play, will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Buhler Outdoor Performance Center, 3625 Garretson Ave. on the Morningside College campus. In the event of rain, the performance will be moved to Eppley Auditorium, 3625 Garretson Ave., on the Morningside campus. "Symphony in Sneeze" is the final 2008 production for the Betty Ling Tsang Summer Fine Arts Series at Morningside's new outdoor amphitheater-style performance center.
Read more of this story Friday in the Journal's print edition and online at siouxcityjournal.com.
"Symphony in Sneeze" is a family concert of symphonic music play. The free concert features musician, author and child development specialist Jim Gill and a 45-piece orchestra.
"Jim has created a program of what he calls symphonic music play," said Randy Peters, artistic director of Morningside's Betty Ling Tsang Summer Fine Arts Series. "In his concerts, Jim doesn't just perform for children and their parents. He uses his music to promote active play between adults and children."
Those who know children's music are aware of a little ditty Gill released about 15 years ago called "The Sneezing Song," one of several songs on a CD entitled "Jim Gill sings The Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes."
"This little recording -- only about 30 seconds -- ultimately went all across the country and became very popular among people who work with children," Gill said in a phone conversation from his home in Oak Park, Ill. "That recording is a little bit of a classic."
"Symphony in Sneeze," a family concert of symphonic music play, will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Buhler Outdoor Performance Center, 3625 Garretson Ave. on the Morningside College campus. In the event of rain, the performance will be moved to Eppley Auditorium, 3625 Garretson Ave., on the Morningside campus. "Symphony in Sneeze" is the final 2008 production for the Betty Ling Tsang Summer Fine Arts Series at Morningside's new outdoor amphitheater-style performance center.
Read more of this story Friday in the Journal's print edition and online at siouxcityjournal.com.
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