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family seriesDEC. 3

The concerts begin at 10 and 11:30 a.m. Join us for an interactive Musical Carnival at 9 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.

SEGERSTROM CENTER FOR THE ARTSRENÉE AND HENRY SEGERSTROM CONCERT HALL

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Nutcracker for KidsROGER KALIA • CONDUCTOR

FESTIVAL BALLET THEATRE — SALWA RIZKALLA • ARTISTIC DIRECTORBREE BURGESS ROSEN • MRS. CLAUS ADAPTED BY BREE BURGESS ROSEN

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) The Nutcracker (excerpts) The Christmas Tree and March Arrival of Drosselmeyer Clara’s Gift The Battle A Pine Forest in Winter (Journey through the Snow) Divertissement: The Spanish Dance (Chocolate) The Chinese Dance (Tea) The Russian Dance (Candy Canes) Dance of the Reed Flutes Waltz of the Flowers Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy Final Waltz and Grand Finale

Various Holiday Sing Along Deck the Halls The Dreidel Song We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Education programs are supported, in part, by

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Dear Friends,

It gives me great pleasure to welcome all of you to our second Family Musical Mornings concert of the season! There is nothing better than spending the holidays with our loved ones and listening to beautiful music. I can’t think of a more lovely and iconic work than Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker to bring in the holiday season.

From the very opening notes played by Pacific Symphony, our imaginations will take us to a fantastical world filled with dolls, mice and sugar plum fairies, with the help of our narrator, Mrs. Claus!

Clara and the Nutcracker will dance through a beautiful pine forest, which will feature the lush string sound of Pacific Symphony and culminate in a powerful brass finale. We will also experience dances from exotic places like Spain, Russia and China.

During the concert, be sure to listen for today’s Spotlight Instrument, the percussion family. The percussion section consists of many instruments including the tambourine and ratchet, both of which you will hear during the performance today. The ratchet represents none other than the Nutcracker!

Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker contains some of the most inspiring and exciting music ever written, and I am thrilled to share the stage with the Festival Ballet Theatre for today’s performance!

I also hope that you will join us on January 14 for our next concert, a special production of Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, which will feature amazing singers and actors! But first, enjoy the magical journey that you are about to embark on, and who knows, maybe there will even be a special guest chanting the words, “Ho, Ho Ho….”

Music is life,

Roger Kalia

Spotlight on the Percussion FamilyThe percussion family contains a wide variety of instruments and includes anything that makes a sound when it is shaken, scraped or hit. Instruments like the tambourine and the maracas are shaken, while the güiro is scraped with a stick to make sound. The most well-known percussion instruments include keyboards and all kinds of drums, which are hit with drumsticks, mallets or hands. Even more percussion instruments, like the cymbals or castanets, make sound when you hit them together.

Some percussion instruments, like the xylophone and timpani, are considered pitched percussion because they are tuned and play different notes. Others, like the bass drum, snare drum and claves, are considered unpitched because they can’t be tuned or play particular notes. Both pitched and unpitched percussion instruments are featured in the orchestra.

The Nutcracker features many percussion instruments throughout the different dances. Each instrument helps add to the story of The Nutcracker, representing different characters from the ballet. For example, an instrument called a ratchet makes the Nutcracker’s sound, while the tambourine helps make the dancing dolls come to life. Perhaps the most recognizable percussion instrument in The Nutcracker is the celeste, a keyboard instrument that represents the Sugar Plum Fairy with its light, high-pitched sound. Listen for these and many other percussion instruments as you watch today’s concert!

ROGER KALIAASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Thanks! Pacific Symphony thanks the following for

their generous contributions of time to Family Musical Mornings and

the Musical Carnival:Niko Giaimo

Family Concert CoordinatorEileen Regullano

Musical Carnival CoordinatorCarrie Villanueva

Manager of EducationNorthwood High School Tuba Ensembles

Volunteers from:Pacific Symphony League

Pacific Symphony Youth Ensembles Service Organization

Parents from our Class Act Partner Schools

arts-X-press AlumniVolunteers in Education

If you would like to volunteer for Pacific Symphony Education Programs,

please contact Lisa Harden at (714) 876-2353 or LHarden@PacificSymphony.org.

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Travel through the Land of Sweets!CHOCOLATE

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FESTIVAL BALLET THEATRESALWA RIZKALLA, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

U nder the direction of Salwa Rizkalla, Festival Ballet Theatre (FBT) has grown to be one of Southern California’s most vibrant and accomplished professional ballet companies. For more than 27 years, FBT has been dedicated to enriching community arts education

through outreach performances, master classes and collaborations with other esteemed local arts organizations. FBT is proud to present a dynamic performance season, featuring cherished ballet masterpieces alongside cutting-edge new works. FBT’s The Nutcracker has graced the Irvine Barclay Theatre stage since 2007, and showcases local young talent alongside some of ballet’s biggest stars.

Southland Ballet Academy, founded 1983, is the home school of Festival Ballet Theatre. Named one of the Top 7 Producing Schools in the nation by Pointe Magazine, Southland Ballet Academy provides elite ballet training in a creative and nurturing environment. Southland Ballet Academy graduates have gone on to dance professionally in renowned ballet companies across the globe.

Arts Orange County named Festival Ballet Theatre Outstanding Arts Organization of the Year in 2001, and also recognized Artistic Director Salwa Rizkalla with the Helena Modjeska Cultural Legacy Award in 2014.

B ree Burgess Rosen has more than four decades of experience as a professional entertainer, writer, producer, director and music educator. She’s paid her dues with Actors’ Equity, AFTRA and SAG, while paying rent from Manhattan to Hollywood. Locally, she is best

known as the creator/writer of Lagunatics and a founder of No Square Theatre. Over the course of 22 annual Lagunatics and 17 seasons of No Square Theatre, Rosen has helped to raise nearly $1 million for community causes. In recognition of her spirited gifts to Laguna Beach, she has been honored as the town’s 2007 Citizen of the Year, and the 2008 Woman of the Year. Rosen was recognized as Woman of the Year for Theatre in Orange County 2012 by Community Times OC. Rosen lives in Laguna Beach with her husband, Leon Rosen, and they have an 18-year-old son, Noah. In addition to being the founder of No Square Theatre, Rosen is a former board member of the deaf theatre troupe Quiet Zone Theatre and the Laguna Playhouse. An advocate for performing arts education in schools, she has been a writer and director for Pacific Symphony’s Class Act program and the Family Musical Mornings concert series since 2007. She has also performed with Pacific Symphony as a soprano.

BREE BURGESS ROSENDIRECTOR, SCRIPT WRITER AND MRS. CLAUS

FAMILY MUSICAL MORNINGS PRESENTED BY

Hansel and Gretel, Opera for Kids! Saturday, January 14, 2017 This fairytale adventure features charming and catchy tunes from the original opera, along with spoken narration and acting.

King Arthur and the Legend of the Dragon’s Lair Saturday, March 25, 2017 Travel back in time to the kingdom of Camelot with its gallant knights, damsels in distress and King Arthur’s quest to slay the dragon.

Carnival of the Animals Saturday, April 29, 2017 A musical zoo comes to life as the Bob Brown Puppets and a narrator to tell the story of lumbering elephants, a graceful swan and more.

Plus, all the fun of the interactive Musical Carnival!