The Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra and Music Director/Conductor Kirk Muspratt announce the South Shore Summer Music Festival. The festival, beginning July 17 and concluding on August 1, will feature FREE concerts by the Northwest Indiana Symphony in 6 communities across Northwest Indiana and Illinois. Come early, bring your lawn chairs and blankets, relax and enjoy the music! Everyone is welcome.
“I think our concerts in the park are a special place where families and friends from our community can join us for an evening of wonderful music, friendship, and relaxation under the stars, said Maestro Kirk Muspratt, creator of the Music Festival. “Plus, it gives me the opportunity and pleasure to spread the word that exciting, moving symphonic music for everyone!”
The concerts will have something for everyone, with the orchestra featuring a collection of American patriotic music in celebration of the country's semiquincentenial.
The South Shore Summer Festival will be appearing at:
Lansing
Friday, July 17 at 7:30 pm
Fox Pointe
Valparaiso
Wednesday, July 22 at 7:30 pm
Central Park Plaza
Gary
Friday, July 24 at 7:30 pm
Marquette Park Pavilion
Crown Point
Saturday, July 25 at 7:30 pm
St. Anthony – Majestic Care
Munster
Tuesday, July 28 at 7:30 pm
Centennial Park
Griffith
Saturday, August 1 at 7:30 pm
Central Park
Rain locations and other summer concert information is available by calling the symphony office at (219) 836-0525 or by visiting the website at www.nisorchestra.org/summer. The South Shore Music Festival is generously sponsored by John W. Anderson Foundation and Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana, with additional support from Strack and Van Til.
Plum Grove Music will host an interactive Instrument Garden that provides an opportunity for children and adults to try their hand at playing an orchestral instrument, one hour before show time at all summer concerts. This event is free.
Additionally, at the Valparaiso concert, musicians from the Northwest Indiana Symphony will perform a short program beginning at 6pm in conjunction with the Lullaby Project of Northwest Indiana. The Lullaby Project is a project of Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute that pairs new and expecting parents with professional musicians to create personal lullabies for their babies.
Also, on the Gary program, the Gary Civic Symphony will perform at 6pm.
The Symphony’s 85th season is on sale now, featuring 5 concerts plus 3 concerts in our Sunday matinee Spotlight Series. Tickets and subscriptions are available on the website at www.nisorchestra.org or calling 219-836-0525 x 200.