Concert includes realistic large-scale Triceratops puppet, videos, imagery and educational activities provided by Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Shades of Jurassic Park! Big booming sounds from the William J. Gillespie Concert Organ and dino-mite music performed by Pacific Symphony combine with authentic footage from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) to create a family-fun musical expedition into the prehistoric world of “Dinosaurs!” Presented by Farmers and Merchants Bank, this Family Musical Mornings concert features a 66-pound dinosaur puppet, plus videos and still images of dinosaurs, fossils and paleontologists at work, provided by the NHM.
Filled with dinosaur-inspired music, children and families are guided by paleontologist Dr. Olivia Mattis (Bree Burgess Rosen) and her young assistant Sammy (Coleton Ray) in a hunt for clues in the music to reveal the identity of a mystery dinosaur. An imaginative spectacle, “Dinosaurs!” sets the mood for the little T-Rex or Stegosaurus hoping to uncover the mysteries of natural history.
Led by Assistant Conductor Alejandro Gutiérrez, the orchestra is joined by organist Kristen Lawrence, as well as Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra (PSYO) playing side by side the professional musicians, for a performance of John Williams’ “Jurassic Park”; James Newton Howard’s “The Egg Travels” from the Disney film, “Dinosaur”; Verdi’s Overture to “La Forza del Destino” and selections from Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet” and Saint Saëns’ “Organ” Symphony.
Taking place Saturday, March 8, at 10 and 11:30 a.m. in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, the concert is written and directed by Symphony favorite Joe Lauderdale, who also provides costumes and props. Tickets are $19-$39. For more information or to purchase tickets, please call (714) 755-5799 or visit PacificSymphony.org.
Jayce Keane
Director of Public Relations
Pacific Symphony
3631 S. Harbor Blvd. Suite 100
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Direct: 714/ 876-2383 │Tickets: 714/ 755-5799
