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To request a change to your listing, please call (562) 467-8806 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. 3 presents CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS Robert KAPILOW COMPOSER AND CONDUctor With DANIEL PELZIG, DIRECTOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY PHILHARMONIC SHERRY BOONE, SOPRANO JONATHAN HAYS, BARITONE MELISSA SANDVIG, DANCER Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 6:30 PM This performance will not include an intermission. The taking of photographs or use of recording devices is strictly prohibited. BIOGRAPHIES For more than a decade, ROBERT KAPILOW has lions, wild horses, and twittering birds in Camille Saint- brought the joys and wonder of Classical music to audiences Saëns’ enchanting piece The Carnival of the Animals. Kapilow’s of all ages and backgrounds. The award-winning musician inimitable humor and original music come to life in a helps children explore how composers use music to portray presentation of John Gardner’s poem And Furthermore, wildlife sounds and movements in his acclaimed CARNIVAL They Bite! OF THE ANIMALS program. Hear insects buzzing in Flight Kapilow’s range of activities is broad, including his of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and roaring Continued on page 5 4 What Makes It Great?® presentations, family compositions, orchestras, including the National Symphony, the Philadephia FamilyMusik® events, and Citypieces. The reach of his Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the St. interactive events and activities is wide – geographically Louis Symphony. He has also led numerous new works of and culturally – from Native American tribal communities musical theater, ranging from the Tony award-winning Nine in Montana to inner-city high-school students in Louisiana. on Broadway to the premiere of Frida for the opening of the Kapilow’s popularity and appeal have been reflected in two Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival and notable invitations – to appear on NBC’s Today show, and premieres of works for the American Repertory Theater.