Sinatra, Star Wars, Benny Goodman ... and the DSO!

Sinatra, Star Wars, Benny Goodman ... and the DSO!

DSO Performs First of Three Summer Weekends at Meadow Brook With Sinatra Favorites, 'The Planets' and Space Music with NASA Video, and A Tribute to Benny Goodman

Sponsored by Lexus

DETROIT, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Good things come in threes: the DSO launches a three-week residency at Meadow Brook Music Festival this weekend, offering three different programs over three nights! Thomas Wilkins, the DSO's popular Resident Conductor, leads the first weekend's concerts.

* On Friday night's "Tribute to Frank Sinatra," Adam James joins the orchestra to "channel" Sinatra in a program of great American standards. The evening kicks off with a "Lexus-DSO Meet & Greet" featuring a variety of special giveaways and the chance to meet DSO musicians. Look for the Lexus near the main entrance!

* Saturday brings the celestially themed "Under the Stars" featuring video from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory synchronized to "The Planets" by Gustav Holst. Also featured is music from Star Wars and Star Trek and the Detroit Science Center's telescopes and portable skylab, as well as an appearance by "Galileo," who will mingle with the crowd!

* Sunday's finale, "A Tribute to Benny Goodman" introduces 20-year-old Waterford native Dave Bennett, a clarinet wunderkind who reclaims the "King of Swing" title. The show features professional dancers and a special area set aside for patrons to get up and jitterbug and lindy-hop to their heart's content!

WHERE: Meadow Brook Music Festival (campus of Oakland University),
Rochester Hills

REHEARSAL: Media welcome, please RSVP for rehearsal:
(at Orchestra Hall, the Max M. Fisher Music Center)
Thu., July 20: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m.
(at Meadow Brook Music Festival) Fri., July 21: 3:30 p.m.
to 6 p.m.

CONCERTS: Fri., July 21 at 8 p.m. -- "A Tribute to Frank Sinatra"
Sat., July 22 at 8 p.m. -- "DSO Under the Stars - The Planets"
Sun., July 23 at 7:30 p.m. -- "A Tribute to Benny Goodman"

TICKETS: Tickets are on sale now at http://palacenet.com/ , the Palace Box Office and all Ticketmaster centers. To charge by phone call (248) 645-6666. Prices range from $15 to $50.

CONTACTS: Jill Woodward - (313) 576-5126, jwoodward@dso.org

Marilou Carlin - (313) 576-5128, mcarlin@dso.org

Source: Detroit Symphony Orchestra

CONTACT: Jill Woodward, +1-313-576-5126, jwoodward@dso.org , or Marilou
Carlin, +1-313-576-5128, mcarlin@dso.org , both of Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Web site: http://www.detroitsymphony.com/
http://palacenet.com/

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