Flights of Fantasy

Sunday, September 27 @ 4:00 PM
Austin Public Library, Special Events Center • 710 W. Cesar Chavez St.

TICKETS

Youth are always free with discounts available for adults.

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Dr. W.P. Sterneman III, Interim Music Director
Sara Hickman, Narrator
Ethyn Evans, Tuba

Flights of Fantasy features Barber’s Night Flight, Toprak’s Captain Marvel, Zaimont’s Chroma: Northern Lights, and Adolphe’s Carnival of the Creatures narrated by Sara Hickman. The program concludes with Ethyn Evans performing Vaughan Williams’s Tuba Concerto — a vibrant afternoon of color, imagination, and orchestral storytelling.

Program

• Night Flight by Samuel Barber 🎶
• Captain Marvel by Pinar Toprak 🎶
• Chroma (Northern Lights) by Judith Lang Zaimont 🎶
• Carnival of the Creatures by Bruce Adolphe with Sara Hickman, Narrator 🎶
• Concerto in F Minor for Bass Tuba and Orchestra by Ralph Vaughan  Williams with Ethyn Evans, Tuba 🎶

Public Transportation

Many bus lines are within 3 blocks of the Austin Public Library.  Plan your trip.

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This project is supported in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts, an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and an Elevate Grant of Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment.