{"id":24004,"date":"2006-09-20T11:45:29","date_gmt":"2006-09-20T18:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=24004"},"modified":"2015-08-17T15:09:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T22:09:15","slug":"nau-symphony-orchestra-opens-season-with-a-free-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-symphony-orchestra-opens-season-with-a-free-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU Symphony Orchestra opens season with a free performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NAU Symphony Orchestra starts off its season with its first concert in the Masterworks series,\u00a0<em>The Fifth of Beethoven<\/em>, at 3 p.m. Sept. 24 in Ardrey Auditorium. The performance is free and no tickets are required.<\/p>\n<p>The performance will feature mezzo-soprano\u00a0<strong>Judith Cloud<\/strong>, an NAU professor of voice, as well as some of the best-known classical masterpieces, including Rossini&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Barber of Seville Overture<\/em>, Mahler&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Songs of the Wayfarer<\/em>, and Beethoven&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Symphony No. 5<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Beethoven&#8217;s<em>\u00a0Fifth\u00a0<\/em>is one of the most electrifying pieces in the classical repertoire and Rossini&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Barber of Seville\u00a0<\/em>was immortalized by Bugs Bunny cartoons,&#8221; said\u00a0<strong>Darko Butorac<\/strong>, NAU Symphony Orchestra conductor. &#8220;As a contrast, the concert offers the haunting Mahler songs performed by Dr. Cloud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Butorac said the orchestra is playing &#8220;remarkably well&#8221; and is excited about the collection. &#8220;Our mission is to introduce the best classical music to new listeners and especially students of all ages,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Masterworks Series will present five classical concerts throughout the school year, featuring first-class guest artists such as Cloud and\u00a0<strong>Steven Moeckel<\/strong>, violinist and concertmaster for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Darko Butorac at (928) 523-2340 or visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchestra.nau.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.orchestra.nau.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-symphony-orchestra-opens-season-with-a-free-performance\/\">The NAU Symphony Orchestra starts off its season with its first concert in the Masterworks series,\u00a0The Fifth of Beethoven, at 3 p.m. Sept. 24 in Ardrey Auditorium. The performance is free and no tickets are required. The performance will feature mezzo-soprano\u00a0Judith Cloud, an NAU professor of voice, as well as some of the best-known classical&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":24006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}