Student musicians to perform ‘The Carnival of the Animals’

Forty-one musicians will gather at Good Hope Lutheran Church, 129 W. Charles St., Bucyrus on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 26 at 4:00 p.m.

By February 21, 2017 6:50 am

Press release

Forty-one musicians will gather at Good Hope Lutheran Church, 129 W. Charles St., Bucyrus on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 26 at 4:00 p.m. They will present “The Carnival of the Animals” by French composer, Camille Saint-Saëns. The free concert is part of this year’s curriculum of Bucyrus Suzuki Strings (Mary Ann Basinger, violinist) and Bucyrus Talent Education (Donna Kurtz, pianist). Eleven cities are represented.

In addition to students, special guests will be alumnae, and members of Mansfield and Ashland Symphonies. Jonny Price, of Bucyrus Little Theatre, will narrate with poetry of Ogden Nash and introductions of each “animal” by Leonard Bernstein. Mary Ann Basinger will conduct.

“The Carnival of the Animals” is a humorous suite of fourteen movements, a different animal being featured in each movement. This is the fourth time it has been featured in Bucyrus over four decades in a collaboration between BTE and BSS. The most recent was in 2008. It will be an hour-long concert geared to all ages, from preschoolers through senior citizens. (In fact, the performers will include kindergarten twin pianists through one almost eighty!) The first public performance of “Carnival” took place in Paris on this same weekend (Feb. 25, 1830) as the current Bucyrus presentation.

Concertmaster Evan Dornbirer will begin the program with Scene de Ballet, op.100 by Charles deBeriot accompanied by Patty Neff, piano.

Students performing are: Gillian and Tessa Spore, kindergarten; Jamee Hoffman, 2nd grade; Ben Jones 4th grade; Ayla and Lynae McKibben, Lucy Myers, 5th grade; Emma Steiger, Sydney Sullivan, 6th grade; Owen Fruth, Alie Hall, Madalyn Johnson, Perry Koepke, Sophie Lucas, Nolan McKibben, Lydia Pfeifer, Sheba Sulser, 7th grade; Mason McKibben, Evan Stover, 8th grade; Brevin Balliett, Kat Hall, Anna Koepke, 10th grade; Evan Dornbirer, Will Lucas, Sami Strickland, 11th grade.

Alumnae performing: Mallory McClain Guined, Linda Kurtz Hoffman, Amy Thornton Jones, Lindsey Pfeifer Lee, Sarah Harer Shroll, MaryAnn Murphy Tucker, Jillian Frost Tuttle.

Guest Soloists: Lindsey Brown, cello; Mackensie Cole, flute; Patty Neff, piano; Jillian Frost Tuttle, xylophone; Ed Wise, clarinet

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