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Friday, December 3, 2021 7:30 PM (CT)
Caruth Auditorium – Owen Arts Center, 6101 Bishop Blvd. on the SMU campus, Dallas (75205)
214.768.2787
Michelle Merrill, Guest Conductor
Christopher Adkins, Soloist
The concert opens with Luster (2018) by Jared Miller, a short orchestral work in which the composer explores, recreates and reimagines the sound world of electronic dance music. It will be followed by Shostakovich’s somber, introspective and poignant Concerto No. 2 for cello, featuring Meadows faculty member and Dallas Symphony principal cellist Christopher Adkins as soloist. Rounding out the concert is arguably the world’s most famous symphony, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, whose iconic first four notes lead listeners on a heroic journey from darkness to light. The concert will be conducted by guest artist Michelle Merrill, a Meadows alumna (B.M. and M.M.) and former student of Meadows Symphony conductor Paul Phillips. Merrill is music director of the Coastal Symphony of Georgia and a guest conductor with major orchestras in the U.S. and abroad, from Dallas and Detroit to France and Iceland. For more information, call 214.768.2787. The performance on December 5 will be both in-person and livestreamed; to register to watch online, visit https://bit.ly/SMUMeadowsLive.
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