Overview
At a Glance
There’s dreadful news from Severance Hall — the composer is dead and the perpetrator is lurking within the orchestra! A collaboration by children’s author Lemony Snicket and composer Nathaniel Stookey, The Composer Is Dead is a morbidly funny musical whodunit that “investigates” every section of the orchestra — a “Peter and the Wolf” for the 21st century, aimed at a new generation. Composer Nathaniel Stookey narrates. Don’t miss it! For ages 7 and up.
The Family Concert series is sponsored by Giant Eagle.
Pre-Concert Activities
Free pre-concert family activities begin at 1 p.m.!
Instrument Discovery with Royalton Music Center - Strings – Smith Lobby, Brass, Wind, Percussion – Dress Circle Balcony Lobby
Discover your inner musician by trying out a string, brass, wind or percussion instrument. On hand to assist you will be associates from Royalton Music Center and students from Baldwin Wallace College.
Hathaway Brown Chamber Players – Reinberger Chamber Hall
Chamber music performed by talented students from Hathaway Brown School.
Cuyahoga County Library – Smith Lobby
Come and see what’s new in the libraries of Cuyahoga County and check out books by Lemony Snicket!
Artists Corner – Founder’s Gallery
The composers may be dead, however you can give them life! Choose a drawing of a composer from the program to color. Take your colorful composer home to keep as your concert souvenir.
Saturday April 24, at 1 p.m.
Meet the Composer – Free Event!
Composer Nathaniel Stookey reads from Lemony Snicket’s children’s book The Composer Is Dead at Barnes & Noble Booksellers at Eton Chagrin Boulevard in Woodmere. This morbidly funny musical whodunit “investigates” every section of the orchestra, cleverly introducing young readers to the joys of classical music. The book includes a CD featuring Mr. Stookey’s orchestral score to the book’s hilarious text.
Location: Barnes & Noble Booksellers at Eton Chagrin Boulevard, 28801 Chagrin Boulevard, Woodmere, OH 44122, 216-765-7520
