Who: The Gateway Festival Orchestra
What: A Tribute to Maestro William Schatzkamer
When: Tonight at 7:30
Where: Brookings Quadrangle on the Washington University campus
Why: What's more summery than an outdoor concert, especially it's the fifty-piece Gatewaty Festival Orchestra? Bring a blanket or lawn chair, buy a Ted Drewes Frozen Custard or two (they're available at the concert) and settle down for an evening of easy-on-the-ear (but still certifiably great) classics, including Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 ("New World"), Smetana's The Moldau from Ma Vlast, Richard Strauss's The Duel for flute and bassoon (with soloists Janet Scott and Peggy Bumb), Carl Komzak's Polka for Two Piccolos (with soloists Janet Scott and Carolyn Hoyer), and music from Bernstein's West Side Story.
Admission and parking (which is plentiful) are both free.
Schatzkamer, who died last year, was the conductor of the Gateway Festival Orchestra until 2002. He was also on the faculty of Washington University and the original music director of the University City Symphony.
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