EVANSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MUSICAL INSIGHTS FREE RECITAL/LECTURE

North Shore
Retirement Hotel and Evanston Symphony Orchestra

Host Free Program/Recital
featuring Music Celebrating Evanston 150

Evanston, IL
— The North Shore Retirement Hotel, in conjunction with the Evanston Symphony
Orchestra, will host Musical Insights, a free lecture program open to the public
on Friday, November 8, 2013 starting at 1:30 p.m.at the North Shore Retirement
Hotel, 1611 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.

The program
features a presentation by Lawrence Eckerling, Music Director of the ESO,  and David Ellis, the ESO’s General Manager, for
the upcoming concert on Sunday, November 10 at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in
Evanston. The concert, titled Evanston
150, will start at 2:30 pm with the world premiere of the Evanston Fanfare
by Mark Gresham, plus audience favorites including Ravel’s Bolero and Mussorgsky’s Pictures
at an Exhibition. The Carnival of the
Animals by Saint-Saëns will feature duo-pianists Kyle and Ryan Janak-Huang,
plus narrator Toni-Marie Montgomery in the witty verses of Ogden Nash.

The North
Shore Retirement Hotel is the sponsor of this popular lecture/recital series.  These programs discuss the upcoming concert
on the Friday afternoon prior to each ESO subscription concert.  Maestro Eckerling uses recordings, DVDs, and
the piano to demonstrate musical ideas and themes.

The program
lasts about an hour and concludes with a question-and-answer session and free
refreshments.

Founded in
1945, the award-winning Evanston Symphony offers five concerts a year with a
mission to provide community members of all ages with convenient, affordable
opportunities to perform and hear fine classical music from locally, nationally
and internationally renowned artists.