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David Arisco, award-winning artistic director of Actors’ Playhouse, and Victor Lopez, nationally recognized conductor and composer, will join the award-winning South Florida Youth Symphony for a free Halloween concert, “Jack-O’-Lantern Jubilee,” on Oct. 30, at the historic Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile in Coral Gables.
Doors open at 4:30 p.m. for the 5 p.m. “pre-dinner” performance. Social distance seating will be in place with a limit of 300 attendees. Masks are required.
Arisco will narrate Monster Mash while Lopez will be the guest conductor on his arrangement of Pink Panther.
“We are excited to have these two talented individuals join us for our ‘Jack-O’-Lantern Jubilee,’” said Marjorie Hahn, SFYS executive and music director. “This will be quite an experience for our performers as well as the audience.”
Now in its 57th consecutive year, the SFYS has performed world-wide over the past five decades. In recent years they won a Gold Medal at the prestigious Heritage Music Festival in Washington, D.C. in 2017, performed at Carnegie Hall in 2018 and captured Gold at the Young Bohemian 2019 Music Festival in Prague, Czech Republic. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced the talented young musicians to practice via Zoom and perform virtual concerts, they captured a prestigious Suncoast Emmy for their third online concert.
In keeping with the Halloween theme, the musicians will perform while in costume. The kids in the audience — who will receive “goodie bags” following the concert — also are encouraged to wear Halloween costumes.
The SFYS program is sponsored with the support of the City of Coral Gables, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Miami-Dade County Mayor and County Commissioners, The Children’s Trust, Miami-Dade County Office of Management and Budget, State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Kirk Foundation, Publix Charities, and Nancy Friday Foundation.
For more information on the “Jack-O’-Lantern Jubilee” concert, contact the South Florida Youth Symphony via email at MakeMusic@sfys.net or by phone at 305-238-2729.
