Ozark Festival Orchestra opens season with
Christmas concert
December 2, 2020
Posted by Sheila Harris
The Ozark Festival Orchestra will open its 2020-2021 concert season with a Christmas concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Monett High School Performing Arts Center.
Music Director Todd Borgmann will lead the orchestra's regional members in selections of the season. These will include a medley of secular songs associated with the holiday, a medley of sacred carols, a medley of music from Christmas movies, arrangements of “O Holy Night” and “Sheep May Safely Graze” from one of J.S. Bach's cantatas, “A Festive Fanfare” and a surprising arrangement from Tchaikovsky dubbed “A Mad Russian's Christmas” with some unexpected instrumentation that will “rock” the holiday with an arrangement from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens, and free for children high school age and under. The performing arts center is located on the north side of Monett High School, west of the Price Cutter supermarket at Bridle Lane and East Cleveland Avenue.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the OFO will follow safety guidelines used by the Monett school district for use of the PAC. All seats will be assigned to ensure social distancing. Contact information will be required for possible contact tracing. Extra time may be needed to check in all who attend. There will be no intermission to limit congregating.
The OFO will continue its 41st season with its Young Artists/Soloist Showcase Concert on Feb. 21, also at the Monett High School Performing Arts Center; its Pops in the Park/Marty Beckwith Memorial Concert at the Monett City Park Casino on April 25; and a June concert to be announced.
The OFO is a community orchestra composed of players from southwest Missouri and nearby towns, focusing primarily on classical music. The orchestra is supported by memberships, local foundations, ads in the orchestra program book and funds managed by the Monett Community Foundation. This concert received additional support from the Barry-Lawrence Area United Fund, advancing opportunities for young people.
Posted by Sheila Harris
The Ozark Festival Orchestra will open its 2020-2021 concert season with a Christmas concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13, at the Monett High School Performing Arts Center.
Music Director Todd Borgmann will lead the orchestra's regional members in selections of the season. These will include a medley of secular songs associated with the holiday, a medley of sacred carols, a medley of music from Christmas movies, arrangements of “O Holy Night” and “Sheep May Safely Graze” from one of J.S. Bach's cantatas, “A Festive Fanfare” and a surprising arrangement from Tchaikovsky dubbed “A Mad Russian's Christmas” with some unexpected instrumentation that will “rock” the holiday with an arrangement from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens, and free for children high school age and under. The performing arts center is located on the north side of Monett High School, west of the Price Cutter supermarket at Bridle Lane and East Cleveland Avenue.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the OFO will follow safety guidelines used by the Monett school district for use of the PAC. All seats will be assigned to ensure social distancing. Contact information will be required for possible contact tracing. Extra time may be needed to check in all who attend. There will be no intermission to limit congregating.
The OFO will continue its 41st season with its Young Artists/Soloist Showcase Concert on Feb. 21, also at the Monett High School Performing Arts Center; its Pops in the Park/Marty Beckwith Memorial Concert at the Monett City Park Casino on April 25; and a June concert to be announced.
The OFO is a community orchestra composed of players from southwest Missouri and nearby towns, focusing primarily on classical music. The orchestra is supported by memberships, local foundations, ads in the orchestra program book and funds managed by the Monett Community Foundation. This concert received additional support from the Barry-Lawrence Area United Fund, advancing opportunities for young people.