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The Southland Symphony Orchestra enriches the community through exceptional orchestral performances, celebrating diverse musical traditions and supporting music education for underserved populations in the Greater Ontario and Inland Empire area.

The Season Opening Concert, featuring Peter Boyer&#39;s &quot;Ellis Island: The Dream of America&quot;, and Aaron Copland&#39;s &quot;Lincoln Portrait&quot;. This is a once in a lifetime event! Performed with full symphony orchestra, amazing visuals, and incredible actors - come and experience the stories. About the Works Ellis Island: The Dream of America, Boyer&rsquo;s most ambitious work to date, celebrates the historic American immigrant experience and the American dream. Innovative in its format, the work brings elements of the theater and multimedia into the concert hall, employing actors and projected historical images from the Ellis Island archives.The spoken texts for the work come from the Ellis Island Oral History Project, an historic collection of interviews with actual immigrants about their experiences coming to America. After extensive research in this archive, Boyer chose the stories of seven immigrants who came to America through Ellis Island from disparate nations between 1910-1940. He fashioned short monologues from the actual words of these immigrants, and wove them into an orchestral tapestry which frames and comments on their stories&mdash;by turns poignant, humorous, moving, and inspiring. The work concludes with a reading of the Emma Lazarus poem The New Colossus (&ldquo;Give me your tired, your poor&hellip;&rdquo;), providing an emotionally powerful ending to this celebration of our nation of immigrants. Aaron Copland&#39;s &quot;Lincoln Portrait&quot; is a timeless classic. When commissioned by conductor Andr&eacute; Kostelanetz during World War II to compose a portrait of an eminent American, to express the &quot;magnificent spirit of our country,&quot; Aaron Copland selected Abraham Lincoln as his subject. Of Copland&#39;s compositions in the American style that have endeared themselves to a large public, Lincoln Portrait may be the one that has touched most deeply the American consciousness. This performance will be narrated by Terry Weatherby.Tickets are $20 for VIP and $10 general admission. (VIPs can choose from reserved seating, as well as enjoying some special treat bags and wine tasting at intermission) Your registration helps us present exceptional performances, welcome musicians of all ages and backgrounds, and support music education for underserved neighbors across the Greater Ontario and Inland Empire area. Reserve your place today 🎟️ and be part of a community united through powerful orchestral sound. You may also donate to the production costs for this event. Here is more about that! Ways to Give as official Donors:$50 &mdash; Steerage Passage&nbsp; &mdash; &nbsp;Name listed in the concert program$100 &mdash; Registry Room&nbsp; &mdash; &nbsp;Name in program + social media recognition$250 &mdash; New Arrival&nbsp; &mdash; &nbsp;2 tickets + program listing$500 &mdash; Golden Door&nbsp; &mdash; &nbsp;4 tickets, reception invite, listed as sponsor$1,000+ &mdash; Lady Liberty Circle&nbsp; &mdash; &nbsp;Season recognition, VIP seating, logo on all materials &nbsp;You may also purchase our standard VIP or General admission tickets. Every gift &mdash; of any size &mdash; helps us bring this uniquely American story to the stage this October. Thank you for believing in the power of music to carry history forward.More info: We started with a modest goal of $2500, to finance the music rental, royalty fees, tech costs, etc.The total production cost will be approximately $18,000, and includes compensation for actors and musicians, tech costs, as well as incidental costs for program printing, posters, flyers, postcards, and event listings.We will keep you updated about the project - so check back often!You can donate right here through Zeffy- or Our Zelle tag is southlandsymphony - those are the easiest ways to contribute to the project. Here is a YouTube link to a short introduction to the piece: <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAT-pCC4yEc" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAT-pCC4yEc</a>

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