Johns Creek Symphony Presents Season Finale Concert

JOHNS CREEK, GA — The Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra will conclude its 2017-2018 season on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. with a program titled “The American Dream” at Johns Creek United Methodist Church, 11180 Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek. The program, conducted by Maestro J. Wayne Baughman, will feature Roger Wise as narrator and Brent Davis, baritone.

“This concert is a musical tour of the country we all call home,” said JCSO Executive Director Linda Brill. “We will play a little jazz, some Broadway favorites, old American songs, and we will go all the way out West to the wide, sweeping soundscapes of the American frontier. Along the way, we will salute the heroes who have made the American Dream possible for us all.”

TICKETS for this public performance are $32 for adults; $27 for seniors; and $16 for students. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For tickets, call (678) 748-5802 or visit www.johnscreeksymphony.org.

In conjunction with this performance, the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra has joined forces with 36 other orchestras across America as part of the “Orchestras Feeding America” national campaign spearheaded by the League of American Orchestras.

“We are encouraging our audience members to bring non-perishable food items to this performance, which we will collect and transport to North Fulton Community Charities Food Pantry. Many people in our community are struggling to achieve the American Dream, and we’d like to lend a helping hand by joining this national initiative,” said Brill.

North Fulton Community Charities distributes more than 9 tons of food and staple goods each week. NFCC’s pantry most needs: pasta sauce, rice, and toothpaste. Canned goods: potatoes, spinach, collards, beets, carrots, mixed veggie pea/carrot combo, sweet potatoes/yams, tomato sauce/paste, ramen noodles, Hamburger Helper-type meals, corn meal, grits.

The League of American Orchestras first joined forces with Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger relief organization, in 2009. More than 215 orchestras in all 50 states participated in an unprecedented coordinated effort by collecting and donating food to their local food assistance agency or food bank within Feeding America’s network of more than 200 food banks and 60,000 agencies. Since then, over 360 orchestras have participated in the annual effort.

This program is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov. Additional support comes from the Rotary Club of Johns Creek North Fulton.

Now in its eleventh season, the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra is metro Atlanta’s only fully-professional, part-time symphonic orchestra, made up of professional musicians from all over the greater metro Atlanta area. The Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Founder and Music Director J. Wayne Baughman, provides musical enrichment for the community of Johns Creek through a three-concert series of performances, as well as additional educational programs and special events each year.