This concert is the ideal introductory orchestral concert for children 5–13 years, but will also be fun for parents and grandparents. Enjoy the music in A Colorful Symphony based on a chapter from Norton Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth, in which a boy enters a magical land where an orchestra and its conductor play color into the world each day.
The Evanston Symphony Orchestra will play:
ROSSINI
William Tell Overture: finale
RODRIGUEZ
A Colorful Symphony
Charles Taylor, narrator
VIVALDI
Concerto for Two Trumpets, Mvt. 1
Don Cagen and Charles Russel Roberts, soloists
WILLIAMS
Star Wars "Imperial March"
Highlight of the Afternoon:
Evanston District 65 orchestra students playing side-by-side with Evanston Symphony musicians.
BADELT
Pirates of the Caribbean selections
BIZET
"Farandole" from L'Arlésienne
Participating District 65 Schools and Teachers
Chute Middle School
Nichols Middle School
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School
Dr Bessie Rhodes Magnet School
Teachers:
Christine Huber; Martin Nocedal; Jim Janossy; Roberto Carrillo; Alyson Berger
Tickets
All tickets are assigned seating.
Please call 847-864-8804 for wheelchair accessible tickets.
Advance Sales
$42 Adult, $36 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student
Children Free
Children 12 and younger are admitted absolutely FREE, but must have an assigned seat.
Please call 847.864.8804 or email tickets@evanstonsymphony.org for all orders with children’s tickets.
At the Door Sales
$47 Adult, $41 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student
2026–2027 SERIES SUBSCRIPTION
Three-concert Subscription
$111.75 Adults, $99.00 Seniors, $15 Students
Soloist
Musical Insights
Free Pre-Concert Preview Series!
Enhance your concert experience with a sneak preview — Composers come alive and their passions take center stage when ESO Maestro Lawrence Eckerling takes you on an insider’s tour of the history and highlights behind the music.
Series Sponsored by The Merion
Merion’s Crystal Ballroom
529 Davis St, Evanston.
FREE and open to the public.
Please RSVP to 847-570-7815.
Light refreshments will be served and casual tours of apartments will be available after the program.