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MONTEREY SYMPHONY WILL PRESENT "THE INSTRUMENTS"—AN EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR AIMED AT ADULTS WHO WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MUSIC, MUSICIANS, AND THE INSTRUMENTS THEY PLAY. COURSE BEGINS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009, 1:30 OR 5:30 P.M.

October 14, 2009, Monterey, California: For four consecutive Wednesdays, beginning on October 25, musical ensembles representing each of the four instrument groups (brass, winds, strings, percussion) will present information on music and their instruments and perform short demonstration pieces. The cost is $100 for all four presentations. The registration fee includes the course, refreshments, and materials. Registrants may choose the 1:30-3:00 p.m. session or the 5:30-7:00 p.m. session. The program is hosted by Diane Cadei, Education Coordinator for the Monterey Symphony. Space is limited and advance registration required. For additional information, please contact Diane Cadei at 645-1126 or education@montereysymphony.org. The course begins on Wednesday, October 28 with the Percussion Ensemble and continues on November 4, 11, and 18 with winds, strings, and brass respectively. All sessions will take place at the Monterey Symphony’s Conference Room, 2560 Garden Road, Suite 101, Monterey, California.

Enjoy the Classics! is the adult education program of the Monterey Symphony. It was inaugurated in March 2009 with three lectures on "The Symphony"–as an art form delivered by Symphony president and chief executive officer Joseph Truskot to a capacity audience in the orchestra’s Conference Room, 2560 Garden Road, Suite 101, Monterey, California.

Additional lecture series this season will include "The Golden Age of Movie Music" presented by Symphony trustee and movie buff Don Lindsay and "The Concerto" present by Mr. Truskot.

The Monterey Symphony, under the artistic leadership of Max Bragado-Darman, is the only fully-professional orchestra serving the communities of the Monterey Bay, Salinas, Salinas Valley, Big Sur, and San Benito County. It provides triple performances of a seven-concert subscription series at Carmel’s Sunset Theater and Salinas’ Sherwood Hall, annual holiday concerts, and an extensive youth activities program, including more than 200 visits to classrooms by musicians, which culminates in concerts by the full orchestra for school children.

The Monterey Symphony is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation, supported, in part, through the fundraising efforts of the Friends of the Monterey Symphony; and grants from The James Irvine Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Harden Foundation, The Robert and Virginia Stanton Fund at the Community Foundation for Monterey County, The William and Flora Hewlitt Foundation, The Monterey Peninsula Foundation, The General Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, The Chapman Foundation, The J. M. Long Foundation, The McGraw-Hill Companies, The Nunes Company, Upjohn California Fund, and many other generous foundations and individual donors.

For additional information, please call 831-646-8511 or visit our web site:

www.montereysymphony.org.

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