Ozark Festival Orchestra Fall Concert
Sunday, October 18, 2026 · 3:00 PM CDT · Connect2Culture · Joplin, MO
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The Ozark Festival Orchestra opens its 47th season with a concert themed “America 250: Heritage from the Heartland.” Under music director Carla Wootton, the orchestra will perform Louis Moreau Gottschalk’s “Symphony No. 1: A Night in the Tropics.” The program also features a movement from Kabalevsky’s “Youth” Piano Concerto No. 3, with orchestra member Jessica Hall as soloist. Other selections include Aaron Copland’s “Variations on a Shaker Melody” from “Appalachian Spring,” a concert setting of “America the Beautiful,” and Kansas City Youth Symphony conductor Kirt Mosier’s lively “Firehouse Jig” for strings. Purchase tickets online at ozarkfestivalorchestra.org. Admission: Adults $10, Children/Students admitted for free.
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