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Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra bring music and painting to the same stage

SBSO Music Director and Conductor Fouad Fakhouri and Mosaic Host David Nicholas

The next concert from the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra will blend music and the visual arts. Valerie Allen from Studio 23 in Bay City will be painting on stage as the orchestra performs works by Haydn, Torke, and Copland on the first half of their Saturday, February 8 performance.  Music Director and Conductor Fouad Fakhouri joined David Nicholas during Mosaic for a preview.

The second half of the concert will feature the Symphony No. 5 by Sibelius.  Saturday’s concert begins at 8 PM at Saginaw’s Temple Theater.  All the information about the concert is available at www.saginawbayorchestra.com

David Nicholas is WCMU's local host of All Things Considered.