Gulf Coast Symphony performs Beethoven and Bruckner

KURTZ The Gulf Coast Symphony, Southwest Florida's premier community orchestra, presents another of its critically acclaimed Classical Access Concerts on Saturday evening, May 9. The program features the Overture from Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio and Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor, "The Apocalyptic."

The concert takes place in the Anderson Theater at Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers, 5598 Sunrise Dr., at 7:30 p.m. Ample free parking is available. Single tickets are $10-$20, with free tickets for children under 18.

The Gulf Coast Symphony's Classical Access Concerts are designed for the audience to become active listeners during the evening's program. Prior to each piece, Music Director Andrew Kurtz will discuss the musical selection and demonstrate with orchestral excerpts various elements that make the evening's program unique. Highly interactive, the evening's concert is both entertaining and educational. The informal and casual atmosphere of these concerts enhances the concertgoers' experience. Following the concert, the conductor will hold a question and answer session with interested audience members.

This concert is sponsored by Symphonia Medicus: "Doctors Dedicated to the Art of Classical Healing." For more information, e-mail info@gulfcoastsymphony. org.

if you go

>> Classical Access Concert — Beethoven and Buckner >> When: Saturday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. >> Where: The Anderson Theater, Bishop Verot High School >> Cost: $5 and $10, children free >> Information: For tickets, call 481-4849, online at www.gulfcoastsymphony.org or at the Anderson Theater box office one hour prior to the concert.