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November, 16 2009 - Holiday Pops featuring the Cirque de la Symphony

On Saturday, November 21st, kick-off your holiday season with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's 17^th annual Holiday Pops concert. The QCSO will be led by Music Director and Conductor Mark Russell Smith and joined by Cirque de la Symphonie, the Sanctuary Choir of First Presbyterian Church, the Holiday Pops Children's Chorus, and m-pact, Quad City Arts Visiting Artist. The Holiday Pops is sponsored by John Deere and co-presented with Quad City Arts Festival of Trees.

Cirque de la Symphonie is an exciting new production designed to bring the magic of cirque to the music hall. It is an elegant adaptation of some of the most amazing cirque performances witnessed anywhere, and it showcases many of the best artists in the world. The audience is thrilled and bedazzled by aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen. These are some of the most accomplished veterans of exceptional cirque programs from across the globe. They include world record holders, gold-medal winners of international competitions, Olympians and some of the most original talent ever seen. Their performances are uniquely adapted to stage accommodations shared with the symphony, and each artist’s performance is choreographed to the music arrangement provided by the maestro. When the artists of Cirque de la Symphonie perform in front of the full orchestra, an incredible fusion of these two great art forms takes place. The aerialists and acrobats turn the concert into a three dimensional entertainment extravaganza, and the orchestra seems to play with enhanced enthusiasm. Veteran concert-goers and new patrons alike are thrilled by the exhilarating cirque performances and the majesty of the live symphony orchestra.

Also joining the QCSO on stage will be “one of the best pop-jazz vocal groups in the world” (San Francisco Chronicle), Quad City Arts Visiting Artist m-pact. m-pact is respected worldwide as a cutting edge trailblazer in the realm of vocal music. Emerging from an age of auto-tune and overproduction, this Los Angeles-based sextet has cultivated a new generation of ears hungry for the fresh, raw power of nature’s “first instrument” - the human voice. From the beginning, the “pact” of these well-studied masters has been to stay true to Music, regardless of style or genre. Their sophisticated sound and accessible appeal have garnered vast accolades, from Vocal Group of the Year from the LA Music Awards, an Indie nomination (the Independent Grammy^TM), and Artist of the Year (Seattle Music Awards), to Grand National Champs of the Harmony Sweepstakes competition.

The 2009 Holiday Pops is on Saturday, November 21, at the i wireless Center at 7:30 PM. Tickets start at $15 and are available in person at the i wireless Box Office, by phone at 800.745.3000, or at www.QCSymphony.com.


	Press Release November, 16 2009 - Holiday Pops featuring the Cirque de la Symphony On Saturday, November 21st, kick-off your holiday season with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's 17^th annual Holiday Pops concert. The QCSO will be led by Music Director and Conductor Mark Russell Smith and joined by Cirque de la Symphonie, the Sanctuary Choir of First Presbyterian Church, the Holiday Pops Children's Chorus, and m-pact, Quad City Arts Visiting Artist. The Holiday Pops is sponsored by John Deere and co-presented with Quad City Arts Festival of Trees. Cirque de la Symphonie is an exciting new production designed to bring the magic of cirque to the music hall. It is an elegant adaptation of some of the most amazing cirque performances witnessed anywhere, and it showcases many of the best artists in the world. The audience is thrilled and bedazzled by aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen. These are some of the most accomplished veterans of exceptional cirque programs from across the globe. They include world record holders, gold-medal winners of international competitions, Olympians and some of the most original talent ever seen. Their performances are uniquely adapted to stage accommodations shared with the symphony, and each artist’s performance is choreographed to the music arrangement provided by the maestro. When the artists of Cirque de la Symphonie perform in front of the full orchestra, an incredible fusion of these two great art forms takes place. The aerialists and acrobats turn the concert into a three dimensional entertainment extravaganza, and the orchestra seems to play with enhanced enthusiasm. Veteran concert-goers and new patrons alike are thrilled by the exhilarating cirque performances and the majesty of the live symphony orchestra. Also joining the QCSO on stage will be “one of the best pop-jazz vocal groups in the world” (San Francisco Chronicle), Quad City Arts Visiting Artist m-pact. m-pact is respected worldwide as a cutting edge trailblazer in the realm of vocal music. Emerging from an age of auto-tune and overproduction, this Los Angeles-based sextet has cultivated a new generation of ears hungry for the fresh, raw power of nature’s “first instrument” - the human voice. From the beginning, the “pact” of these well-studied masters has been to stay true to Music, regardless of style or genre. Their sophisticated sound and accessible appeal have garnered vast accolades, from Vocal Group of the Year from the LA Music Awards, an Indie nomination (the Independent Grammy^TM), and Artist of the Year (Seattle Music Awards), to Grand National Champs of the Harmony Sweepstakes competition. The 2009 Holiday Pops is on Saturday, November 21, at the i wireless Center at 7:30 PM. Tickets start at $15 and are available in person at the i wireless Box Office, by phone at 800.745.3000, or at www.QCSymphony.com.