March 12, 2003

BOISE STATE ORCHESTRA TAKES MUSICAL LOOK AT ROYAL TALES

Take a musical journey through the desert realm of the Arabian Nights and glimpse the splendor of ancient Rome at “A Regal Affair,” a concert by the Boise State University orchestras. At 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 16, in the Special Events Center, the Boise State Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra, directed by music professor Craig Purdy, will present music inspired by stories about royalty.

Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for students of all ages and Boise State faculty and staff.

The Chamber Orchestra will open with Mozart’s overture to “La Clemenza di Tito,” an opera set in Rome in 80 A.D. telling the story of unrequited love and an assassination plot against Emperor Titus. The University Orchestra will perform Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade,” based loosely on several stories from tales of “The Arabian Nights.”

For more information call the Boise State music department at 426-3980.

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Craig Purdy

Music department

426-3360

Kathleen Craven

communications and marketing

426-3275

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