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Meramec Music Department Presents "Cartoon Symphony" April 29

The Music department at St. Louis Community College-Meramec presents “Cartoon Symphony” at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, in the Meramec Theatre on campus, 11333 Big Bend Road.

The Meramec Symphonic Band will perform works by Percy Grainger, Vaclav Nelhybel and Rimsky-Korsakov, a new work by Jefferson County R-VII band director Ron Sikes entitled “Illumine” and “The Cartoon Symphony,” written by Meramec Symphonic Band conductor and composer Gary Gackstatter. “The Cartoon Symphony” features the silent cartoons of the 1920s from Max Fleischer Studios, an early innovator in animation.

The Jazz Lab Band, directed by Bob Boedges,  also is featured on the program. The band will perform a set of big band standards featuring solos by band members.

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The concert is free and open to the public.  For more information, call 314-984-7639 or email meramecmusic@stlcc.edu.

St. Louis Community College is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you have accommodation needs, please call 314-984-7562 within two working days of the scheduled event to request needs. Documentation of disability may be required.

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