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Show Utah Symphony Plans Summer Pops At Lagoon July 18 The first of five sparkling "pops" concerts by the Utah Summer Symphony will be given Wednesday, July 18, at Lagoon Patio Gardens, according to Her-old Her-old L. Gregory, Symphony manager. man-ager. These five concerts will be given on consecutive Wednesday evenings continuing to August 15, it was announced. This is the first real "pops" series ever launched in Utah and the announcement will be happily hap-pily received by the many music lovers in the state who have repeatedly re-peatedly asked about such concerts. con-certs. A grant of $3,750 from the Simon Bamberger Foundation enabled the symphony to present this series, it was explained. The programs include all time favoriets from Broadway musicals, musi-cals, light operas, delightful melodies mel-odies from around the world and familiar tunes designed to please the entire family. Sharing the conducting spotlight will be the symphony's permanent conductor, conduc-tor, Maurice Abravanel, and the orchestra's associate conductor, Ardean Watts. The world famous George Shearing and his jazz quintet will perform with the orchestra in the opening concert July 18. The musical fare will range from the delightful music of Johan Strauss to modern jazz, with a Mozart piano concerto featuring Mr. Shearing in between. Season tickets for all five concerts con-certs are on sale at the Utah Symphony office, 55 West 1st South, for $7.50. Season tickets for children under 12 are half price. Tickets for individual concerts con-certs are $2.00. They are available avail-able at the symphony office and also at Lagoon on the evening of the concert. |
