Show Utah Symphony Gains Maturity from Tour Music lovers who attend the Utah Symphony concert to be held in Vernal Tuesday November 4 may be pleasantly pleasant ly Iy surprised to find a more mature and exciting ensemble of than the Utah Symphony they knew in Fe February of 1966 the date of the most recent concert in Vernal A European tour tour in the fall faU of 1966 in which the symphony visited five countries countries count ries rles outside the United States traveled a total of miles miles' and gave 16 concerts concerts con con- in weeks has produced a more seasoned group of THE EUROPEAN EUROPEAN tour was a special triumph for the symphony and the State of Utah No American orchestra except ex ex- except those from very large metropolitan centers had ever toured Europe It was was was' the Greek pianist Gina Bachauer Bachauer Ba Ba- wh who first advanced the idea of a European tour for the Utah Symphony Symphony Sym Sym- phony following her appearance with the orchestra in March 1964 Upon returning return ing to her native Greece Mme Bachauer Bachauer Ba- Ba suggested that the Utah Symphony Symphony Symphony Sym Sym- phony be invited to appear in the 1966 Athens Festival Officials lats of the National Tourist Organization Organization Organization Or Or- of Greece acted upon her suggestion suggestion suggestion sug sug- and invited the symphony to present present pre pre- present sent three concerts in Athens and two in S which is the birthplace of symphony conductor Mau Maurice Abravanel THE TOUR was was financed by grants from the U U. S S. S Department of State and nd the State of Utah local contributions and tour fees earned by the orchestra to Europe the symphony performed performed per per- formed to 5 a sold out house in its Carnegie Car Car- negie Hall debut in New York City In Europe the symphony played in Yugoslavia Yugo slavia alavia Austria Germany and England as well as as in Greece Since the European tour the symphony symphony sym sym- phony has has' toured the West Coast performing performing per per- forming in Seattle Los Angeles San Francisco Santa Barbara and Portland The tour was an historic first in that it it was made at the specific request of Utah's Governor Calvin L L. Hampton Rampton as asa asa a means of attracting new industry into Utah The concert in Vernal will be the final performance of of a tour which will include cities in Wyoming and Colorado The down beat will fall faU at 8 p pm p.m. m. m at the Uintah sigh High School Gymnasium Tickets are available at the office in Roosevelt Utah State Extension Extension Exten Exten- sion ion offices or at lit the tho Hotel Vernal f |