![]() ![]() When the concert began, the conductor, Matthew Clarke, walked the audience of roughly 50 parents and young children through the composition of the orchestra. The wooden noisemakers that were available included castanets, frog guiros, and block clackers. ![]() Instruments included conga drums, wooden noisemakers, a stepping piano, and-a fan favorite-Boomwhackers, hollow plastic tubes tuned to different musical notes by length. “(The concert) provides a dimension for families that may not have had a way to see how music can assist in the growing up and evolution of their own children.”īefore the performance, students in the orchestra and members of AMTA-S ISU, the Illinois State chapter of the American Music Therapy Association, stood in different areas of the venue’s atrium and demonstrated how to use the instruments before allowing attendees to try them out themselves. ![]() “Music therapy has documented evidence of how important music is in aiding various illnesses and challenges,” he said. By allowing the audience to get involved with the music and express themselves as they see fit, Block incorporates aspects of music therapy into the concert experience. Glenn Block, the director of orchestras and professor of conducting, almost 10 years ago. We want people to sing along and just do what feels natural to them, and it puts a smile on my face every year.” “There’s never a time where we’re telling people to be quiet. “Making noises is encouraged, so it’s always a very inclusive atmosphere,” said Hibbard-Brown, an instrumental music education major from Libertyville. Unlike a typical orchestra concert, the audience is invited to clap and dance along as the orchestra performs. This year’s performance took place on the morning of October 30 in the Center for the Performing Arts. Though each academic year the orchestra performs six concert cycles and plays some of the most challenging music in the orchestral repertoire, her favorite performance is the annual Music for All concert. Police confiscated several firearms from the minor.īoth Gomez and the boy are now in custody and being charged with murder, police said.Illinois State senior Alex Hibbard-Brown has played the cello with the Illinois State Symphony Orchestra since her freshman year. Law enforcement tracked and arrested the child in Rio Vista, about 14 miles south of Keene. Gomez and the child – both from Fort Worth, about 28 miles from Keene – fled the area, but Gomez eventually returned to the scene. The juvenile suspect's age was confirmed by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office, according to The Dallas Morning News. A physical altercation ensued, then the juvenile suspect, who is unnamed because they are a minor, allegedly shot Davis multiple times from the back seat of Gomez's vehicle, the Keene Police Department said.ĭavis was transported to the hospital, where he died. Matthew Davis, 32, admonished Angel Gomez, 20, for being disorderly in the parking lot of the Keene, Texas, restaurant at about 9:40 p.m. A 12-year-old is charged with murder in the shooting of a Sonic restaurant employee in Texas last weekend, according to police. ![]()
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