FCS - Wild Symphony FINAL PROGRAM

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THE BEVERLEY TAYLOR SORENSON FAMILY CONCERT SERIES

WILD WIND SYMPHONY! BYU WIND SYMPHONY Conducted by Shawn Smith 11 AM, SAT. APRIL 12, 2025 CONCERT HALL (MB)

TODAY’S CONCERT PROGRAM featuring BYU Wind Symphony with Shawn Smith, conductor and Mark Ammons, narrator

Wild Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . composed by Dan Brown Book by Dan Brown, illustrated by Susan Batori

Every song performed today is named after a different animal as part of the wild symphony. See if there are any animals you recognize!

• Maestro Mouse

• Wondrous Whale

• Woodbird Welcome

• Rat Attack

• Bouncing Kangaroo

• Busy Beetles

• Clumsy Kittens

• Brilliant Bat

• Happy Hippo

• Cricket Lullaby

• Frogs in a Bog

• Maestro Mouse Reprise

COVER AND ILLUSTRATION AT LEFT BY SUSAN BATORI

• Dancing Boar

A NOTE FROM DAN BROWN (THE COMPOSER) Dear Readers, Long before I wrote stories . . . I wrote music. My parents were both musicians and teachers, and I grew up practicing classical piano, singing in choirs, and attending LOTS of concerts. Music was a secret sanctuary for me as a child. It calmed me when I felt frustrated, was a trusted friend when I felt lonely, helped me express my joy when I was happy, and, best of all, sparked my creativity and imagination. Even now, I play piano every day— usually after I finish a long day of writing.

Music is a kind of storytelling, and the twenty-one orchestral movements in Wild Symphony—combined with their accompanying poems and illustrations—all work together (like a code, of sorts!) to tell a story . . . and reveal a funny or interesting side of an animal’s personality. If you listen carefully, you might be able to find each animal hiding in the music. Even better, every animal in this book will share with you a simple moral . . . a fun collection of “secrets to life” that will help you on your way.

I hope you have as much fun experiencing Wild Symphony as I had creating it.

About Dan Brown (born in 1974 in New Hampshire, now lives in Los Angeles)

GREGORY W. BROWN

COVER AND ILLUSTRATION AT LEFT BY SUSAN BATORI

Sincerely, Dan

Dan Brown—the man behind the #1 best-selling publishing phenomenon The Da Vinci Code—is known for exciting twists, turns, and surprises.

His newest surprise, Wild Symphony, unveils the novelist as a lifelong musician and composer who was inspired at a young age by Peter and the Wolf, The Carnival of the Animals, and The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.

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THE WIND SYMPHONY The creative composer of Wild Symphony, Dan Brown, used many musical instruments to make his musical inspirations come to life in sounds.

• Circle the instruments you hear play during the concert!

• Draw a line from the family names to the instrument families!

French Horn

Trombone

Tuba

Trumpet

Clarinet Bassoon Euphonium

Saxophone

Piccolo

Oboe

ADOBE STOCK

Flute

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THE STRING FAMILY

THE PERCUSSION FAMILY

THE WOODWIND FAMILY

THE BRASS FAMILY

Harp Snare Drum Crash Cymbals Tambourine

Bass Drums Triangle String Bass Cowbell

Timpani Drum

ADOBE STOCK

Xylophone

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PICTURE SEARCH Find these animals in this picture: • Bat • Frog • Hippo • Ostrich • Armadillo • Birds • Bumblebee • Kitten • Mouse • Boar

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RE-COMPOSITION OF ILLUSTRATION BY SUSAN BATORI

• Kangaroo

RE-COMPOSITION OF ILLUSTRATION BY SUSAN BATORI

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MAZE

ADOBE STOCK

The concert’s about to start, but the animals can’t find their instruments! Help them get through the maze so they can be ready to perform!

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It’s storytime!

All the music that you heard today is based on the book “Wild Symphony” by Dan Brown. He was a composer first, and chose to write this book later on!

If you wrote a book about your favorite music, what would it be like? Draw your own book cover below!

ADOBE STOCK

ADOBE STOCK

What is the name of your cartoon book?

Write it here:

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WIND SYMPHONY WORD SEARCH Words are hidden going across, backwards, up, down, and diagonally!

O M A V Q S WM J C I U C V N X V E C H B K P M J U S H H V X Y L O P H O N E T A E A Q T C E A A B P A G K G U G L M R S P B N W I W T L L C F Q Y H I P P O U S L T T G I B Q M S E R R C Z N O A U M O S D S Y A N R M T T L I O C P L K S P O Z A N T M R D A K G R E C G Q Q I E E N K M X F R P O S S B Y I X K D E T L T Z L R L O Y I A O Y S B Z N O E Q T R E V L C O I P N N N L M M E O G T T E Q X F Y U A W P H L G I A P U E T S D N Y H C D N H Y T E O W B O D H H T M A S R A Y Y A M R Y A R N J A Z A O K L I U R R H I M N U S P E C E N S W R N D E J V P T K A B B E T B M U G E S N S Y F S O O Y B U S A R K E Q W S C O N D U C T O R R O C I P L O G H V J S I A Y N T M U Q U A M Y X U S W E Z V C I L V Y H G H P K R K K N J R M N B Y G Z O U D T F X S G F T B W O O D W I N D S J N L Q G K Q Dan Brown

Hippo

Cricket

Xylophone

Woodwinds

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Frog

Horn

String Bass

Brass

Mouse

Boar

Bassoon

Tympani

Strings

Kangaroo

Whale

Saxophone

Harp

Percussion

Kittens

Beetles

Cymbals

Trumpet

Conductor

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Free admission to our Family Concert Series is provided by a generous donation from the

Beverley Taylor Sorenson Foundation We are grateful for their support!

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JOIN US AT OUR FAMILY CONCERTS NEXT SEASON! PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW! Tickets for each concert will become available three weeks before the concert date, at 10 a.m.

BYU PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

BYU Symphonic Band

Conducted by Nathan Haines Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

Conducted by Nathan Seamons Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, 11 a.m.

Concert Hall, Music Building

Concert Hall, Music Building

Look for updates about next year’s family concerts:

familyconcerts.byu.edu Attention Preschoolers and Parents!

The BYU Young Musicians Academy is a series of weekly music classes for preschool children and their parents. The program runs from September 2025–April 2026 and are held on Saturday mornings. Classes are available for children ages 20 months to 6 years old.

Registration opens in April 2025. childrensmusic@byu.edu

SCAN TO ENTER TODAY’S DRAWING! Please complete this feedback form before the concert starts for a chance to win your own copy of “Wild Symphony” by Dan Brown! We can’t wait to hear from you! Use your phone’s camera to scan the code. Then tap the link and our Google form will guide you from there!