About the Program

Lemony Snicket’s murder-mystery picture book “The Composer is Dead” comes to life in Nathaniel Stookey’s imaginative composition for orchestra. It’s a fun, lively “whodunit” designed to introduce children to the instruments in an orchestra as the musicians—and even the conductor—are interrogated by the Inspector. Who killed the composer? Help us solve the mystery!

Program

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Overture from The Magic Flute

Austin Jaquith Excerpt from Dracula: Bloodlines

Lemony Snicket/Nathaniel Stookey The Composer is Dead

Featured Artists

Patrick Reynolds, conductor

Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra

Dayton Ballet II

Dayton Opera Artists-in-Residence