The Mobile Symphony Orchestra will present the opening 'movement' of its newest outreach program, The Big Red Ticket, when it delivers mugs crammed with red vouchers for free tickets to teachers at every school in Alabama's Mobile, Baldwin, Clarke, and Washington counties.  The program offers every student, from Kindergarteners through High School seniors the chance to experience a live performance of great orchestral music.

The voucher entitles its bearer to attend for free a matinee performance of one of the four concerts offered at the MSO's Sunday Family Series:  Disney Pops (September 23), Beethoven and Blue Jeans (November 11), Holiday Pops (December 16), and Legendary Love (February 17).

"People ask how we can afford to give away this many tickets," says Stephen Hedrick, Executive Director of the MSO, "I reply that, as the leading musical institution in our community, we can't afford not to.  Every child should be given the chance to experience great music." 

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