Salina Symphony Presents Christmas Festival

Andrew Lipke, guest conductor & vocalist

The Symphony’s cherished holiday tradition continues! Multi-talented vocalist, instrumentalist, and composer Andrew Lipke will return to Salina to conduct and perform. The concert will also feature festive song and dance from Iron Street Dance Company, Tamara Howe School of Dance, Salina Chorale, Kansas Wesleyan University Chorale, and Salina Symphony Youth Choir. Celebrate the season with us!

STUDENT/ CHILD TICKET POLICY

•Salina Symphony classical concerts are appropriate for children ages 5+ who can sit quietly through the performance.

•All patrons, including children, must have a ticket to enter the theatre. (No lap babies please).

•Student/child tickets must be purchased through the Stiefel Theatre Box Office: 785-827-1998.

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Andrew Lipke

Andrew Lipke is an Emmy-nominated, South African born composer, producer, arranger, conductor, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and educator based in Philadelphia and active in many styles across multiple genres.

As arranger and conductor Andrew has worked extensively with American singer-songwriter Amos Lee, initially providing orchestrations for Lee’s 2015 album “Live at Red Rocks with The Colorado Symphony” and continuing to orchestrate additional material for Lee’s performances with prominent American orchestras including the Philadelphia, Nashville, Los Angeles, Oregon, St. Louis, Utah, and Seattle symphony orchestras.  In 2019 Amos Lee returned to Red Rocks in a performance featuring Lipke conducting the “Red Rocks Chamber Orchestra” assembled specifically for the event.  Past conducting engagements also include The National Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center, The Atlanta Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Southwest Florida, and Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestras.

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