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After 10 Years On The Road, The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Returns To The Orpheum Theater

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Farrar Hudkins
Published September 14, 2015 at 11:42 AM EDT
The Orpheum Theater has reopened after 10 years.
The Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater has reopened after 10 years.

After 10 years the LPO returns to the Orpheum Theater.

After ten years of post-Katrina concerts in other venues, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra returns to theOrpheumTheaterin New Orleans' Central Business District to open its 2015-16 concert season.

FarrarHudkinstalks with Mary vonKurnatowski, one of theOrpheum'snew owners, and longtimeLPOmusicians Patti Adams and Jim Atwood, to give us the story of this historic homecoming.

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Farrar Hudkins
Farrar joined WWNO in 2001 as a part-time Announcer, and is currently Chief Classical Announcer, a producer, and the interim music manager. He has been a passionate musician since the age of four, playing the piano, singing in his church choir, performing in musical theatre, and playing the trumpet in such ensembles as the North Carolina Symphony and the Louisiana Philharmonic.
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