2011 American Arts Experience – St. Louis Kicks off with David Halen« BACK

Friday, September 23, 2011

Event:
David Halen & Friends
Previewing the American Arts Experience - St. Louis festival and benefitting the Arts and Education Council

When:
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 7:30 pm

Where:
Sheldon Concert Hall

Patron Tickets: $50 including pre-concert cocktails, preferred seating and a tax deduction.  Call the Arts and Education Council at 314-289-4005.  Single tickets:  $25 orchestra / $20 balcony. Call MetroTix at 314-534-1111 or visit www.TheSheldon.org.

The Sheldon and HEC-TV are pleased to present "David Halen & Friends," Thursday, September 29 at 7:30 pm in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall.  St. Louis Symphony concertmaster David Halen invites his musical friends to help kick-off the second annual American Art Experience-St. Louis with a program featuring colorful classical music, selections by George Gershwin and Irving Berlin, and much more.  This exciting multi-media event will also highlight events and organizations participating in the American Arts Experience-St. Louis festival, sponsored by Emerson, which runs from September 30 through October 16 throughout the St. Louis area.

The September 29 event will be broadcast live on HEC-TV (Charter Channel 989, AT&T U-Verse Channel 99) and live-streamed at hectv.org.  Proceeds from the event will benefit the Arts and Education Council.

The American Arts Experience – St. Louis is sponsored by Emerson, the diversified global manufacturing and technology company headquartered in St. Louis. Additional support is provided by the Arts and Education Council, and the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission.  Media partners are St. Louis Commerce Magazine, HEC-TV Nine Network, St. Louis Public Radio, and the St. Louis Jewish Light.  American Airlines is the official airline of the The American Arts Experience – St. Louis.  The official hotel is Hotel Ignacio.

American Arts Experience - For 17 days and nights, beginning September 30, 2011, the American Arts Experience – St. Louis will fill concert halls, museums, theaters, universities and outdoor spaces in the St. Louis area with dozens of performances and shows by renowned American artists and companies in disciplines ranging from symphonic music to jazz and singer-songwriters, theater by American playwrights and dance by American companies to major American visual artists. The American Arts Experience – St. Louis is an annual festival each October celebrating all mediums of American arts.  Visit www.AmericanArtsSTL.org for more information.