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Ticket PriceFree
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Duration1hr
- Sunday, August 30, 2020 4:00PM — Online
DMSO at Home Family Concert with the Botanical Center
Join us August 30 for a new livestreamed Family Concert in partnership with the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden!
Manager of Beginning Strings Amanda Drish will play live from the garden, highlighting different plants and flowers throughout the concert. Kids and families will hear fun songs, learn about nature, and take part in a hands-on activity led by the Botanical Garden's education staff. Suitable for all ages!
RSVP for the Facebook event to get a reminder when the concert is live! You can also watch on YouTube, click through to the video on Facebook, or tune in right on our website.
As part of our collaboration with the Botanical Garden, we're putting on a video scavenger hunt! Click here for all the details, then send us your videos. We'll choose our favorites and share them during the concert!
#DMSOatHome is a new series of videos and streaming content aimed at connecting with our community online. Join us each Sunday evening on our social media channels for a series of live-streamed recitals from our Des Moines Symphony Musicians.
Performers
- Amanda Drish Manager of Beginning Strings & Community Connections Bio
Amanda Drish Manager of Beginning Strings & Community Connections
Amanda Drish is an educator, violinist, and dedicated leader in the cultivation of the beginning strings community in Des Moines, Iowa. Having performed as soloist in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vienna, and Prague during her time at Coe College, she received her Bachelor of Music in violin performance with secondary instruments in piano and voice. Her mission to explore alternative teaching techniques in classical environments reflects her multifaceted background in jazz and contemporary performance styles. Originally from Washington, IA, Amanda began her education as a violinist from the age of four at the Preucil School of Music in Iowa City, and began piano at age five.
Determined to inspire a wider audience and reach among string players, Ms. Drish’s passion for music education is showcased as she encourages accessibility for students of all backgrounds within her local community. Ms. Drish has applied her registration with the Suzuki Association of the Americas for Suzuki Book 1, and her Teach English as a Foreign Language certification from Oxford Seminars, as the primary teacher for Project Encore. Project Encore is a scholarship program, teaching violin to 40 children with the Boys and Girls Club of Central Iowa. As the manager of Beginning Strings and Community Connections, and Director of Project Encore, she has worked with over 300 students, presenting opportunities that would otherwise not be accessible to these young musicians.
Her interdisciplinary work in continuing Iowa youth string initiatives highlights the value of collaboration to expand and grow a sustainable musical community within central Iowa.
