\u201cBerks in Focus: Symphony of a Thousand Images.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\nOrganizers from the RSO and the Yocum Institute for Arts Education say there will be a large, 440-square-foot screen above the stage, displaying images submitted by local students and residents. The visuals all highlight the unique beauty of Berks County.<\/p>\n
Community members were encouraged over the summer to submit their photographs showcasing a variety of aspects of Berks County:<\/p>\n
Community celebrations, street fairs, and festivals<\/p>\n
Cities\u2019 rich histories and treasured local landmarks<\/p>\n
Favorite hometown places, food and traditions<\/p>\n
School activities, sporting events and family moments<\/p>\n
Music-making, dancing, and the arts<\/p>\n
Murals, cultural expression and creative life<\/p>\n
Personal snapshots, volunteerism and gatherings<\/p>\n
Natural beauty and agricultural heritage of Berks County<\/p>\n
Outdoor recreation like biking, running and water sports<\/p>\n
Portraits and everyday acts of kindness<\/p>\n
Pets<\/p>\n
“…Give people the chance to celebrate where they live and what they love and appreciate about their life and their community,\u201d said Andrew Constantine, music director of the RSO.<\/p>\n
The multimedia show is being created by Nicholas Bardonnay, the creative director & CEO of Westwater Arts.<\/p>\n
The selected images will accompany a live performance of Joseph Curiale\u2019s piece, “Awakening.”<\/p>\n
The show is set for this Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Santander Performing Arts Center from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. There will be a reception and gallery showing prior to the performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. \u2013 The Reading Symphony Orchestra is gearing up for a one-of-a-kind performance. It\u2019s called, \u201cBerks in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,72928,4044,128,130,129,20903,21035,124577],"class_list":["post-302888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-community-celebration","tag-photography","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-reading-symphony-orchestra","tag-santander-performing-arts-center","tag-visual-concerto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}