Project ESME: "Carnival of the Animals: A Zoo Tour Concert" at John Ball Zoo

Sat Sep 20 2025 at 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm UTC-04:00

John Ball Zoo | Grand Rapids

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Project ESME: "Carnival of the Animals: A Zoo Tour Concert" at John Ball Zoo
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Project ESME and the E.C.H.O. After School Program Student Orchestra are excited to present "Carnival of the Animals, A Zoo Tour Concert" at John Ball Zoo! Join us for a free, exciting live concert experience for all ages on Sept. 20th at 3-5pm!
Performing live throughout various habitats of the zoo, Project ESME and students from West Michigan schools will guide the audience through an interactive, musical storytelling "zoo tour" journey while performing ESME arranged selections from Camille Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals.” The Zoo Tour Concert will culminate with a finale performance at the zoo's Central Stage Plaza and will also feature performances of ESME arrangements from The Lion King, How to Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda, Jaws and more.
This concert is free with the purchase of a John Ball Zoo admission ticket. https://jbzoo.org/tickets/

If you're a music student interested in performing with ESME and student orchestra in this performance you can sign up to register for free at: https://bit.ly/EsmeZoo
Registration includes free rehearsals, lessons and workshops with Project ESME faculty artists.
Project ESME is a 501c3 performing arts and arts education non-profit based in Grand Rapids creating community engagement and music education programs in West Michigan that serve students from underserved area schools, low-income households and diverse communities.
Project ESME's programs blend and fuse world class classical training and performance with an eclectic range of popular music genres to create more holistic, accessible and inclusive arts education outreach programs. These projects include community public outreach student performances, such as our "ESME at Celebration Cinema" concert series, neighborhood pop-up performances, summer camps for students, clinics for underserved public school orchestras and after school programs for student orchestra that offer free private and group lessons, workshops and youth training seminars.
To make a tax-free donation to support Project ESME programming go to: https://bit.ly/31g8HQr
Project ESME's E.C.H.O. and Park Concert Series' are supported by the Wege Foundation, Steelcase Foundation and Dexter Foundation.
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John Ball Zoo, 1300 Fulton Street West,Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

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