American Music Festival
Experience a wide variety of American classical and motion picture music as Music Director and Conductor Stephen Ramsey and the Austin Symphony Orchestra open our 70th season.
October 25, 2026 | 2:00 pm
Knowlton Auditorium, Austin High School Event Details
Ticket price: $30
A potpourri of great American music, including Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring, narrated by Lisa Deyo, plus Fanfare for the Common Man. This unique concert program also includes Alan Menkin’s Overture to Beauty and the Beast and Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2. The concert also includes a side-by-side performance with the Albert Lea High School Orchestra.
Lisa Deyo has been active in the drama scene in Austin for many years, including frequent appearances as Narrator with the Austin MN Symphony. She is also the owner of Sweet Reads Bookstore in Austin.
Concert program:
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
Alan Menkin: Overture to Beauty and the Beast
Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 2 (The Romantic)
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (arranged) with Albert Lea High School Symphony, Rebekah Crissinger, Director
Artist Bios
Lisa is a native of Austin and a graduate of Austin High School and Riverland College. After 30-plus years of teaching elementary school in Austin, she opened Sweet Reads Bookstore in downtown Austin. She has been very active in local theater. In fact she met her future husband, John, onstage as a student at Riverland. Lisa has a long history with the Austin MN Symphony, both as a violinist and a narrator. She also volunteers with her church and other activities, especially those that involve reading. She has four “amazing” children and a granddaughter who is “absolutely nuts about music.”
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