Summer in Vienna Symphony brings Viennese culture to New Albany By Cameron Carr
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The recently built Charleen and Charles Hinson Amphitheater makes an ideal venue for a music and arts festival. www.healthynewalbanymagazine.com
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his summer, the New Albany Symphony Orchestra is transforming New Albany into the City of Music. That doesn’t just mean a series of concerts: the symphony is bringing Viennese culture to New Albany for the first Rose Run Fest June 13-18. The inaugural festival centers on Rose Run Park and the Charleen & Charles Hinson Amphitheater with collaborations across a number of organizations including Healthy New Albany and the New Albany branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. The debut Rose Run Fest, titled Summer in Vienna, will highlight the musical culture of Austria’s capital city. Vienna earned the City of Music title for its association with iconic composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven and for raising composers such as Franz Schubert and both Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II. Many others, including Johannes Brahms, Arnold Schoenberg and Gustav Mahler are associated with the city. During Rose Run Fest, New Albany residents will be transported to the center of that culture. “Travel has been on pause the last few years,” says Heather Garner, executive director of the symphony. “We thought this might be fun to bring this great city to a more accessible locale.”
