To commemorate Elgar’s 150th birthday this year, several eight-panel exhibits have been created by the Elgar Foundation and Birthplace Museum. One has been sent to the U.S. where it has been booked with fifteen concert halls through June 2007. It is appearing at concerts where an Elgar work is being performed. Its tentative travel schedule is:

SEPTEMBER 16 & 18
Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra, Winston-Salem N.C.
Cello Concerto

SEPTEMBER 21
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Pensacola, FL
Serenade for Strings

SEPTEMBER 30
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Kalamazoo, MI
Chanson de Nuit, Chanson de Matin, Salut d'amour, Sea Pictures, Three Bavarian Dances

OCTOBER 5, 6
St Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis, MO
In the South

OCTOBER 12, 13
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis, IN
Symphony #1

OCTOBER 19, 20
Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Denver, CO
Symphony 1#

OCTOBER 27, 28
Portland Symphhony Orchestra, Portland, OR
Serenade for Strings

NOVEMBER 1, 2, 3
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Nashville, TN
“Enigma” Variations

NOVEMBER 10
East Connecticut Symphony Orchesstra, New London, CT
“Enigma” Variations

NOVEMBER 17
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orch., Providence, RI
Cockaigne Overture

NOVEMBER 21 & 23, 24
San Francisco Symphony Orch., San Francisco, CA
“Enigma” Variation“

NOVEMBER 29, 30, DECEMBER 1
National Symphony Orchestra, Washington D.C.
Cello Concerto

DECEMBER 6, 7 & 9
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh, PA
Cello Concerto