Uptown/Downtown/DeSoto Concert with Demarre McGill

Join us for a special Mother?s Day concert at the DeSoto Corner Theatre featuring Demarre McGill, the new Principal Flute in the Joy and Ronald Mankoff Chair with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. McGill recently joined the DSO having served as Principal Flute of the Seattle Symphony for two seasons. He has held the same position with the San Diego Symphony, Florida Orchestra and Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. In 2003 McGill was recipient of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Originally from Chicago, McGill began playing the flute at age seven. McGill?s family is steeped in the performing arts: His mother is a theater actress in the Chicago area, and his brother Anthony McGill serves as Principal Clarinet in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. In May, 2012 McGill and his brother performed the world premiere of Joel Puckett?s Concerto Duo for Flute and Clarinet with the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra where they began their careers. McGill has performed on PBS ?Live From Lincoln Center? with the Chamber Music Society playing Bach?s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. He has recorded Bach?s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 on the album Play Bach with pianist Awadagin Pratt and the St. Lawrence String Quartet (Angel Records), as well as a flute, viola and harp album entitled The Eye of Night with The Myriad Trio. Other television appearances include the A&E Network?s ?The Gifted Ones,? NBC?s ?Today? show and ?Nightly News,? and as a teenager, ?Mr. Roger?s Neighborhood.? The DeSoto Arts Commission invites you to join them for this very special event in our community. In celebration of Mother?s Day, there will be a complimentary wine and dessert reception and all Mothers will receive a rose as they leave. This special performance takes place on Sunday, May 10, 2015 at 3pm at the DeSoto Corner Theatre located in DeSoto Town Center at 211 E. Pleasant Run Road. Tickets are just $10 and available at the door or online at www.ArtsDesoto.com.