Singer to perform pop songs

    Singer Monica Mancini will perform with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra Friday-Sunday, Oct. 12-14.

    Her appearance is part of the Audi Pops series led by Richard Kaufman, principal pops conductor, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.

    The concerts begin with a performance by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, with Kaufman conducting Rossini’s Overture to La gazza ladra (The Thieving magpie) followed by Rota’s A Renaissance Time Piece from Romeo and Juliet and Worrall’s arrangement of Lee/Burke’s Bella Notte from Lady and the Tramp.
The first half concludes with two pieces by Henri Mancini, the themes from Mr. Lucky and from The Thorn Birds.

    Mancini is the daughter of legendary composers, violinist Ginny Mancini and the late Henri Mancini.

    Along with her work for several symphonies, she has also performed and recorded with many producers and arrangers and has provided vocals on a number of film soundtracks and sung on national award shows and other television performances.

    During her concerts with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, she will perform works from her latest album, The Dreams of Johnny Mercer, including Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive, It Had Better Be Tonight and Love Is Where You Find It.

    Grammy Award winning conductor Kaufman is in his fifth season as principal pops conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

    He has devoted much of his musical life conducting and supervising music for film and television productions and performing and recording film and classical music.

    Kaufman also serves as music consultant for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and supervises the music for all of MGM’s television projects.

    Audi is the sponsor of the 2001-2002 Audi Props Series. Promotional support has been provided by NBC5. The concerts are supported in part by the City of Dallas.

    Ticket prices for these performances range from $16-$90 and may be purchased from the Dallas Symphony box office located on the lower level of the Meyerson Symphony Center or at the website: www.dallassymphony.com.

    Box office hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday. For more information, call 214-692-0203.