“Wiggle, Wiggle, Jump and Twirl,” a dance-themed concert of various holiday music arrangements, will be performed during the museum’s extended hours Saturday.
The event was created for families and children of all ages, and attendees are encouraged to get up and dance, according to ?WonderLab.
The orchestra will also perform a brief pre-concert at 5:30 p.m. upstairs at the museum before the concert on the main level.
WonderLab Marketing Director Louise Schlesinger said the pre-concert does not require a ticket, but is available for everyone in the museum.
“It’s just a little bit of musical enjoyment,” she said. “It’s just to warm up the audience.”
Seating for the main concert is limited and tickets will be passed out on a first come, first served basis starting at 5 p.m.
Various music and science activities will be offered throughout the evening and most WonderLab exhibits will remain open during the event, according to the museum.
The concert and activities will be included in museum admission.
“When people come, they will not only get a concert, but an evening at WonderLab,” ? Schlesinger said.
The WonderLab Museum is focused on connecting arts and science. This event mixes science and sound.
The different activities include creating hand pipes and playing with a piano made of jello.
“People can make music out of all different substances,” Schlesinger said.
WonderLab will host a variety of events during the months of December and January, including a live reindeer show and an LED holiday card craft.
In addition, the WonderLab gift store will be hosting a sale Dec. 17-24. People can bring in a stocking of any size, and whatever items they can fit in the stocking will be sold at a 20 percent discount.
The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra was founded in the winter of 1969 by Geoffrey Simon, who was a graduate student studying conducting at the Jacobs School of Music.
According to the group’s website, Simon was concerned about the lack of opportunities for performance in the community. He formed the group to provide experience for serious musicians both at IU and in the Bloomington community.
Today, the orchestra consists of 85 members, including two who performed with the original group in 1970: violinist David McIntosh and bassist Edwin Greenebaum.
