Step into a world where imagination takes flight! "Fire and Fantasy" opens the Lawrence Community Orchestra season with music that sparkles, shimmers, and blazes with color. From the magical overture to Mozart’s The Magic Flute to the mysterious world of Glazunov’s The Enchanted Castle, audiences will be swept into stories of enchantment and wonder. The concert also features Dr. Daniel Ketter, the University of Kansas’ new professor of cello, performing Mirage, a deeply expressive concerto by acclaimed composer and cellist Andrea Casarrubios. The concert concludes with Stravinsky’s electrifying Firebird Suite; a breathtaking journey of magic, triumph, and some of the most exhilarating orchestral music ever written. Whether you’re a lifelong concertgoer or discovering the power of live orchestral music for the first time, "Fire and Fantasy" promises an unforgettable evening that will ignite the imagination.