La Crosse Symphony Honors Veterans

In Saturday’s (11/15) WKBT (La Crosse, Wisconsin), Brooklyn Heyn reports, “Music and gratitude filled the air as the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra honored local veterans with a heartfelt performance at their annual ‘Salute to Service’ concert. This tradition, held every November, celebrates the community’s veterans through the power of music. The concert included a performance of a new orchestral version of Aaron Copland’s Violin Sonata, honoring the acclaimed composer often referred to as the ‘Dean of American Music.’ Eva Marie Restel, Executive Director of the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, shared the significance of the event, saying, ‘We start this concert celebrating our veterans and we do that every November with the Armed Forces Salute. If you’ve never been to the symphony, with a live symphony playing, each of our veterans that are in the audience stand up and it is a very moving and beautiful way to celebrate and remember our veterans.’ The La Crosse Symphony Orchestra’s next performance is scheduled for December 20th.”