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Peter and The Wolf
Peter & The Wolf
Saturday
May 3, 2025
11:00 AM
Spend the morning with a young boy, his grandfather, and a meadow full of animal characters in Prokofiev’s time-honored family favorite, Peter and The Wolf. Follow along as Peter, humorous hunters, and his animal friends give the wily wolf his just desserts.
Special family pricing!
Adults $10
Children $7
Preconcert activities — including storytime, mask-making, coloring, and an Instrument Petting Zoo! — at 10am in the Brendle lobby and in Room 201, just off the lobby.
Winston-Salem Symphony
Michelle Merrill Conductor
Really Inventive Stuff Theatre Company
Leopold Mozart
“Toy” Symphony
Leroy Anderson
The Waltzing Cat
Anatoly Lyadov
The Mosquito
Sergei Prokofiev
Peter and The Wolf
THE
MONTGOMERY/TUCKER
CHARITABLE FUND
Single tickets to this event go on sale August 1, but you can save your seat with a subscription!
Saturday
May 3
11:00 AM
Venue
Brendle Recital Hall
Scale Fine Arts Center, Wake Forest University
2629 Wake Forest Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Parking available in campus lots adjacent to Scales Fine Arts Center on the north and east (across the street, aside Wait Chapel) sides of the building.
Rideshare and Dining
Really Inventive Stuff
In 2005, the creative team of Sara Valentine and Michael Boudewyns co-founded Really Inventive Stuff, a production company creating playful, theatrical programs for orchestra concerts for young audiences; it has since become one of the most popular presenters of its kind.
Really Inventive Stuff’s productions are created with a core commitment to imaginative, playful, and entertaining storytelling while keeping the music in the spotlight.
Across North America they’ve performed with numerous orchestras, including Philadelphia, Detroit, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Seattle, Winnipeg, Richmond, Missoula, Regina, Jacksonville, Utah, Annapolis, Charlotte, and the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center.
Internationally, Sara narrated the Young Person’s Guide with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in 2014 (Really Inventive Stuff’s Southeast Asia debut); Michael performed Tubby the Tuba with the Airedale Symphony Orchestra in Yorkshire, England in 2018 (Really Inventive Stuff’s UK debut).
In January 2025, they make their to Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra debut with fourteen concerts of Peter and the Wolf.
In February 2025, they return to The Philadelphia Orchestra for a twelfth season with Peter and the Wolf. They also make their debut with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra with Peter and the Wolf & Toy Symphony, and the Omaha Symphony with Tubby the Tuba & Toy Symphony.
In March 2025, Really Inventive Stuff returns to Southeast Asia to perform four concerts with the Singapore Symphony Orchesta with Peter and the Wolf & Toy Symphony, plus make their Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra debut with Toy Symphony, Three Fun Fables & The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.
In May 2025, they make their debut with the Winston-Salem Symphony with Peter and the Wolf & Toy Symphony.
In June 2025, they make their debut with the Colorado College Music Festival with Green Eggs and Ham & Toy Symphony.
In October 2025, Really Inventive Stuff will make its European debut in Sweden with Peter and the Wolf as part of the Göteborg International Organ Festival.
Along with orchestra performances, Michael and Sara are the hosts of a new YouTube series celebrating noteworthy people and their remarkable achievements: Taphotopia.com
