Orchestra Iowa brings classical music to Brucemore’s front lawn

Brucemorchestra is the most expensive concert Orchestra Iowa stages each year - and also the most popular.

“One of the benefits - so-called ‘benefits' -- of the flood is that we've created a new annual cultural event,” Tim Hankewich, the orchestra's music director, says of the event slated for Sept. 9, 2012, on the front lawn of Brucemore mansion in Cedar Rapids.

“It has been, and continues to be, our most popular event. While people are still anticipating a very heady return of the Paramount, I am reminded that every season has to start with a celebration, and Brucemorchestra will always be that opening,” Hankewich says.

The concert under the stars, which features a familiar take on classical music, is an $85,000 production, according to Robert Massey, the orchestra's CEO.

The details

• What: Orchestra Iowa presents Brucemorchestra

• When: 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012; gates open at 5:30 p.m.; rain date, 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10

• Where: Brucemore front lawn, 2160 Linden Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids

• Tickets: $15 advance, $20 day of show, at Orchestra Iowa Ticket Office, 119 Third Ave. SE, (319) 366-8203, 1-(800) 369-8863 or Orchestraiowa.org

• Extras: Parking is off-site, limited handicapped parking on-site; bring blankets, chairs, picnics; seating in plastic chairs $5 with advance ticket