Music Education Benefit Concert This Friday

Wildwood Park for the Arts Announces Benefit Performance by the Music Education Benefit Concert Orchestra (MEBCO) on Feb 13

The Music Education Benefit Concert Orchestra (MEBCO) will perform a benefit concert at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock at 7pm on Friday, February 13. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to support the Wildwood Academy for Music and the Arts (WAMA) and the Arkansas Youth Symphony Orchestra (ASYO).

Eric Meincke has formed the Music Education Benefit Concert Orchestra (MEBCO) and will conduct eight Wildwood Academy of the Music and the Arts 2014 students and Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestra members, all of which are volunteering their time for this performance. Eric is a former WAMA student and current ASYO trumpet player as well as co-drum major for the Central High School Band. He has been studying conducting since he was in the 7th grade.

A reception will follow the concert, which includes music by Bach, Cacavas, Lauridsen, Lecuona and Mozart.