OWC Symphony season ends April 18 with Beethoven and Friends', featuring guest soloists. The Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra will perform its season finale concert on April 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mattie Kelly Fine and Performing Arts Center on the Niceville campus of Okaloosa-Walton College.

The "Beethoven and Friends" concert features Mendelssohn's Overture to the Beautiful Melusine, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major. The concert features special guest soloists Mara Bonde, soprano, Allison Everitt, alto, Jeremy Ribando, tenor, and W. Dwight Coleman, baritone, as well as the Northwest Florida Symphony Chorus. The concert is sponsored by Ruckel Properties, Inc.

Tickets for the season finale concert are now available through the Mattie Kelly Arts Center box office for $22.50 each for adults and $16 for youth age 18 and younger. Tickets can be purchased from the OWC Mattie Kelly Arts Center Box Office by phone at 729- 6000, by web at www.owc.edu/arts, or in-person.