Woman screams at symphony when sudden music change wakes her up

The audience couldn't help but laugh.
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Brian Koerber
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Woman screams at symphony when sudden music change wakes her up
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There's nothing like waking up from a nice, relaxing sleep with a scream that could break glass.

The North State Symphony was performing Stravinksy's "Firebird" at the Cascade Theatre in Redding, California, earlier this month when a startled woman in the audience stole the show from the musicians.

A sudden change in the music caused a woman, who was presumably sleeping, to let out a shriek. The woodwind instruments fade away, and the music picks up with a loud hit from the bass drum.

While it's totally inappropriate to laugh during a serious musical performance, the audience couldn't help but chuckle. Even the conductor and the musicians were briefly distracted from their performance. Everyone had a good time, except for that terrified woman.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.


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