Orchestra String Sounds at Bergen, 4/27
By Mel Fabrikant Thursday, March 27, 2008, 08:58 AM EDT
Music Director Murray Colosimo
Tickets are $16 for general admission, $14 for students and senior citizens (65+), and are available by calling 201-447-7428 or going online at www.tickets.bergen.edu. Seating is reserved so advanced ticket purchase is recommended.
The orchestra, comprised of leading musicians from the metropolitan area, will perform string masterworks from American and English composers. The program will include the rarely heard and magnificent "Downland Suite" by John Ireland, George Frideric Handel's famous "Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 1," George Gershwin's "Lullaby for Strings" and other works by Aaron Copland, Gustav Holst and Scott Joplin.
The performance is part of Bergen Community College's "This & That from Here & There" Performing Arts series and "Sunday Sounds: Classical, Jazz & World Music Matinees." For ticket information or for a full schedule of events, please call Bergen's Office of Community and Cultural Affairs at 201-447-7428 or visit them on the Web at www.bergen.edu/cca.
About Bergen Community College
Bergen Community College is a public two-year coeducational college, enrolling more than 15,000 students in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degree programs, and certificate programs. More than 10,000 students are enrolled in non-credit, professional courses through the Division of Continuing Education, the Institute for Learning in Retirement, and the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center, located at 355 Main Street, Hackensack. Information about the College is available at http://www.bergen.edu or by phoning the Welcome Center at 201-447-7200.
