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The Adelphi Symphony Orchestra Featuring Conductor and Composer Christopher Lyndon-Gee on Friday, November 21, 2003 at 8:00 PM
Garden City, NY
November 18 2003
Adelphi University opens its door to a night of music featuring conductor and composer Christopher Lyndon-Gee, the Adelphi Symphony Orchestra and the Adelphi Chorus under the direction of Michael Hume. The performance will take place on Friday, November 21, 2003 at 8:00 PM in the Ruth S. Harley University Center’s Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.
Grammy-nominated conductor, composer and Adelphi University professor, Christopher Lyndon-Gee will conduct the Adelphi Symphony Orchestra as they perform the world premiere of his symphony The Temple of Anthena Pronaea. There will be a choral accompaniment to the symphony by the Adelphi Chorus under the direction of Michael Hume. Other pieces that will be performed by the orchestra are Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, and Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 in E flat.
For more information about this event please call the Music Department at 516. 877.4290.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,500 students from 41 states and 63 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
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For additional information, please contact:
Lori Duggan Gold
Executive Director of
External Relations and
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p - 516.877.3693
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e - duggangold@adelphi.edu
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Bonnie Eissner
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p - 516.877.3697
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