World-class music for the international community of Queens

Contact:

Lynda Herndon 718-326-4455, ext. 18

Executive Director, QSO lherndon@queenssymphony.org

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Queens Symphony Orchestra

2006 Concerts on the Green – Free Summer Parks Series

Queens Symphony Orchestra (QSO), the only professional orchestra of the borough, is presenting four fun-filled evenings of Broadway, Opera and Americana orchestral selections with guest vocalists. QSO continues its long-standing tradition of providing free, exceptional musical events at the Seuffert Bandshell in Woodhaven’s Forest Park with free parking and bench seating. Please come join us for:

Bernstein & Broadway

Sunday, July 30, 2006 5 p.m.

FOREST PARK BANDSHELL (Woodhaven)

Music Director Finalist/Conductor Kevin Rhodes

Vocalists Culver Casson, Jane Rhodes & Paris Cheffer

Special guest singer City Councilmember Melinda Katz

A Summer Evening of Bernstein & Broadway

Wednesday, August 2, 2006 7 p.m.

ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY GREAT LAWN (Jamaica)

Music Director Finalist/Conductor Kevin Rhodes

Vocalists Culver Casson, Jane Rhodes & Paris Culver

Special guest singer City Councilmember Melinda Katz

Special guest conductor Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski

*Bring your own chair or blanket

Operatic Overtures

Sunday, August 6, 2006 5 p.m.

FOREST PARK BANDSHELL (Woodhaven)

Conductor Laureate Arthur Fagen

Vocalists Malinda Haslett & Jonathan Boyd

Americana Spectacular

Sunday, August 13, 2006 5 p.m.

FOREST PARK BANDSHELL (Woodhaven)

Music Director Finalist/Conductor Kevin Rhodes

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