Contact:
Kate Oberjat 718-326-4455, ext. 19
Marketing & Communications Manager koberjat@queenssymphony.org
July 2008
F O R I M M E D I A T E R E L E A S E
Queens
Symphony
Orchestra
presents
Broadway & Jazz
part of the Concerts on the
Green - free summer parks series
Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 5 pm
Forest Park Bandshell, Woodhaven
Queens Symphony Orchestra’s Summer
Parks Series Salutes Our Troops
On Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 5 pm, the Queens Symphony
Orchestra will kick off Summer on Broadway, the theme of this
season’s Concerts on the Green - free
summer parks series, under the musical direction of QSO Music
Director/Conductor Constantine
Kitsopoulos at the Forest Park Bandshell in Woodhaven. This Broadway
& Jazz concert will feature patriotic favorites paying tribute to our
veterans and troops including the Armed Forces Salute and Cole Porter Salute.
Broadway classics such as Chicago,
West Side Story, and Candide and works by jazz legends, including
Duke Ellington, will complete this memorable evening.
QSO is proud to bring its full, 45-piece orchestra to the
residents of Queens, offering the opportunity
to experience a high quality, professional concert in their own backyard. Enjoy
this free night of Broadway & Jazz favorites and patriotic tributes
that will leave you feeling like a true American.
This free community concert is sponsored in part by NYSCA,
DCA, New York Senator Maltese, the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation and
the Music Performance Fund.
In
case of inclement weather, the concert will be moved inside to Christ the King High School
on Metropolitan Ave.
in Middle Village. For more information, please
contact the Queens Symphony Orchestra office at (718) 326-4455, e-mail QSO at qso@queenssymphony.org, or visit our
website at www.queenssymphony.org.
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Be
sure to catch our other Summer on Broadway free concerts:
Broadway & Jazz Wednesday, July 30,
2008 7PM St. John’s
University Great Lawn (Jamaica)
The Golden Years Sunday, August 3,
2008 5PM Forest
Park Bandshell (Woodhaven)
Stars of Tomorrow Sunday, August 10,
2008 5PM Forest
Park Bandshell (Woodhaven)
QUEENS
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Now in our 56th season, Queens
Symphony Orchestra (QSO) is the borough’s only professional orchestra
and the oldest and largest professional arts organization in Queens.
QSO’s vision and mission statements
reflect the organization’s priority of service to the culturally diverse
members of the Queens community. QSO has several programs that enhance the
musical offerings to the borough of Queens,
presenting 15 to 25 concerts throughout the year, serving 30,000
residents. The Masterworks Concert
Series presented in our artistic home, Queensborough Community College
Performing Arts Center, provides access to outstanding, high-quality classical
concerts for Queens residents at discounted
and affordable prices. With the
financial support of elected officials and corporations, we are able to provide
free tickets and transportation for seniors and high school students with our
Masterworks Ticket Enrichment Program: Seniors
at the Symphony and Kids in the Hall. The Concerts on the Green -
free summer parks series, offers classical, pops, Broadway and opera selections
in beautiful park settings throughout the borough bringing seniors, families
and young adults together for a fun and informal event and helping strengthen
community ties. The Music On the Move! Chamber Series showcases
QSO musicians in various venues such as libraries, senior and community
centers and town halls in hour-long performances of different
ensembles, free of charge, helping to continue our decentralization
efforts. The Arts-In-Education
program is QSO’s way of educating the youth of Queens,
reaching over 12,000 children each year, and at no expense to the
students. Musicians/teaching artists provide
in-class workshops, chamber ensembles give in-school presentation performances
and the AIE program culminates in Young People’s Concerts. With these concerts, students are transported
to an outside performance hall to experience a live, professional symphonic
concert with the emphasis placed on orchestral music in an educational format.
With our new Side-by-Side Concerts, our Music Director and
musicians work with junior high and high school students at their respective
schools in master classes/sectionals, coachings, and rehearsals to prepare a
concert event.
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Director Board President