MEDIA CONTACT:  Polly Burks
561-297-2595, pburks@fau.edu

FAU Invites You to Enjoy a Weekend of Music

        BOCA RATON (March 25, 2009) – The department of music in the School of the Arts in Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters presents a weekend of concerts starting Friday, April 3. FAU’s commercial music ensemble, the symphony orchestra and the jazz band will entertain audiences in the University Theatre on FAU’s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road.  All of the concerts are free with a suggested donation of $10.

        The weekend starts on Friday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. when FAU’s commercial music ensemble presents a concert under the direction of Alejandro Sanchez-Samper. Then, on Saturday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m., the FAU symphony orchestra, under the direction of Laura Joella, will present a concert featuring Mozart’s Concerto in D minor, and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8, along with works by Gluck and Wagner. Then, on Sunday, April 5 at 3 p.m., there will be a concert with FAU’s Jazz Band, under the direction of Neil Bonsanti.

        For more information about the concerts, call 561-297-3820.

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