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UNIVERSITY NEWS - FEBRUARY 2004
MEDIA CONTACT: Stacia Smith
Now in its fourth year, the FAU
Music Festival showcases FAU's finest students,
internationally acclaimed faculty and artists-in-residence.
Music lovers throughout Palm Beach and Broward counties
will enjoy festive, high quality performances. In addition,
audiences can attend "Conversations with the Artists"
one-half hour prior to each performance.
All
Boca Raton events will take place at FAU's
Boca Raton Campus, 777 Glades Road, in the Dorothy F.
Schmidt Center for the Performing Arts complex.
Saturday, February 28, 6 p.m., Visual Arts Center
Patio by the Lake - President's Reception. FAU
President Frank T. Brogan will help kick off the Boca Raton
events.
Saturday, February 28, 7:30 p.m., University Theatre
- Piano Gala and FAU Chamber Singers with Vocal Selections
from
Zarzuelas, Spanish operas. This perennial
favorite features FAU's top piano faculty and its ensembles
in residence performing works for two, three and four pianos.
FAU faculty include Heather Coltman and Irena Kofman and the
ensembles-in-residence include Duo Turgeon (Edward Turgeon
and Anne Louise-Turgeon) and the FAU Chamber Soloists (Judith
Burganger and Leonid Treer). Patricia Fleitas will then
direct the FAU Chamber Singers as they perform selections
from Spanish operas known as
Zarzuelas.
Broward events will take place in Fort
Lauderdale and Davie.
Sunday, February 22, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., Las Olas
Riverfront, Ft. Lauderdale - Latin Jazz Ensembles.
FAU is partnering with Bank of America Fiesta Ft.
Lauderdale in this free community event. FAU's Uwwalo
Messengers will perform at 2 p.m. and Dame Más will
perform at 4 p.m. Fiesta Ft. Lauderdale goes from 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and is free.
Saturday, February 28, 2 p.m, Liberal Arts
Auditorium,
FAU Davie Campus, 2912 College Avenue, Davie -
Latin Jazz Ensembles. FAU's Uwwalo Messengers and
Dame Más will perform Latin jazz favorites.
All
Jupiter events will be held at FAU's John
D. MacArthur Campus, 5353 Parkside Drive.
Sunday, February 29, 3 p.m., Auditorium - FAU
Student Ensembles.
Sunday, February 29, 4:30 p.m., Library
Atrium - Dean's Reception. William A. Covino, dean
of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, will
host the reception.
All individual concert tickets are
$12 and $15 for general admission, with the exception of
the Fiesta Ft. Lauderdale concert, which is free. FAU
faculty and staff may purchase two tickets for the price of
one with a valid ID. FAU students may receive free tickets
with a valid ID. For Boca Raton and Davie locations,
tickets may be purchased at the Boca Raton Campus
University Center Box Office at 561-297-3737 or by emailing
ucboxoffice@fau.edu. For Jupiter concerts, you may call
561-799-8000. Tickets will also be available at the concert
locations two hours prior to the performance.
Tickets for either of the receptions
and one concert are $45. For reception reservations,
contact the Boca Raton campus at 561-297-0033 or for the
Jupiter reception, call 561-799-8000.
The 2004 FAU Music Festival is
presented by the Department of Music in the School of the
Arts of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.
Major sponsors of the 2004 Music Festival include
The Palm Beach Post, the Palm Beach Country
Cultural Council,
El Heraldo de Broward and WXEL. For further
information, call 561-297-3820 or go to
www.fau.edu/musicfestival.
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