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LEHMAN COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY CHORUS PRESENTS

SPRING CONCERT – May 5 @2:30 pm

Performances of Works by Copland, Dvorak, Ellington, Gershwin, and More

WHO: The Department of Music, Multimedia, Theatre & Dance, Lehman College and Community Chorus

WHAT: Spring Concert

WHERE: Lehman College, Concert Hall
                250 Bedford Park Blvd West
WHEN: Sunday, May 5 at 2:30 p.m.

MORE: The Lehman College and Community Chorus presents its annual Spring Concert featuring masterworks for chorus and orchestra by renowned composers. This performance, which is free and open to the public, takes place Sunday, May 5, at 2:30 p.m. in Lehman Concert Hall.

Led by Professor Diana Mittler-Battipaglia, the centerpiece of the program is Czech composer Antonin Dvorak’s “Mass in D Major.” Dvorak’s compositions and techniques will also be heard throughout the concert in works by composers including Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin, all of whom were greatly influenced by Dvorak.

Highlights include:

• William Arms Fischer’s “Goin’ Home” adapted from Movement 2 of Symphony No. 9 “From the New World” by Dvorak,
  • “Long Time Ago” from “Old American Songs” by Aaron Copland,
  • A medley featuring “I Got Rhythm” by George Gershwin, “Mood Indigo” by Duke Ellington and “All the Things You Are” by Jerome Kern
  • and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” arranged by Wilhousky.

Members of the chorus and orchestra include Lehman students, alumni, faculty, staff, and residents from communities in the Bronx and the greater New York area.

Complimentary tickets are available at the Lehman Performing Arts Center Box Office.

For further information, please, call the Music Department at (718) 960-8247 or e-mail music@lehman.cuny.edu.

About Lehman College  
A perennial national leader in promoting social mobility, Lehman College of The City University of New York serves as an intellectual, economic, and cultural center for the Bronx, New York City, and beyond. The college - which sits on a tree-lined 37-acre campus – supports more than 13,000 undergraduate and graduate students, another 14,000 students in continuing and professional programs, and over 90,000 alumni. As a federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution in the Bronx, Lehman College educates a diverse population of students. The college offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees as well as certificate programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and professions.