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PARENTS' WEEKEND FEATURES CONCERTS

Oct. 17-19, 2003

Contacts:
William Thomas, director of performance
Elisa Martyn, assistant
978-749-4263

Orchestra Concert: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, Cochran Chapel
Student Recital: 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, Timken Room, Graves Hall
Choral Concert: 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, Cochran Chapel

ANDOVER, Mass.—Parents' Weekend is always filled with special happenings at Phillips Academy. There will be musical performances all weekend to include the Academy orchestras and choirs, as well as individual student performances. The concerts are free and open to the public.

The orchestra concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, in Cochran Chapel. Selections will feature Thomas Y. performing Finzi's Clarinet Concerto and Arianna W. performing the Violin Concerto by Sibelius under the direction of William Thomas. The program will also include Mock Morris by Percy Grainger directed by Elizabeth Aureden; Mozart's Divertimento in D Major directed by Peter Warsaw; and Dvorák's Symphony No. 9 "From The New World" under the direction of William Thomas.

Students Kathleen O., Jina L., Emily W., Cage B., Erika C., Justine L., Vincent S., Alexander C., Clare K., Lauren B., McKee F. and Yunsoo K. will be featured in a recital at 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18, in the Timken Room in Graves Hall. The event is coordinated by music faculty member Christopher Walter.

The Music Department will present a choral concert featuring the Phillips Academy Chorus, Fidelio Society and Academy Cantata Choir and Chamber Orchestra at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, in Cochran Chapel. The Fidelio Society, a select a cappella choir under the direction of faculty member Carolyn Skelton, will perform works by Palestrina, Batten, Harris, Jones and Certon. The Cantata Choir and Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of William Thomas, will perform excerpts from Mozart's Requiem. The Phillips Academy Chorus, under the direction of Christopher Walter, will perform Giovanni Gabrieli's Hodie completi sunt, Gabriel Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine and Jubilate Deo by Benjamin Britten.

Graves Hall and Cochran Chapel are on the Phillips Academy campus, 180 Main St., Andover, Mass. They are both handicapped accessible. For more information, contact the Phillips Academy Music Department at 978-749-4995.


Contact: Elisa Martyn
Updated Oct. 14, 2003
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