TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR NOV. 17 FRIENDS OF MUSIC CONCERT

Tickets are still available for the Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra’s Tenth Anniversary concert in Shepherdstown
on Saturday, November 17.

However, seating will be limited and those who wish to attend are advised to purchase tickets soon.
The concert, which is sponsored by Friends of Music, will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church at 7:30 p.m.
Entitled “Nostalgia and Longing,” it will feature four works: “Salut d’amour,” by Edward Elgar; Mozart’s Overture to “Don Giovanni”; a guitar concerto entitled “Concierto de Arsanjuez,” by Joaquin Rodrigo; and Bizet’s Symphony in C.
To help celebrate the orchestra’s anniversary, Dr. Mark McCoy, the former head of Shepherd University’s Music Department and the Orchestra’s founding music director, is returning to guest conduct the Mozart overture. Dr. McCoy is now the President of DePauw University in Indiana.
The Orchestra’s current music director, Jed Gaylin, will conduct the rest of the concert program.
Guitarist Max Zuckerman will be the featured artist for the Rodrigo concerto. Trained at the Yale University School of Music and the Peabody Institute, Zuckerman is currently professor of guitar at Fordham University in New York.
Admission to the concert will be free for Friends of Music members. The ticket price for others will be $30 per person. Tickets can be purchased on the Friends’ website at www.friendswv.org; or by mail (FOM, PO Box 220, Shepherdstown, WV 25443); or, if space is available, at the church the evening of the performance. Visa and Master Card will be accepted.
To enhance the concert experience, everyone is invited to a Friends of Music luncheon at the Bavarian Inn at 12 noon the Friday before the concert, November 16. Here, Music Director Gaylin will preview the concert, offering his insights into the music and the composers. Dr. McCoy will be the featured guest. Tickets, which are sold separately from concert tickets, are $20 per person. All luncheon tickets must be prepaid before November 13, so the Bavarian Inn can have an accurate meal count. Luncheon tickets are available on the Friends website or by contacting Jennifer Perrotte at info@friendswv.org or 304-876-5765.
The Friends of Music are a non-profit organization that was founded in 1999 to support and promote musical excellence. The Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra was established by the Friends in 2007 and held its first concert in the fall of 2008. Gaylin has been music director since 2012. He also serves as the music director of Baltimore’s Hopkins Symphony Orchestra and the Bay Atlantic Symphony in New Jersey, and an Artist in Residence at New Jersey’s Stockton University.
This year’s Two Rivers Chamber Orchestra Concerts are being supported by a grant from the WV Division of Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the WV Commission on the Arts.

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