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Monday, June
25, 2001
Orchestra's Summer Season Opens Tonight
Orchestra to Play Free Neighborhood Concert on
July 6
Orchestra Acclaimed Throughout Three-Week Tour
of Asia
American Symphony Orchestra League Conference
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Orchestra's
Summer Season Opens Tonight
The Philadelphia Orchestra's 5-week PNC Concert Series at the
Mann Center opens tonight, Monday, June 25, with a concert featuring
superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The five-week season features weekday
evening concerts at the Mann Center in Fairmount Park, with
undercover seating inside the Center's music pavilion as well
as seats and green space on the Lawn, with the Philadelphia
skyline in the distance. The 2001 season includes events and
performances to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Mann Center,
which opened in 1976 to provide the Orchestra with a new and
permanent summer home for its summer concerts in Fairmount Park.
Symphonic concerts have been an annual tradition for The Philadelphia
Orchestra since 1930. The 2001 PNC Concert Series continues
through July 26, concluding with a performance of Gustav Mahler's
epic Symphony No. 2, the "Resurrection," for large
orchestra, chorus, and soloists.
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Orchestra
to Play Free Neighborhood Concert on July 6
The Philadelphia Orchestra performs its next free neighborhood
concert on Friday evening, July 6, in West Philadelphia's Clark
Park (43rd and Chester). The "University City Neighborhood
Concert" begins at 7:00 p.m. and features more than an
hour of symphonic music under the baton of Assistant Conductor
Rossen Milanov. The concert is presented in collaboration with
the University City District, a not-for-profit community corporation
established in 1997 to enhance and promote the historic neighborhood
surrounding the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University.
Clark Park has traditionally served as the area's "town
green," bringing together people from throughout the the
park's vibrant and diverse neighborhood. Concertgoers are encouraged
to bring blankets and picnics to share with family and friends
before and during the musical program. The concert is made possible
through a consortium of generous local funders, led by The PNC
Financial Services Group as the Premiere Sponsor.
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Orchestra
Acclaimed Throughout Three-Week Tour of Asia
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Wolfgang Sawallisch were greeted
enthusiastically throughout their recent Tour to Asia, May 25
to June 11. The tour included 11 concerts in 8 cities and 3
countries (Japan, China, and Malaysia, as well as in Hong Kong),
furthering the Orchestra's role as our region's premier international
ambassador. The Orchestra's next tour comes this fall with a
three-week cross-country trip across the United States, playing
concerts from Ohio to California east to west, and Seattle to
Texas north to south.
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American Symphony Orchestra League
Conference Concludes in Seattle
The 2001 National Conference of the American Symphony Orchestra
League (ASOL) was held in Seattle this past week, with a variety
of administrative staff, volunteers, and musicians from Philadelphia
in attendance. The three-day conclave each year features seminars,
programs, and professional discussion groups involving orchestra
personnel from throughout the United States and Canada. The
2002 National Conference comes to Philadelphia next June, including
a showcase performance with The Philadelphia Orchestra in its
new home at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, under
the baton of Music Director Wolfgang Sawallisch. Approximately
2500 staff, volunteers, musicians, presenters, and vendors attend
the conference each year. |
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Orchestra
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