|
The Claflin Hill Music Performance Foundation, Inc.
54 Claflin Street
Milford, MA 01757
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Contact: Paul Surapine, Executive Director
The Claflin Hill Music Performance Foundation, Inc.
TEL/FAX: 508-478-5924
Milford, MA¾
Claflin Hill Presents Memorial Hall Chamber Concert;
Receives Cultural Council Grants
The Claflin Hill Symphony’s Memorial Hall Chamber Concerts – “Signature Series”
continues on Saturday, February 18th at 7:30 PM in Memorial Hall – featuring
Jane Circle, Soprano, joined by CHSO Pianist John Zielinski and Paul Surapine on
Clarinet.
Circle, an Andover resident, has performed with Claflin Hill frequently in the
last two seasons as a member of the New World Chorale, and is also a past member
of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, with whom she has sung with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. The program will feature American Folk Songs of Copland,
English Folk songs by Arnold Cooke, Schubert’s immortal “Shepherd on the Rock”
for soprano and clarinet, Mozart’s “Parto,parto” from Titus and more, including
Broadway selections.
Tickets are $15, $12 student/senior and may be ordered by calling Claflin Hill
at 508-478-5924. Tickets will also be available at the door on the night of the
performance.
Claflin Hill Receives Cultural Council Grants . . .
Claflin Hill has been the recipient of a number of Local Cultural Council Grants
for 2006 from seven different communities in our region, in amounts from $500 to
$40, amounting to a total so far of almost $1600.
The seven communities who have voted support of Claflin Hill include the Local
Cultural Councils of Bellingham, Franklin, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Mendon, Medway,
and Upton. Each of these Local Cultural Councils are made up of volunteers from
their communities who serve on the LCC and vote to distribute funds to worthy
artistic endeavors that touch the residents of their individual town. Each Local
Cultural Council is supported by funding from the Massachusetts Cultural
Council, which is a state agency.
“It is important to note that the state slashed the MCC budget several years ago
by at least 62%, so the funding each LCC receives to allocate has also been
drastically reduced,” said Paul Surapine, Executive & Artistic Director of
Claflin Hill. “It is immensely gratifying for us at Claflin Hill to receive the
support from these Local Cultural Councils – no matter how large or small – as a
validation and recognition of the growing impact that Claflin Hill is affecting
on ALL of the communities of our region, and we thank each and every one of
those Cultural Councils for their vote of support and special thanks to each
individual who serves voluntarily on those councils.”
Upcoming Events at Claflin Hill in March . . .
Sunday, March 5th, 3 PM Memorial Hall Adventures in Listening Continues
Featuring “Young Performers on Parade” up and coming music stars of the next
generation – our own local version of “From the Top”
Claflin Hill presents talented high school music students from The Metrowest
Youth Symphony Orchestra, joined by local students from the region in a
performance by young people FOR young people – someday, some of those audience
members might be a Claflin Hill performer too!
Saturday March 11th, 7:30 PM, Milford Town Hall Claflin Hill Symphony Season
Continues . . .
The CHSO season continues with Johannes Brahms “A German Requiem” when Holly
MacEwen Krafka leads the New World Chorale and The Claflin Hill Symphony in
Johannes Brahms finest chorale work, “The German Requiem” – perhaps inspired by
the death of his mother and his best friend, the composer Robert Schumann. This
elegiac work is an uplifting statement on our eternal souls – the perfect
concert for the beginning of the spring seasons of rebirth. Tickets are Reserved
Seating $30; Non reserved General Admission $25, $20 Senior. New “Student Rush
Ticket Price” $10 for Non reserved Seats for All students.
For more information on all Claflin Hill events, call 508-478-5924 or visit the
Claflin Hill website at www.claflinhill.org.
|
