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ASO ANNOUNCES ITS 3rd ANNUAL ‘FREE’ PARK CONCERT, ‘EXTRA, EXTRA!’

The ASO is proud to announce plans for their 3rd Annual Free Park Concert, ‘EXTRA, EXTRA!’ 

Concert details:  The third annual FREE park concert will be held at Canal Basin Park in Hollidaysburg, PA on Labor Day weekend.  The concert will be held Saturday, September 4, 2010 at 6pm and is open to the public.  Everyone is invited to attend this concert and bring a blanket, lawn chair and picnic basket.  The concert title is, ‘EXTRA, EXTRA!’

Maestra Cheung:  This is the third season with Maestra Teresa Cheung at the helm.  2010-2011 also marks her fourth season as conductor of Empire Opera and seventh season as assistant conductor for the American Symphony Orchestra in New York City. Prior to her positions in New York, Cheung served as resident conductor for the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor of the Evansville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and Evansville Philharmonic Chorus.  During her tenure, Cheung played a major role in the musical life of the community. Amongst her many initiatives, she led the Evansville Philharmonic Youth Orchestra on its first international concert tour to Japan in 2002.  A strong advocate for music education for all ages, Cheung has created numerous innovative concerts and lectures for educational programs with the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and the American Symphony Orchestra. Cheung is equally at home with orchestral and choral genres and is in frequent demand for symphonic, choral, and operatic productions in New York City, including the world premiere of Ruth Schonthal’s opera Jocasta.  She served as the rehearsal conductor for Marc Blitzstein’s Regina and the first US fully staged production of Robert Schumann’s Genoveva while serving as assistant conductor to Maestro Leon Botstein at the Bard SummerScape and the Bard Music Festival. Recent guest conducting appearances include Bard Music Festival with the American Symphony Orchestra, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, and Phoenix Symphony.  A native of Hong Kong, Cheung earned her MM in Conducting from the Eastman School of Music.  She is a recipient of the JoAnn Falletta Conducting Award for the most promising female conductors. 

This will be the first of many, ‘Musical Escapes,’ performed by the Altoona Symphony Orchestra this season.

The concert is made possible through sponsorships from the Hollidaysburg Arts Council, the Borough of Hollidaysburg, McLanahan Corporation and the Wolf-Kuhn Foundation.   

For more information about the ASO’s 82nd season or to schedule an interview with Music Director and Conductor, Teresa Cheung regarding the park concert program, contact the Symphony office via phone or email.

Details

COST:

FREE

BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Altoona Symphony Orchestra
WEBSITE: altoonasymphony.org