MCC to Kick Off “World of Music” with Lowell Chamber Orchestra

Middlesex Community College is excited to kick off the Spring 2024 “A World of Music” concert series with a performance by the Lowell Chamber Orchestra (LCO). Conducted by MCC Music faculty member Orlando Cela, the concert will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, February 18 at MCC’s Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center in Lowell.

“We are excited to open our Spring concert series with the Lowell Chamber Orchestra performing such an exciting program,” said Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, MCC’s Chair of Music. “The wonderful marimba player Nikki Huang – who was the winner of the 2023 LCO Concerto Competition – will be the featured soloist in the Concerto for Marimba and Strings by Emmanuel Séjourné.”

The program will also feature Autumn Vistas by Martin Max Schreiner, winner of the LCO’s Call for Scores; Symphony for Violas and Basses by Julia Perry; and the atmospheric, energetic, and at times chilling Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta by Béla Bartók, which was used in the movie “The Shining.”

The LCO will perform a second time at the Academic Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. “A World of Music” will also hold performances at MCC’s Concert Hall on the Bedford Campus, including A Chopin Celebration at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 3; Duos and Trios for Oboe, Flute and Piano at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 5; an MCC Student Recital at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, April 22; and Duo du Sud at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 2.

All concerts are free and open to the public.

MCC’s Academic Arts Center is located at 240 Central Street in Lowell. With parking not available on site, the nearest public parking facility is the Early Garage on 135 Middlesex St.

For more information, visit www.middlesex.mass.edu/worldofmusic/