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MCC’s ‘A World of Music’ Series to Hold Special Honors Concert
MCC's Music and Honors department will put on a concert at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 8 at MCC's Concert Hall in Bedford
Middlesex Community College’s Music department and Commonwealth Honors Program will present A Peruvian Sojourn as part of the Fall 2022 “A World of Music” concert series at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 8 at MCC’s Concert Hall in Bedford.
“I am delighted that the Commonwealth Honors Program and the ‘A World of Music’ concert series have collaborated to take the Commonwealth Honors Program students through a wonderful musical journey into Peruvian indigenous melodies, rhythms and traditions,” said Binnur Ercem, MCC’s Director of the CHP and Professor of Sociology & Cultural Anthropology. “This is a great opportunity for our honors students to enhance their educational experience.”
MCC’s Chair of Music Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, pianist, and MCC Music faculty member Orlando Cela, flutist, will perform a lecture recital. Piano solos by Pablo Chávez Aguilar and Enrique Iturriaga, a flute solo by Celso Garrico-Lecca, and pieces for flute and piano by Clotilde Arias, Andrés Sás, Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann, and Gabriela Lena Frank will be performed.
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“The works in this program range from simple folk settings to complex compositions,” Rodríguez-Peralta said. “They illustrate the colorful, haunting and energetic combination of Andean Indigenous musical traditions with western classical music, both tonal and new. Being of Latin American heritage, this program has special significance for Orlando and me, and we look forward to sharing this music with everyone.”
All of MCC’s “A World of Music” concerts are free and open to the public. MCC’s Concert Hall is located in Henderson Hall at 591 Springs Road in Bedford. Parking is available on-campus.
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Additional performances at MCC’s Bedford Campus Concert Hall include Raley Beggs, guitarist at 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 20 and a Student Recital at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, December 20. Previous performances at the Academic Arts Center include the Lowell Chamber Orchestra, North Sea Gas and the 100th Anniversary of Nosferatu.
A World of Music” will also host the Island of Peoples at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 17 at MCC’s Richard and Nancy Donahue and Family Academic Arts Center.
