Wharton Arts Hosts LP Sale Fundraiser

BERKELEY HEIGHTS—The Wharton Performing Arts School (PAS) announced today that it will host an LP Sale Fundraiser, February 9-14, at 60 Locust Avenue in Berkeley Heights. For more information, call (908) 790-0700 or visit WhartonArts.org.

The LP sale features nearly 800 records spanning multiple genres, including Classical, folk, pop, and Broadway recordings. Classical recordings feature works by Baroque composers, including Bach and Handel, to the Classical era, including an extensive collection of records by Beethoven, Mozart, and Schubert, through twentieth century works by Copland, Schoenberg, and Prokofiev. The sale will offer recordings of nearly every Beethoven Symphony, many of Mozart's most famous operas, and chamber music works such as Schubert's Death and the Maiden quartet. A large collection of works for ballet by Tchaikovsky, including The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty, are available as well as operas by Puccini, Wagner, and Verdi. Special collections include a box of recordings featuring opera sensation Maria Callas; a box dedicated to the recordings of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; a box of music by American composers, including works by Virgil Thomson and Aaron Copland; and a box focused on Romantic music and love songs, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

All LPs will be priced from $3-5 and payment can be made by cash or check. All proceeds will support the Wharton Arts Scholarship Fund.

Wharton Arts’ mission is to offer accessible, high quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities.

Wharton Arts’ vision is for a transformative performing arts education in an inclusive community to be accessible for everyone.