Twilight Concert

    CON BRIO ENSEMBLE

          108- 57 66 Avenue

          Forest Hills, New York 11375

FOR  IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact :   Diana Mittler-Battipaglia                                    August 30, 2012

                    (718) 459-1277

             CON  BRIO  ENSEMBLE  PRESENTING  TWILIGHT CONCERT

                  AT THE CHURCH IN THE G ARDENS IN FOREST HILLS

Queens: Members of the Con Brio Ensemble will be performing works by Loeffler, Ravel and Faure on Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 4:30 PM at the Church in the Gardens, 

50 Ascan Avenue (3 blocks south of Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills) to open its annual three concert subscription series at the church, which recently purchased an exceptionally fine Steinway concert grand piano for its sanctuary.

Critically acclaimed violinist, Anton Miller: violist, Rita Porfiris; cellist, Hamilton Berry, and pianist, Diana Mittler-Battipaglia  will perform Loeffler - Two Rhapsodies for Oboe ,Viola and Piano ; Ravel - Sonata for Violin and Cello; and  Faure-Piano Quartet in C minor opus 15. Anton Miller and Rita Porfiris are Professors of Violin and Viola at the Hartt College of Music and NYU; Diana Mittler-Battipaglia is Professor of Music and Choral Director at Lehman College-CUNY.

This concert is made possible in part by the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts, administered by the  the Queens Council on the Arts. Celebrating its 34th season, the Con Brio Ensemble performs annual series in Queens and Manhattan and is currently in residence at Lehman College-CUNY in the Bronx. 

Admission to the concert will be $12.00  ($ 10.00 for students and senior citizens)

TDF vouchers are accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL:

            Dr. Diana Mittler- Battipaglia

                                                       The Con Brio Ensemble

          108-57 66th Avenue

            Forest Hills, NY 11375

(718) 459-1277

                e-mail: dianamittler@aol.