For those of you in the Long Island/New York City area -

   May 13, 2000
   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
   CONTACT: Jeffrey James
   516-797-9166

   FARMINGDALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PRESENTS
   A CONCERT FOR MOZAMBIQUE DISASTER RELIEF

   Farmingdale United Methodist Church will present A Concert for
   Mozambique on Sunday, June 4 at 3 PM at Farmingdale United Methodist
   Church, 407 Main Street, corner of Main and Grant Streets in
   Farmingdale, New York.

   The church's organist and Director of Music Christine Bouton will be
   joined by trumpet virtuoso Rodger Lee in a very special fundraising
   concert for disaster relief in Mozambique, a southeast African country
   devastated by some of the worst flooding in recent memory.

   Because of the generous support of Arthur White Funeral Home, all
   concert proceeds will go to Mozambique Disaster Relief.

   The program will feature Ms. Bouton and Mr. Lee performing music
   by Mozart, Baroque composers Torelli, Fantini, Purcell and Keller,
   American composers Robert Baksa, Joseph Turrin and Eric Ewazen - also
   featuring Albert Hay Malotte's setting of The Lord's Prayer, Dudley
   Buck's spectacular Concert Variations on The Star -Spangled Banner
   and E. Power Biggs' arrangement of Sousa's The Stars and Stripes
   Forever - both for organ solo.

   Christine Bouton is the Director of Music at Farmingdale United
   Methodist Church.  She has presented recitals throughout the New York
   metropolitan area and was the featured organ soloist for the King's
   College Choir on tour in the U.S.  and England.  Ms.  Bouton is a
   graduate of The King's College, where she studied with Dewitt Wasson,
   noted music critic for "The American Organist".  She was formerly
   Director of Music at Bay Shore United Methodist Church, and is a
   versatile composer/arranger/accompanist.

   Rodger Lee has played with the Metropolitan Fanfare Trumpets, the
   Goldman Band, the Old Bethpage Civil War Brass Band, among others,
   and is currently with the Les Miserables on Broadway.  Mr.  Lee
   also performs with The Royal Brass, a Renaissance Trumpet ensemble.
   Besides performing regularly with the Broadway production of Scarlet
   Pimpernel, he also has played with other shows such as Peter Pan and
   Putting it Together.  He is a composer for both trumpet ensemble and
   piano, and writes record reviews for the Historic Brass Journal
   Newsletter.

   Tickets for this concert are $10 per person or $20 per family,
   including a Meet the Artist reception.  Children under 15 free of
   charge.  For directions or concert information, please call Farmingdale
   United Methodist Church at 516-694-3424.

Jeffrey James <[log in to unmask]>