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]>
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