Press Release

The Music School of Delaware Presents a Showcase Spectacular

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Date: June 8, 2011
Time: Grand opens at 6:00 p.m.; Rising Stars (outstanding young performers) at 6:15 p.m. in the baby grand; student chamber music ensembles at 6:15 p.m. in the salon; Showcase begins at 7:00 p.m.
Location: The Grand Opera House, 818 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware
Tickets: $10 general admission tickets are available for purchase online at www.musicschoolofdelaware.org/showcase or at The Grand Opera House’s box office (800) 37-GRAND.
Teams: Show your support for music education in Delaware by joining or donating to a Showcase fundraising team. Teams represent Music School ensembles, departments, groups and more! Visit www.musicschoolofdelaware.org/showcase to make your tax-deductible donation, all proceeds benefit The Music School of Delaware.

Details: The Music School of Delaware will host its Showcase spectacular on June 8th presenting over 200 student and adult musicians in eight choral and orchestral ensembles “center stage” at The Grand Opera House. This collaborative concert will feature Delaware’s finest student and amateur musicians ranging in age from 6 to 80 years.

This year’s Showcase program will feature compelling and challenging repertoire, from classical favorites to contemporary works. The first half of the concert will highlight the Music School’s distinguished choral ensembles performing works by well-known composers including Haydn, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Rutter, Eleanor Daley, Rollo Dilworth and the Music School’s own vocal/choral department head Michael Larkin, among others.

Following the intermission, the Music School’s accomplished orchestral ensembles will perform works by Berlioz, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Whitney and Mussorgsky. The evening will close with a combined performance by all orchestral and choral ensembles of John Rutter’s “For the Beauty of the Earth” and Sy Miller & Jill Jackson’s “Let There Be Peace on Earth” arranged by Michael Larkin.

For more information, please visit www.musicschoolofdelaware.org/showcase or call (302) 762-1132.

Founded in 1924, The Music School of Delaware reaches thousands of people from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland through its instructional programs and 75 public performances each year. The Music School is the only nationally accredited program of its kind in Delaware and is the only statewide accredited community music school in the nation. The Music School offers standard-setting instructional programs for all ages including the Early Childhood program, Suzuki Academy, private study and ensembles. A faculty of nearly 100 expert artists and educators are among the best-trained musicians in the country. Open to all, the school administers a financial assistance program to help ensure music excellence for everyone, regardless of financial means. The Music School offers programs at branch locations in Wilmington and Milford and at over 25 satellite and outreach locations in Kent, Sussex and New Castle counties. For more information, please call the Wilmington Branch at 302-762-1132, the Milford Branch at 302-422-2043 or visit www.musicschoolofdelaware.org.