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American composers and award-winning soprano soloist to highlight NNO Jan. 18 matinee concert

Music director Michael Repper will be joined for his pre-concert talk by the Lancaster Elementary School Choir, under the direction of Destiny M. Carter, which will perform “Simple Gifts,” an 1848 Shaker song. Photo by Kent Eanes

The Northern Neck Orchestra will present a matinee concert Sunday, January 18, featuring the enchanting music of four outstanding American composers as it participates in the nationwide celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, “America 250.”

The program will include Amy Beach’s “Bal Masque,” Florence Price’s “Adoration,” Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” and “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” with award-winning soprano soloist Alexandra Razskazoff, and Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring.”

The concert will begin at 2 p.m. at the Lancaster Elementary School Theater, 191 School Street, Kilmarnock. A pre-concert talk will begin at 1:15 p.m. with music director Michael Repper.  He will be joined at the talk by the Lancaster Elementary School Choir, under the direction of Destiny M. Carter, which will perform….

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