Jersey City, NJ – On Saturday, October 25, 2008, The Hudson Symphony Orchestra premieres as the “Symphony-in-Residence” for Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College with an inaugural concert at 7:00 p.m. in The Roy Irving Theatre on the College’s Jersey City campus. <\/p>\n
Dr. YiLi Lin, conductor of The Hudson Symphony Orchestra, conducts works by Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber. The Hudson Symphony will also premiere Symphony No. 1: The Peacock<\/em>, a piece composed by Kevin Cummines, artistic director for the Roy Irving Theatre and director of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Aidan C. McMullen Chorale.<\/p>\n The partnership between Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s and The Hudson Symphony provides concert and performance opportunities for the College community, as well as the community at large. It also creates a center for cultural programming, information and activities. As the Symphony-in-Residence at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s, The Hudson Symphony Orchestra provides two annual concerts at the College, one per semester.<\/p>\n Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s students have the opportunity to perform in the orchestra under Conductor Lin’s direction, and earn credits as part of a degree program. Pre-concert lectures given by Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s faculty members correspond with the current academic curriculum.<\/p>\n Additionally, select Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College students can attain internships in marketing, fundraising or other areas within orchestra operations. The partnership also fosters outreach to surrounding high schools in order to promote music education.<\/p>\n Admission to the performance is free for all Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s students and staff, with a fee of $20.00 for the general public and $10.00 for seniors and children.<\/p>\n Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College is the Jesuit College of New Jersey. Founded in 1872, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s has an enrollment of approximately 3,000 students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The main campus is located in Jersey City with a branch campus in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, with courses at various corporate sites at the Jersey City waterfront and in South Amboy, NJ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kevin Cummines also premieres his composition Symphony No. 1: The Peacock<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n