APPLETON, WIS. — A benefit concert supporting hurricane relief as well as music and education programs in Haiti will be presented by Lawrence University students and community musicians Saturday, Nov. 22 at 5:30 p.m. in Harper Hall of the Music-Drama Center.
Featuring all Haitian music, the program will include folk tunes performed by students of the Lawrence Academy String Project, choral rounds performed by the Son Shine Children’s Choir of Appleton’s First United Methodist Church, folkloric dances performed by Fox Valley Technical College CASS (Cooperative Association of States for Scholarship) students from Haiti, orchestral works performed by the “Friends of Haiti Chamber Orchestra” and a performance of “Plainte Nocturne” by the Kaukauna High School Orchestra.
The concert also will include one of the first U.S. performances of “Premiere Suite de Menuets En Symfonies” for two flutes, bassoon and strings by the 18th-century Haitian born composer Atys.
Jean R. Perrault, director of orchestras and professor of violin at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, will serve as the concert’s guest conductor.
Lawrence students who have participated in volunteer activities as educators at Haitian music camps also will make a presentation on their outreach activities there.
Suggested donations are $5 for students, $10 for adults and $25 for families. Checks can be made payable to Lawrence University, with “Haiti Benefit Concert” on the memo line. The concert is open to the public whether a financial contribution is made or not.
