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“I Musici de Montréal,” a chamber orchestra consisting of 15 musicians founded by cellist and dynamic Maestro conductor Yuli Turovsky, will take Columbia State’s Cherry Theater stage for the first time on Thursday, March 18 at 7 p.m. The performance is the fifth show in Columbia State’s 2009-2010 First Farmers and Merchants Bank Performance Series.
“We would like to invite the community to enjoy an evening of beautiful music by I Musici de Montréal” said Monteia Moore, director of community and evening services at Columbia State.
The ensemble performs a vast repertoire ranging from Baroque to the Contemporary in concert, and has released more than 40 CD’s that have been distributed in more than 50 countries. The public enthusiasm and critical acclaim that underlines the precision, cohesion and virtuosity of performance, as well as the distinctive sound of the orchestra, confirms the orchestra’s importance on the world’s musical stage.
The orchestra has performed in some of the greatest halls in the world including New York’s Lincoln Theater, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussel, Kioi Hall in Tokyo, Japan and the Conservatoire de Musique in Luxemburg, among others.
Tickets for the performance may be purchased by calling or visiting Columbia State’s ticket office during ticket office hours. Columbia State’s ticket office is open Monday through Thursday between the hours of 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. in room 103 of the Waymon L. Hickman building, and between 4:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. in room 109 of the Warf building. Tickets may also be purchased on Fridays between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. in Warf, room 109.
The ticket office will be open one hour prior to the performance in Hickman 103. The Cherry Theater is located in the Waymon L. Hickman building on Columbia State’s Columbia Campus. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover are accepted.
To purchase tickets by telephone, call (931) 540-2879 during office hours.
Columbia State is a two-year college, serving a nine-county area in southern Middle Tennessee with locations in Columbia, Franklin, Lawrenceburg, Lewisburg and Clifton. As Tennessee’s first community college, Columbia State is committed to increasing access and enhancing diversity at all five campuses. Columbia State is a member of the Tennessee Board of Regents, the sixth largest higher education system in the nation. For more information, please visit www.columbiastate.edu.