ACCLAIMED FIREWORKS ENSEMBLE COMING TO MIDDLETOWN ON SEPT. 22nd

The flexible and high energy instrumental ensemble Fireworks! will be brought to

Middletown from New York City by the Greater Middletown Concert Association on

Sunday afternoon, Sept. 22, at 3:00 p.m. The concert will be held at the state-of-the-art MHS Performing Arts Center,200 LaRosa Lane, on the Middletown High School campus. The chamber ensemble of eight outstanding young string, woodwind and keyboard musicians of Fireworks! will feature a program called “American Tapestry.” It is a journey through America’s vast and varied cultural landscape, and an exploration of the connections and influences that helped shape America’s greatest music. For example, Fireworks! program moves from the bluegrass fiddles of Appalachia to the earthy hallelujahs of the Sacred Harp,  from Louisiana Zydeco to Chicago Blues, from composers Ives and Copland to rock and hip hop. This young “crossover” chamber group has electrified the entire music world! It is now known as the “hottest” chamber group in New York City!

   Fireworks  tours through North America each year and has appeared on prestigious stages such as Carnegie Hall, The Library of Congress, The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society  and The Chatauqua Institution, as well as radio’s WNYC and television’s NBC.

Originally scheduled in Middletown last Feb. 10, Fireworks had to be cancelled then because of heavy snow. This is its rescheduled appearance  on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 3:00 p.m.

     Tickets are available to the public now at $30 (front seats) or $25 (rear seats), by calling 860 347-4887 or 860 346-3369. There are student, family and group prices upon inquiry.  Major credit cards are accepted. Also, checks for tickets can be sent to: GMCA, Box 2622, Middletown, CT 06457.  The website is: www.GreaterMiddletownConcerts.org    and the e-mail is : bmwa@aol.com.