Mother's Day Concert

The West Chester Senior Strings Orchestra, under the direction of Charles de Pasquale, will return to the  for the 15th annual Mother’s Day Concert on Sunday, May 13.

The program includes classical and contemporary music arranged for orchestra, ensemble and solo string performance and begins at 4 p.m. Admission is free.

Over the years, this national award-winning orchestra, composed of advanced string music students from three high schools in West Chester, PA, has not only entertained local audiences but also inspired them with their musicianship. Charles de Pasquale, their teacher and conductor, is a cellist with the Ocean City Pops Orchestra.

The Ocean City Art Center’s Friends of Music is proud to sponsor this annual event begun by Esther C. Weil in 1998. An avid supporter of music in Philadelphia and Ocean City, Mrs. Weil recognized the talent and professional musical quality conductor de Pasquale produces with his student orchestra.  The Mother’s Day Concert is dedicated to her memory.

For more information, call Judy Perkins at 609-391-1208.

— News release from the Friends of Music