Chamber Players International Presents Special Concert Inspired by Poetry of Walt Whitman

June 11 at The Unitarian Universalist Center in Manhasset, New York Celebrates 150th Anniversary of Leaves of Grass

(PRWEB) June 8, 2005 -- Chamber Players International will present a very special concert of songs inspired by and readings of the poetry of Walt Whitman on Saturday, June 11, 2005, 1:30 PM at The Unitarian Universalist Center, 48 Shelter Rock Road (just south of Route 25A) in Manhasset, New York. The concert will be immediately preceded by a champagne brunch at 12 noon.

Working in cooperation with Paul Sperry, CPI will present a program inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman, including songs by Kurt Weill, Paul Hindemith, Lee Hoiby, Leonard Bernstein, Elliott Carter, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Charles Ives, Ned Rorem and others as well as readings of the masters poetry. This program is being presented as a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first printing of Leaves of Grass.

Performers for this program will include soprano Sherry Overholt, mezzo soprano Krista River, tenor Michael Barimo, baritone Lee Velta, reader Robert Rene Galvan and other soloists to be announced.

Tickets for the 1:30 concert alone are $25. The concert will be preceded by an optional champagne brunch at noon. Tickets for the champagne brunch and concert are $60, with group rates available. For tickets, reservations or more information, please contact Chamber Players International toll-free at 1 (877) 444-4488 or online at http://www.chamberplayersinternational.com.

Major sponsor for this program is LIPA -- the Long Island Power Authority.

Chamber Players International is a major regional presenting and performing arts organization serving the entire New York metropolitan area. Its artistic mission is to bring chamber music and chamber orchestra performances of the highest artistic quality to audiences throughout the area with such world-renowned ensembles as the International Chamber Orchestra of Rome and New York core-ensemble members as violinists Mark Peskanov and Janet Sung, violist Toby Hoffman, cellist Nathaniel Rosen, clarinetist Charles Neidich and pianists Jeffrey Biegel, Mirian Conti and Gerald Robbins. Visit them online at http://www.chamberplayersinternational.com.

Musical Cuisine is long established as a popular Long Island classical chamber music series. It has the unusual distinction of presenting world-class artists performing chamber music in an intimate and relaxed environment after a champagne brunch.

Contact: Jeffrey James

(516) 797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net

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