In an effort to heal from their devastating loss, and to bring good to the world to overcome the evil that had taken their son, Alison Crowther, violinist and mother of Welles, and the Crowther family organize an annual Concert of Remembrance, 9/11 with the very generous help of friends in the world of professional music.

The concert is given in memory of all of the victims and heroes of the attacks against our country on September 11, 2001. Professional musicians from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, Albany Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Long Island Philharmonic, Stamford Symphony and Rockland Symphony volunteer their time for this concert.

There is no charge for admission, and the public is warmly invited.

8th Annual Concert for Remembrance, 9/11
Sunday, September 13, 2009 - 5 p.m.
Grace Episcopal Church      [ directions ]
130 First Avenue
Nyack, NY 10960

Edward Simons, music director and conductor, is conductor of the Rockland Symphony Orchestra. Heather Vogel, violinist with the Albany Symphony and Rockland Symphony, will be concertmistress.

The concert will open with the orchestra performing Drei Stücke for string orchestra by Henry Purcell (1658-1695). Marti Sweet, violinist will then perform the andante movement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s (1685-1750) Concerto for Violin in A-minor.

Barbara Allen, principal harpist of the American Ballet Theatre Orchestra and the Greenwich Symphony, and Jerry Grossman, principal cellist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra will perform Camille Saint-Saens’ (1835-1921) Le Cygne (The Swan).

Flutists Jacquelyn Drechsler, Rockland Symphony, Holly Druckman, Columbia University, and Kathleen Nester, of New Jersey Symphony and Stamford Symphony, will join together to perform flute trios. Pianists Fredrica Wyman and Christopher Oldfather will perform a piano duet, Franz Schubert’s (1797-1828) Lebensstürme.

Alison Crowther, violinist, Rockland Symphony, will perform the allegro movement from J.S. Bach’s Sonata No.2 in A-minor. Ron Wasserman, principal double bassist of New York City Ballet Orchestra, will present Quatrefoil, his original composition for flute, viola, harp, and double bass. Wendy Stern, flutist, New Jersey Symphony, Désirée Elsévier, violist, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and Barbara Allen, harpist, will join Ron in the performance.

The concert will conclude with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756-1791) Exsultate, Jubilate, KV 165, featuring soloist Jennifer Cece Bellon, soprano.

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