Carnival of the Animals

The East Stroudsburg University/Community Orchestra will perform Camille Saint-Saëns musical suite, Carnival of the Animals, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 9, in Cecilia S. Cohen Recital Hall of the University’s Fine & Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg. 

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Otis French, Ph.D., associate professor of music, will conduct the orchestra in Saint-Saëns’ light-hearted classic, which features fourteen sections, each representing a different animal or animals. Broadway performer Pearce Wegener will read poet Ogden Nash’s lively narration to the suite.

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Betsy Buzzelli-Clarke, Ed.D., associate professor of music, and Jenny Collins, M.M., adjunct professor of music, are featured pianists for the concert.

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Prior to the performance, ESU’s Department of Theatre will conduct an interactive workshop for children on how to create animal characters and puppets at 2 p.m. in the recital hall.

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The concert and workshop, sponsored by the Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival and ESU’s Department of Music, is free and open to the public. 

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For more information, please call 570-422-3483, or email esuarts@esu.edu.