Roberta Flack Set for Concert at WHBPAC on October 12

Multi Grammy-winning, sophisticated soul icon Roberta Flack performs at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center on Sunday, October 12 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $125, $150, $175 and are available online at www.whbpac.org.

She's given us many signature classics, from "Killing Me Softly with His Song," "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," and "Where is the Love" to more recent hits like "Set the Night to Music." A four-time Grammy Award winner, Ms. Flack has effortlessly inhabited the worlds of pop, soul, R&B, jazz, and folk and is still doing her thing. She promises to perform some of her "best loved hits" when she takes the stage at the WHBPAC along with a stellar group of musicians.

Classically trained on the piano from an early age, Roberta Flack received a music scholarship at age 15 to attend Howard University. After several years as a high and high school English teacher, Roberta Flack was discovered while singing at a Washington, DC club by jazz musician Les McCann. She was signed to Atlantic Records.

In 1972, a re-release of her song, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," from her first LP, zoomed to number one and remained there for six weeks, becoming that year's biggest hit. Roberta Flack followed with a string of hits, including "Where Is the Love" (a duet with former Howard University classmate Donny Hathaway), "Killing Me Softly With His Song", "Feel Like Makin' Love", "The Closer I Get to You", "Tonight I Celebrate My Love", and "Set the Night to Music." In 1999, she received a Star on Hollywood's legendary Walk of Fame.

Roberta Flack continues to perform to appreciative audiences around the world and is currently involved with two very exciting recording projects - an album of Beatles songs due out later this year, and an album for a talented group of musicians she is developing called The Real Artists Symposium. Very active as a humanitarian, she recently opened the Roberta Flack School of Music at the Hyde Charter School in the Bronx, which will provide music education to underprivileged students free of charge.

Purchase Tickets 3 Ways:

· On-Line: www.whbpac.org

· Call Box Office: 631-288-1500

· Visit: 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach, NY 11978

(Wednesday - Sunday, Noon - 6pm and later on show nights.)

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