American Chamber Ensemble to Present BACK TO RACH at Hofstra University's Fortunoff Theater

The critically-acclaimed American Chamber Ensemble, celebrating its 58th Anniversary, will perform Bach to Rach on Sunday, November 5 @ 3 PM at Hofstra University's Helene Fortunoff Theater in Monroe Lecture Center on California Avenue in Hempstead, NY, presented by the University Music Department.

ACE will present Rachmaninoff's Vocalise, Trio Elegaique and Glory from Six Morceaux for piano duo, Bach's Flute Sonata #2, Glazunov's Elegie, Alexandre Giulmant's Morceaux Symphonique for trombone and piano, featuring ACE's 2023 Student Award Winner, and Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze for piano duo.

Performers will include pianist and ACE Director Marilyn Lehman, along with violinists Eriko Sato and Deborah Wong, violist Lois Martin, cellist Chris Finckel, and clarinetist and Assistant ACE Director Mindy Dragovich. Special guests will be Adrienne Stamatas Borbely, piano and Valerie Nuzzolo, basset horn and Nick Auxilia, trombone (ACE Student Award winner).

Tickets are $20 general admission; $15 senior citizen (over 65) or matriculated non-Hofstra student with ID, and will be available at the door. For ticket information or reservations, call 631-242-5684 or 516-586-3433.

Directed by Marilyn Lehman and assisted by Mindy Dragovich, ACE was founded in 1965 by pianist Blanche Abram and clarinetist Naomi Drucker. In residence at Hofstra University, the ensemble explores the great chamber music literature for piano, strings, woodwinds and voice and presents performances featuring world-class artists. ACE consists of the finest freelance musicians in the New York area and has been cited by critics for their superb presentations of chamber masterworks. Their latest CDs on Elysium are American Clarinet Treasures, featuring core members of ACE performing works by George Kleinsinger, Virgil Thomson, Daniel Gregory Mason, Elliott Carter, Douglas Moore and Gary Schocker, with guest artist Stanley Drucker and The American Chamber Ensemble Plays Peter Schickele, which features five of this modern master's most important chamber works.

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ACE's concert season is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Hofstra University Music Department, as well as by individual contributions.