Opening Gala Concert With The Brussels Chamber Orchestra Held In Raleigh 7/2

The Opening Gala Concert of the upcoming Cross Currents Chamber Music and Arts Festival (www.crosscurrentsfestival.com) featuring the Brussels Chamber Orchestra will be played at the Meymandi Theatre at the Murphey School, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh on Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 8:30 pm. Tickets for the Gala are $50 and are available through the Free Range Studio by calling 919-821-3478, emailing cjknowles@earthlink.net, or by mail to: Free Range Studio, 410 Morson Street, Raleigh, NC 27601 (Tickets are limited, early reservations are encouraged).

The Brussels Chamber Orchestra will be performing the Vivaldi Four Seasons with Nana Kawamura as violin soloist. The Gala, to benefit the Cross Currents Chamber Music and Arts Festival will be an evening of classical music, champagne and chocolate.

The Brussels Chamber Orchestra (www.brusselschamberorchestra.com) is one of the most exciting young orchestras in Europe. Composed of 12 virtuoso musicians from six different countries, the Brussels Chamber Orchestra has played all over the world, most recently in Norway, Italy, Spain, Mexico, France, Belgium and the US. Their US debut in Raleigh, last summer, was received with great enthusiasm and critically acclaimed.

Ticket stubs from the Gala can be used for free entry to Music Day at Marbles, July 11th at the Marbles Kids Museum (one ticket per each entry).

Burning Coal Theatre Company is Raleigh's small, professional theatre. Burning Coal is an incorporated, non-profit [501 (c) (3)] organization. Burning Coal's mission is to produce literate, visceral, affecting theatre that is experienced, not simply seen. Burning Coal produces explosive reexaminations of overlooked classic and modern plays, as well as new plays, whose themes and issues are of immediate concern to our audience, using the best local, national and International Artists available. We work toward a theatre of high-energy performances and minimalist production values. The emphasis is on literate works that are felt and experienced viscerally, unlike more traditional linear plays, at which audiences are most often asked to observe without participating. Race and gender non-specific casting is an integral component of our perspective, as well as an international viewpoint.