For Immediate Release
December 2, 2013
NOVA-Alexandria music ensembles to play Holiday
concert
Living Legends of Alexandria nominees
celebrated
What:
Celebrate the holiday season
listening to much-beloved favorites such as “Deck the Halls” and “Jingle Bells”
at this year’s Holiday Concert on the Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia
Community College.
The musical event will feature the
NOVA Community Chorus, the NOVA Alexandria Jazz Ensemble and the Alexandria
Band. Other songs to be performed include “Have Yourself a Merry Little
Christmas” and “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Selections from Franz Joseph Haydn's
“Mass in Time of War” will also be performed and the evening will be capped by
an audience sing-along.
Attendees will also be introduced
to the 2014 Living Legends of Alexandria nominees during the evening. The
initiative is an on-going not-for-profit photo-documentary project to identify,
honor, and chronicle the people making current history in Alexandria. The 2014
Legends will be selected later this month and honored early next year at the annual
Meet the Legend Reception.
When:
The concert will take place
Tuesday, Dec. 10. A reception to greet the Living Legends nominees begins at
6:30 p.m. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m.
Where:
Northern Virginia Community
College, Alexandria Campus, Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center,
3001 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311
Cost:
The concert is free and open to the
public. Free garage parking will also be available. The garage is closed from
Campus Drive, but accessible from the Beauregard Street entrance.
Concert Contact:
Lisa C. Eckstein, music instructor
and band director at NOVA-Alexandria, 703.845.6252 or leckstein@nvcc.edu
Media Contact: Jennifer Gonzalez | 703.425.5839 | jgonzalez@nvcc.edu
Northern Virginia Community College is the largest
institution of higher education in the Commonwealth of Virginia and one of
America’s largest community colleges. NOVA enrolls more than 75,000 students at
its six campuses in Alexandria, Annandale, Loudoun, Manassas, Springfield and
Woodbridge, and through the Extended Learning Institute. For more information
about NOVA and its programs or services, call 703-323-3000 or visit the
College’s website, www.nvcc.edu.
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