CROWN CITY SYMPHONY

(aka Crown City Chamber Players)

Marvin Neumann, Conductor

Mischa Lefkowitz, Violin Soloist

Presents Two Free Concerts

Program

Poet and Peasant Overture"by Von Suppe

Violin Concerto #5 by Mozart

Mischa Lefkowitz, Violin Soloist

Night on Bald Mountain" by Mussorgsky

Mischa Lefkowitz, Violin Soloist

“Night on Bald Mountain” by Mussorgsky

Made possible in part with funds received from

The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation

The Pasadena Showcase for the Arts

and sponsored by the Pasadena Senior Center

Call (626) 797-1994 for more information. Web site: crowncitysymphony.org

PRESS RELEASE

Crown City Symphony, a community orchestra founded in 2003 under the sponsorship of the Pasadena Senior Center, will give two free concerts, February 27 & 28, at 2pm both days. The first concert is at the Altadena Senior Center,

560 E. Mariposa, Altadena, and the second concert is at the First Baptist Church

of Pasadena, 75 N. Marengo. Marvin Neumann is the conductor, and the soloist

is Mischa Lefkowitz, first violinist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Mr. Lefkowitz was born in Latvia and began studying the violin at the age of seven.

At 17 he was admitted to the Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Leonid

Kogan. He has won top prizes in several international competitions and the National Endowment of the Arts. He has appeared as soloist with symphonies

in Europe, Canada and the United States. He has also played many recitals at

music festivals in Aspen, Meadowbrook, and Carnegie Hall. He has been a member

of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 1977.

Crown City Symphony, whose motto is Ability not Age, has received grants from

The Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division, and the Pasadena Showcase for the Arts.

The web site is crowncitysymphony.org. For more information email Roberta Wilcox, manager, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or call, (626) 797-1994.