MIDDLEBURG CONCERT SERIES OPENS WITH HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS

The first 2017 concert of the Middleburg Concert Series will feature both classical and popular movie themes. Music has always played a vital part in film featuring compositions by modern composers such as Burt Bachrach, John Williams, Marvin Hammlisch as well as traditionally classical pieces by composers such as Chopin, Mozart and Beethoven. Returning for the March concert by popular demand is Abby Foy Middleton, the beautiful soprano who charmed the audience at the Broadway Medley concert last June. She will be joined by concert pianist Anna Nizhegorodtseva who received three standing ovations at the inaugural concert of the series in March of 2015. Also performing will be Concert Music Director, cellist and Shenandoah Conservatory Arts professor, Alan Saucedo; Musicians in Residence, violinist and Shenandoah Conservatory Faculty member, Cynthia Saucedo; and Middleburg United Methodist Church Music Director and Hill School music teacher, Karen Chase. The concert will be on Sunday, March 26th, at 4 PM, at the Middleburg United Methodist Church, corner of Washington and Pendleton Streets.

Abby Foy Middleton is a graduate of the prestigious Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and has performed in numerous operas, operettas, and traditional musicals. Her roles have included Liesl in The Sound of Music, and Marian in The Music Man. Her wistful, yet buoyant voice is always a crowd pleaser. Russian born pianist Anna Nizhegorodtseva holds degrees from Novgorod Glinka State Conservatory and a doctorate from Catholic University. She has won numerous international piano competitions. In a previous appearance with the Concert Series she exhibited a truly magical touch on the keys of the 1927 Steinway Concert Grand Piano.

The goal of the Middleburg Concert Series is to make virtuoso performances available to Middleburg residents and visitors and in a small town setting.There will be a reception with light refreshments to meet the artists immediately after the concert. In keeping with the movie theme the reception will be sponsored by the Popcorn Monkey. ML

Admission to both the concert and reception are free. Donations are welcome. For further information please [email protected] or telephone 540-303-7127