Park Avenue Chamber Symphony to Be Featured at FOTA's Long Island Beethoven Festival

Park Avenue Chamber Symphony to Be Featured at FOTA's Long Island Beethoven Festival

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Friends of the Arts (FOTA) has selected the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony (PACS) (http://www.chambersymphony.com/) to be the featured orchestra in the Grand Finale of its annual Beethoven Festival, presented by Liberty Title Agency. The performance, which will include Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica"), will be held on Sunday, May 31st, 2009 at 6PM at the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York.

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"We are thrilled to be working with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony," said Maryann Beaumont, Executive Director of Friends of the Arts. "With the addition of PACS to our program, we continue our festival's tradition of bringing exciting talent and high-caliber performances to our audiences."

"It is a great honor to be selected by this prestigious festival, which is quite discriminating about its performers," said David Bernard, Music Director of the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. "We are looking forward to working with Friends of the Arts and celebrating one of the greatest composers of all time."

About the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony

The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony (PACS) is a New York-based orchestra that has performed regularly at Lincoln Center and will be making its third appearance at Carnegie Hall this season. Founded in 1999, PACS is a much celebrated New York attraction, collaborating with top musicians and performers like Carter Brey, Catherine Cho, Jon Manasse, Todd Phillips and Whoopi Goldberg. PACS performances have been broadcast on WQXR and the orchestra has been featured in the New York Times, The New York Daily News and the Wall Street Journal

About Friends of the Arts

For almost 40 years, Friends of the Arts (FOTA) has brought the best of the performing arts to Long Island. Each summer, FOTA offers an outstanding array of concerts at one of the most exquisite venues on Long Island, Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park in Oyster Bay. The Long Island Summer Festival and Beethoven Festival have all become highlights of the Long Island summer concert season.

About the Beethoven Festival

FOTA's annual Beethoven Festival brings Ludwig van Beethoven's most important and interesting works to Long Island audiences. Under the expert guidance of the renowned Robert Sherman, Music Director for the Festival, guests experience a wonderful fusion of the familiar and the unexpected performed by exceptional artists through an assortment of concurrent afternoon concerts, culminating in the Grand Finale in the FOTA Pavilion.

Contact: Joanna Smith Bers, +1-646-387-0893, or jbers@DBMT.com, for Park

Avenue Chamber Symphony

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CONTACT: Joanna Smith Bers for Park Avenue Chamber Symphony,
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Web Site: http://www.chambersymphony.com/

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