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Mendelssohn Choir To Kick Off 31st Season With Bridgeport Concert
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. -- The Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut will kick off its 31st season on Saturday, Dec. 12, with a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Bridgeport.
The choir will be performing with the Greater Bridgeport Symphony, directed by Eric Jacobsen, and the Fairfield University Chamber Singers at the Klein Memorial Auditorium.
The concert starts at 8 p.m.
The Klein Memorial Auditorium is located at 910 Fairfield Ave. For more information, call (800) 424-1060.
The choir itself is guided by Carole Ann Maxwell, DSM, its founder and artistic director.
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Students performed holiday favorites like "Let It Snow" and "All I Want for Christmas;" moving numbers like "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables; and jazzy tunes like Louis Prima's "Jump, Jive an' Wail."
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