Single Tickets On Sale for Community Concert Association Season

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Jan. 6, 2017 - PRLog -- World-renowned artists from throughout Europe, Russia, Scotland and the Ukraine will travel to Fort Myers this winter to perform for the Fort Myers Community Concert Association in its 68th annual concert series.

Single tickets are now on sale for the five performances, which organizers say are among the best ever offered by the Fort Myers Community Concert Association.  Prices are $55 for orchestra seats, $35 for lower balcony seats and $25 for upper balcony seats. Mezzanine seats are sold out.

All performances will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on the Florida SouthWestern State College campus in Fort Myers.

The five concerts for the 2017 season are:

●          National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine  – January 18, 2017.  Founded in 1918, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine is considered to be one of the finest symphony orchestras in Eastern Europe. The orchestra will present Verdi's Overture to LaForzza del Destino, Stankovych's Symphony No. 5 and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto No. 2.

●          Teatro Lirico D'Europa performing G. Bizet' s Carmen – February 16, 2017.    Carmen tells the story of a peasant girl and her on-again off-again love for soldier Don Jose. Teatro Lirico D'Europa is the most successful opera touring company in Europe and the U.S. and travels with a full orchestra of 47 to 50 members and a chorus of 40 singers.

●          Moscow Festival Ballet  –February 27, 2017.  The Moscow Festival Ballet will perform the classical ballet Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky. Since its founding in 1989, the Moscow Festival Ballet has completed two tours of Europe, two tours of the United Kingdom and extensive tours of the United States.

●          Cantus – March 5, 2017 – This premier men's vocal ensemble will honor the men and women who have answered the call to arms during the inspiring tribute, No Greater Love Than This.

Cantus performs more than 60 concerts each year both in national and international touring, including performances at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, and has released 17 albums.

●          Royal Scottish National Orchestra  – March 20, 2017. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is celebrating 125 years of bringing the best in classical music to audiences  around the world.  The orchestra will present Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and featuring violinist Nicola Benedetti in Brahms' Violin Concerto, D Major and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.

For tickets visit www.fortmyerscommunityconcerts.org or call 239-481-4849.

The Fort Myers Community Concert Association is an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization founded by the legendary Barbara B. Mann in 1949 to bring world-class entertainment to Southwest Florida at affordable prices.  The association consists of more than 1,700 members, underwriters and sponsors.  Performers brought to Fort Myers in the past by the association include The Israel Ballet, The Boston Brass, Minnesota Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Violinist Itzhak Perlman, Flutist James Galway, Pianist Andre Watts, Violinist Joshua Bell with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and many others.