Community Concert Association Announces 2023 Season

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Aug. 17, 2022 - PRLog -- Internationally-acclaimed performers from the Ukraine, England and the U.S. will headline the five concerts planned for 2023 by the Fort Myers Community Concert Association.

Tickets are now on sale for the five-performance season, which organizers say brings the best in  symphony orchestras, song and dance to Southwest Florida.  All performances will be at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on the Florida SouthWestern State College campus in Fort Myers.

All five concerts are included in one ticket price, which ranges from $165 for prime orchestra and mezzanine seats to $155 for other orchestra and mezzanine seats, $85 for lower balcony seating and just $65 for upper balcony.  Most $165 orchestra seating already is sold out.

The five performances all begin at 7:30 p.m.:

●          New York Philharmonic String Quartet – January 8, 2023. The New York Philharmonic String Quartet consists of four principal musicians from the orchestra.

●          The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine – January 16, 2023. The Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine was established in 1902 and has hosted some of the world's greatest conductors and musicians in classical music. This concert is sponsored by the U.S. State Department.

●          A Celebration of Song – the Classics to Broadway – February 7, 2023. This upbeat concert by Concerto Soloists Internationale features popular highlights from grand opera to Broadway to pop performed by international soloists from four continents with a live on-stage orchestra and an emcee..

●          The English Chamber Orchestra – March 9, 2023.  The English Chamber Orchestra is the most recorded chamber orchestra in the world. The orchestra has performed with some of the world's greatest soloists.

●          The Royal National Ballet Direct from the Republic of Georgia – Fire of Georgia – March 27, 2023. The Royal National Ballet will be making its American debut during this season.  The performance, called the "Fire of Georgia," combines Georgian folk dances with modern attitude towards the choreography and costumes.

For membership information, visit www.fortmyerscommunityconcerts.org or call 239-693-4849. Tickets to individual performances are not available at this time.

The Fort Myers Community Concert Association, now in its 73rd concert season, 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 1,200 members, underwriters and sponsors.  Performers brought to Fort Myers in the past by the association include The Israel Ballet, The Boston Brass, Violin Virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Pianist Andre Watts, Violinist Joshua Bell with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and many others.