Gerard Schwarz to Conduct Arco Ensemble at Enlow Hall, 11/23

Arco Ensemble will perform under the baton of native New Jerseyan Gerard Schwarz, on November 23 at 3:00 p.m. The performance will be the first of this season's "Concert and Café" series at Gene and Shelley Enlow Recital Hall on the East Campus of Kean University

Gerard Schwarz serves as Music Director of the famed All-Star Orchestra (currently seen on PBS) and the Eastern Music Festival. Schwarz recently completed his 26th and final season as Seattle Symphony Music Director and now serves as its Conductor Laureate. His previous positions as Music Director include New York's Mostly Mozart Festival, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the New York Chamber Symphony.

The New Jersey-based virtuoso string orchestra Arco Ensemble, in cooperation with Enlow Hall, is presenting its second season of "Concerts and Café", hour-long classical music performances followed by light refreshment and informal discussion with the performers. The November 23rd event will feature masterpieces of the string orchestra repertory, including Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, Grieg's Holberg Suite, and Schwarz's own arrangement for string orchestra of the Sextet from Strauss's opera Capriccio.

Situated on Kean University's East Campus (215 North Avenue in Hillside, NJ), Enlow Hall is renowned for its superb acoustics and elegant design. With just 300 spectacular seats, Enlow Hall has been praised by noted performers and patrons for its intimate ambiance and close proximity between musicians and audience members. Free onsite parking is available at every concert.

Tickets to Arco Ensemble conducted by Gerard Schwarz are $25 and include access to the post performance café with complimentary coffee, tea, Prosecco and light refreshments.

Tickets can be purchased by calling Kean Stage Box Office at 908.737.SHOW (7469), online at http://EnlowHall.kean.edu or in person at Kean University's Wilkins Theater Box Office (1000 Morris Avenue in Union, NJ).