Wachovia is presenting sponsor of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Neighborhood Concert series for the fifth consecutive year. All Neighborhood Concerts are free and open to the public.

“The Philadelphia Orchestra’s free Neighborhood Concerts provide us the opportunity to connect with different communities and reach thousands of people who might not otherwise attend an Orchestra performance,” said Philadelphia Orchestra President and CEO James Undercofler. “It gives us great pleasure to perform a Neighborhood Concert for the first time at Cabrini College, and we look forward to performing for the fifth year in Camden. We are grateful to our good partner, Wachovia, for their generous sponsorship of our Neighborhood Concert program.”

“We’re proud to again sponsor The Philadelphia Orchestra’s free Neighborhood Concert series, which has brought the orchestra’s music to thousands of people for the past three years in Greater Philadelphia and Camden,” says Bill Knott, Wachovia Bank’s Regional President for Greater Philadelphia and Delaware. “These concerts offer a wonderful opportunity for community residents to come together in their own neighborhood to enjoy a live performance of one of the world’s great classical music ensembles.”

The Philadelphia Orchestra helps Cabrini College celebrate its 50th anniversary with its first-ever Neighborhood Concert at the College’s campus in Radnor, PA, on Friday, June 27, at 7:00 p.m. The concert is the final public event of Cabrini College’s year-long anniversary celebration. Philadelphia Orchestra Associate Conductor Rossen Milanov conducts a program that features music of Bernstein, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Musorgsky, and Gershwin.

On Friday, July 25, The Philadelphia Orchestra returns to Camden, N.J. for the fifth year for a 7:00 p.m. concert at the Gordon Theater on the Rutgers-Camden campus. Seating is general admission; no tickets are required. The concert is hosted by the Camden County Board of Freeholders. Rossen Milanov conducts a program of Bernstein, Gershwin, and Tchaikovsky. The concert also includes the world premiere of a work by Philadelphia-based composer Andrea Clearfield.

The piece is a collaboration between Ms. Clearfield; Charlotte Blake Alston, noted storyteller and host of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Sound All Around Series; and participants in the Camden Respond Music Workshop Group. The Workshop – a partnership between the Orchestra and the social services organization Respond, Inc. – has engaged an inter-generational group of Camden community members in creative, artistic work, including music composition, performance, and storytelling. The seniors at the Respond, Inc. Linden Elders’ Center in Camden will perform the textual component of the Clearfield piece and students in the Camden Creative Arts High School choir, directed by Suzzette Ortiz, will perform the vocal component. The Christina Cultural Center Choir, directed by Stephen Caldwell, will also perform in the mixed community choir.

About Cabrini College and Additional Concert Information

The Cabrini College Neighborhood Concert will be held on the Edith R. Dixon Field. Free parking will be provided at four nearby lots with free shuttle service to and from the Cabrini campus. Two of the lots are within walking distance of the concert site.

Supporting sponsor for the concert at Cabrini College is PECO; media sponsor is the Main Line Network Group; community partners are SEI Investments, Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc., Main Line Chamber of Commerce, the Church of the Saviour, Eastern University, Valley Forge Military Academy and College, and Brandywine Realty Trust. Additional support is provided by the Cabrini College Alumni Association.

Students do extraordinary things at Cabrini College in Radnor, PA, a residential Catholic college currently celebrating its 50th anniversary. Cabrini serves 3,100 men and women in undergraduate and graduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences and professional studies. Cabrini’s serene 112-acre campus is 30 minutes from Philadelphia, and the College offers graduate programs at 15 satellite locations. Nationally, Cabrini was among the first in higher education to implement community service into the core curriculum. Founded in 1957 by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MSC), Cabrini College provides an “education of the heart,” integrating intellectual competency with moral and social responsibility. -- www.philorch.org