Academy Will Present "76 To 95" Recital

Ascension Academy will present "76 to 95," a flute and piano recital featuring Neoromantic music written by award-winning contemporary composers, at Ascension Lutheran Church, 600 E. Penn Grant Road, Willow Street, on Sunday, Sept. 18, at 4 p.m.

"76 to 95" is a geographical survey of living composers, tracing a route from Pennsylvania to New York City. The composers featured in the program include Daniel Dorff, Valerie Coleman, Jennifer Higdon, Allison Loggins-Hull, Gary Schocker, David Bennett Thomas, and Robert Maggio.

The works will be performed by Jocelyn Crosby and Douglas Wimer.

Crosby is a 2022 finalist in the National Flute Association's Alto Flute Artist Competition. She was a 2021 scholarship recipient and performer in the International Galway Flute Festival and was featured on WHYY's House Concert Series. She has played in the Fulton Theatre pit orchestra and teaches at the Community Music School in Collegeville. She is a twice-graduate of Temple University.

Wimer is organist and choirmaster at St. Stephen Reformed Presbyterian Church in New Holland. He is the owner and president of the Buch Organ Company in Ephrata and a former dean of the Lancaster Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He graduated magna cum laude from Philadelphia College of Bible (now Cairn University) and holds a master's degree from Westminster Choir College.

Admission to "76 to 95" will be by donation.

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