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Dix Hills Performing Arts Center presents
“Top of the Pops” featuring Five Towns College
Pops Orchestra with Dean Karahalis
Long Island’s favorite Conductor June 9, July 21 and August 11, at 7:30 p.m.
for Long Island audiences to enjoy
May 19, 2011, Dix Hills, NY --The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center is proud to present a summer full of light, breezy, popular music, in its annual musical salute to Broadway, Hollywood and more. The “Tops of the Pops” series features Dean Karahalis conducting the Five Towns College Concert Pops of music students and alumni. Three Thursday night performances are scheduled for June 9, July 21 and August 11 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are free.
Dean Karahalis is founder of the Concert Pops, a professional orchestra and concert band, as well as the conductor and musical director of the Five Towns College Pops. He has performed with the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, New York Lyric Choir, Goldovsky Opera and is also Musical Director/Founder of the New York Brass Choir.
He is an artist-clinician for the Conn-Selmer Musical Instrument Company and has performed extensively as a guest conductor and soloist throughout the United States. Recent conducting highlights have included performances at the United States Figure Skating Championships, U.S. Air Force Band, Washington, D.C., and a Night at the Opera with Metropolitan Opera star Robert Merrill.
As a follow-up to these performances, the FTC Pops will be featured artists in “Music Under the Stars” free outdoor concerts scheduled for July and August throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties.
The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center is located at Five Towns College, 305 North Service Road, Dix Hills, New York, 11746-5857. For more information and ticket sales, please contact the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center box office at (631) 656-2148 or visit online at www.DHPAC.org *Become a fan on Facebook! (Dix Hills Performing Arts Center).
The Performing Arts Foundation of Dix Hills, Inc.
The Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit entity located at Five Towns College.
The Foundation’s mission is to provide scholarships and support charitable, educational, literary, civic
and cultural events for the benefit of the local community.
DIX HILLS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
in association with
THE JOHN LENNON CENTER FOR MUSIC & TECHNOLOGY
FIVE TOWNS COLLEGE
305 North Service Road
Dix Hills, NY 11746-5857
Box Office 631.656.2148 FTC Phone 631.424.7000
For booking information contact: dhpacbookings@gmail.com
