For Immediate Release

Contact:         Suzé DiPietro
                        Performing Arts Center Manager
                        Galloway, N.J. 08205
                        Suze.DiPietro@stockton.edu
                        (609) 652-4927

Galloway, N.J. - The Bay Atlantic Symphony is lighting up the holidays in a beautiful way - with music that brings out the inner warmth of the season!  They will play favorite carols, favorite Hanukkah tunes, Bach's resplendent Third Suite, Pachelbel, and even Johann Strauss - everything you could want for the season!  Join the maestro, Jed Gaylin, at the piano for a carol sing-along after the concert.  Join us for the holidays!

Show time is 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 11 in the Campus Center Theatre. Tickets are $32 and may be ordered online stockton.edu/pac or by calling the Box Office at (609) 652-9000.  The Box Office is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 90 minutes before the performance.  For group sales, call (609) 652-4786. 

Like mistletoe or latkes, a Bach Brandenburg concerto goes with the holidays. This year, Bay Atlantic will present the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto with three soloists in one of the richest Baroque works ever written. But the orchestra also is not afraid to let down their hair and celebrate by spinning the dreidel and lighting the tree. This program features not one but two carol sing-alongs––the second gathered around the piano with the maestro. Join us at the fireplace and ring in the season with glorious music!

The Bay Atlantic Symphony, Stockton’s “orchestra-in-residence,” will perform the following selections:                          

                                                                                             Johann Pachelbel—Canon in D

  Johann Sebastian Bach––Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

                                Johann Sebastian Bach—Brandenburg Concerto No. 4   

                                                                                                              Intermission

  Johann Strauss—Pizzicato Polka

  Russell Steinberg—Lights On! (Hanukkah Medley)

  Franz Schubert—Ave Maria, Lauren Athey-Janka, soprano

  Adolph Adam—O Holy Night, Lauren Athey-Janka, soprano

  Arthur Harris—A Medley of Christmas Carols 

For patrons with special needs, the Stockton Performing Arts Center offers wheelchair- accessible seating, large-type programs, and listening-assistive devices.  Please identify any needs you may have when making a reservation.

The Stockton Performing Arts Center, the Jersey Shore’s Center for the Arts, is located on the campus of Stockton University, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, just off Jimmie Leeds Road in Galloway, N.J.  Just 12 miles west of Atlantic City, the center is easily accessible from the Garden State Parkway and the Atlantic City Expressway. 

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.