Kenneth Fischer Talks at the RCAAN Luncheon on April 17, 2014
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Manish Mehta (RCAAN Service Chairman) and Kenneth C.. Fischer talks to the club about the Luncheon on April 17, 2014.
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Phil Zepeda introduced our guest speaker, Mr. Kenneth C. Fischer, President of the University Musical Society. Ken brought greetings from the Downtown rotary club and then began sharing the fascinating history of UMS.
UMS was founded in 1879 and after next 136 seasons is presently one of the premier performing arts presenting organizations in the world. The UMS season consists performing arts programs ranging from choral music to dance to jazz to orchestral works and everything in between. Each of these series has world class performers and orchestras ranging from Itzhak Perlman, to the Rotterdam Philharmonic to the Tricia Brown Dance company to Artemis Quartet. UMS hosts 60-90 performances each season and over 100 educational events.
The UMS 2014-2015 season promises to be one of the best. There are several ways to order/ subscribe for tickets. For more information go to this website: www.UMS.org or to see a short video on what the UMS is all about go to www.UMS.org/victors. Many of the past seasons are being digitized and are available at www.UMSrewind.org.