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Festival of Fine Arts begins 42nd season

LAKELAND, Fla. (Sept. 28, 2001) - Florida Southern College opens its 42nd Festival of Fine Arts season Oct. 4 with a program of music of and about Floridians. The opening performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Branscomb Auditorium on the college campus.

FSC showcases its full range of musical talent with selections performed by the symphony band, jazz band, symphony orchestra, and chorus.

The opening concert is especially important, says music professor and conductor Arthur Pranno. "This is our opening gala, and there will probably be well over 200 students participating. It will be a great concert."

Pranno has chosen selections from the opera, "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" for the orchestral portion of the program. A collaboration of composer Kurt Weill and writer Bertolt Brecht, the opera is set in a fictitious town in Florida.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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