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Ensemble Versaille performs
for FSC Chamber Series

LAKELAND, Fla. (March 29, 2002) - Florida Southern College welcomes the Ensemble Versailles for a Chamber Series performance on April 12. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Eleanor Searle Drawing Room of Joseph Reynolds Hall on campus.

The historical performance will give audiences the opportunity to hear a harpsichord, viola de gamba - similar to a cello - and other early instruments, performed by harpsichordist John Metz, gambist Barbara Bailey and four of their colleagues.

"Historical performance" is described by the Early Music America organization as " music composed before our time, performed with historically appropriate instruments and performance styles."

Tickets are $10 at the door and $5 for non-FSC students. FSC students are admitted free of charge. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296.

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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