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Festival of Fine Arts holds 44th season opener

LAKELAND, Fla. (Sept. 22, 2003) - Florida Southern College opens its 44th Festival of Fine Arts season Oct. 4 with "Milestones in Music II," a musical salute in honor of composers' anniversaries. The opening performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Branscomb Auditorium on the college campus. 

The ensembles and soloists of the music department will be commemorating the birth and/or death anniversaries of famous composers, including Arcangelo Corelli, Antonin Dvorak, Charles Ives, and Glenn Miller. 

Tickets are $15. FSC students are admitted free of charge; non-FSC students admitted at half price. 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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