This Sunday: Symphonic Relief for Haiti concert

Last Sunday, January 31^st, the Boston-based Longwood Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and New England Conservatory (NEC) hosted a benefit concert, Symphonic Relief for Haiti, at NEC’s Jordan Hall. LSO’s concert aimed to raise money for Partners In Health’s Haitian relief effort, Stand With Haiti. The show featured a variety of musicians who are also healthcare professionals from various Boston-area hospital and medical centers. In addition, the LSO was joined by NEC faculty Paula Robison and Richard Stoltzman and two Haitian musicians, NEC student Jean Bernard Cerin and Project STEP/Preparatory student Aurélie Théramène, A Far Cry chamber orchestra, and the Boston Children's Chorus. Student musicians from NEC, Longy School of Music, Boston Conservatory, and Boston University augmented the instrumental ensembles.

The concert will be rebroadcast this coming Sunday, February 7, 2010, on Boston’s WBZ, Channel 38, at 10 p.m. Music from last week’s concert will be played alongside a slideshow of recent images taken by PIH staff and healthcare workers in Haiti. Dr. Lisa M. Wong, President of the LSO, hopes that the airing of the concert will allow the group to meet its fundraising goal of $100,000. To date, the LSO has raised over $75,000 for PIH’s efforts in Haiti. Help LSO meet its goal by watching the show this weekend and donating to this amazing cause!

Donations to PIH can be made through the LSO’s donation page: http://act.pih.org/page/outreach/view/haitiearthquake/symphonicrelief