FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Gita Brown, 401-456-8465, gbrown@ric.edu
Laura Hart, 401-456-8977, lhart@ric.edu
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island College’s new Symphony Orchestra conductor, Alexey Shabalin, will present his inaugural concert on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium in Roberts Hall, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., Providence. (Admission $10.)
Shabalin, a violinist and concertmaster, graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1995. He is artist-director of the Rhode Island Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, and he founded and conducts the Rhode Island Youth Soloists. His posts include assistant conductor of the MIT Symphony, chamber music coach at Brown University and conductor of Providence College’s Symphony Orchestra.
For tickets, call the Box Office at (401) 456-8144 or visit www.ric.edu/pfa. Photography/recording during the performance is not allowed.
Established in 1854, Rhode Island College serves approximately 9,000 graduate and undergraduate students through its five schools: the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development, the School of Social Work, the School of Management and the School of Nursing. For more information, visit www.ric.edu.
