PARAMUS, N.J. – As part of Women’s History Month, women musicians will perform the work of women composers during Ars Electronica’s “Beautiful Women, Beautiful Music: The Nature of Aesthetics” concert at Bergen Community College.
Directed by Bergen professor Linda Marcel, the performance scheduled for Thursday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the College’s Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre at its main campus, 400 Paramus Road, spotlights musical compositions with a “woman’s touch.” Featured artists include Sabrina Dente and Annamaria Garibaldi of Duo Maclé, a four-hand piano duo; Natalia Benedetti, a distinguished award-winning clarinetist; and Shahla Nikfal, a world-traveling qanun performer.
Proceeds from the annual event benefit a scholarship fund established in honor of Dr. Ron Mazurek, a deceased Bergen faculty member, musician and music professor. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for senior citizens and Bergen staff and $5 for the College’s students. Attendees can purchase tickets by calling (201) 447-7428 or visiting tickets.bergen.edu.
Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu) based in Paramus is a public two-year coeducational college, enrolling nearly 17,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields.
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