An exciting concert, featuring a variety of music, will celebrate the Bicentennial of Lowell and 25 Years of A World of Music Concert Series.

Performers include the Lowell Chamber Orchestra, MCC music faculty members Raley Beggs, guitarist; Todd Brunel, clarinetist; Orlando Cela, conductor and flutist; Daniel Fridley, bass singer; Pamela Marshall, composer; Kimhan Meas, Cambodian percussion; Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta, pianist; and Marcus Santos, Afro Brazilian percussion. The MCC Guitar Ensemble will also be featured, and MCC President Phil Sisson will read a poem by Jack Kerouac accompanied by a musical improvisation. Works by Aaron Copland, Eric Ewazen, a world premiere by Pamela Marshall, along with Cambodian music, Afro Brazilian drumming, and a jazz improvisation will be featured.