Dan Cirucci: Low Cost Concert By Fine Young Musicians!

Monday, March 11, 2024

Low Cost Concert By Fine Young Musicians!

Sixty-four students representing Archdiocesan Secondary Schools and private Catholic High Schools throughout the five-county region have been selected to participate in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s 2024 All Catholic Orchestra and to perform in the annual concert.

This year’s All Catholic Orchestra, is under the direction of guest conductor, Professor Jiannan Cheng, the Director of Orchestras at the College of Performing Arts at Rowan University. Katherine Chmelko, the Director of Performing Arts and Choral Director at Nazareth Academy High School and David Zagorski, the Instrumental Director at Nazareth Academy High School, will serve as the Festival Coordinators.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

3:00 p.m.

Nazareth Academy High School

4001 Grant Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19114

Students from Archdiocesan Secondary Schools including Archbishop John Carroll High School in Radnor (Delaware County); Archbishop Ryan High School in Northeast Philadelphia; Archbishop Wood High School in Warminster (Bucks County); Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown (Chester County); Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield (Delaware County); Conwell-Egan Catholic High School in Fairless Hills (Bucks County); Lansdale Catholic High School in Lansdale (Montgomery County); Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford (Montgomery County); and Saint Hubert Catholic High School for Girls in the Tacony section of Philadelphia will participate.

Students from private Catholic High Schools including Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School in Lower Gwynedd (Montgomery County); Holy Ghost Preparatory School in Bensalem (Bucks County); Mount Saint Joseph Academy in Flourtown (Montgomery County); Nazareth Academy High School in Northeast Philadelphia; Sacred Heart Academy in Bryn Mawr (Montgomery County); Saint Joseph’s Preparatory School in North Philadelphia; The Academy of Notre Dame de Namur in Villanova (Delaware County); Villa Joseph Marie High School in Holland (Bucks County); and Villa Maria Academy High School in Malvern (Chester County) will also participate.

The students will perform pieces selected from The Abduction from the Seraglio by Mozart arranged by Richard Meyer; Symphony No. 7 (second movement) by Beethoven arranged by Richard Meyer; The Beautiful Galatea by Suppé arranged by Victor López; Theme from Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky arranged by Chris. M. Bernotas; In the Fading Light of Autumn by Ralph Ford; Symphony No. 5 (finale) by Tchaikovsky arranged by Richard Meyer; Theme from New York, New York by John Kandor and Fred Ebb arranged by Bob Cerulli.

Four Year Awards will be presented to Daria Heletkanycz, Nazareth Academy High School in Northeast Philadelphia; Gabriella Breault, Archbishop John Carroll High School in Radnor (Delaware County); Madeline Sarachman, Villa Joseph Marie High School in Southampton (Bucks County); Maxfield Kline, Saint Joseph’s Preparatory School in North Philadelphia; and Ruthanne Lally, Villa Maria Academy High School in Malvern (Chester County). In addition, Grace Palermo, Nazareth Academy High School in Northeast Philadelphia, will be recognized for her participation in the All Catholic Concert Band.

Tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased at the door.

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About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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