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The Wyoming Seminary Civic Orchestra will present a program featuring the works of great composers from Russia, France, Germany, the Czech Republic and the United States at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 in the Great Hall, 228 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. 
Yoon Jae Lee, the orchestra&rsquo;s new music director, will lead the musicians in a performance of the Dvorak Festival March, Op. 54a; the Barber Adagio for Strings; Tchaikovsky&rsquo;s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture; ballet music from Gounod&rsquo;s &ldquo;Faust&rdquo; and the Brahms Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80. 
The Wyoming Seminary Music Department will present its annual Winter Instrumental Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011 in the Great Hall, 228 Wyoming Ave., Kingston.
 The concert features the Wyoming Seminary Orchestra and will include the first movement of Mozart&rsquo;s Symphony No. 40, &ldquo;A Hectic Overture&rdquo; by John Lloyd, and &ldquo;Montagues and Capulets&rdquo; from Prokofiev&rsquo;s &ldquo;Romeo and Juliet.&rdquo;
 Members of the Wyoming Seminary Dance Company will perform during the Prokofiev composition. Sem&rsquo;s handbell, percussion, string and chamber ensembles also will perform in a program that will include the Lower School instrumental ensemble. 
The concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, call 270-2190.

Wyoming Seminary Music Dept. Offers Two Free Concerts