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Saturday, May 22 - Season Finale!

Celebrating Three B's with Words and Music

VOCE Chamber Singers • Carlos Ibay, Piano

BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy, Op. 80
BARBER Essay No. 1
BIZET Carmen Suite No. 1

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Did you know....

If all of the strings were of the same thickness, and under the same tension, with high C being its usual two inches, low C would have to be about 30ft long! For this reason, lower strings are weighted by wrapping copper around the wire. But silver, glass, gold and silk have all been used in making strings for musical instruments!