<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">PRESS RELEASE</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Contact: Jeffrey Moellman, 216.251.0300 x123, MusicAtIgnatius@hotmail.com</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="3"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Saint Ignatius of Antioch Roman Catholic Church</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Musical Arts Series: Evening Prayer</span></font><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The <span style="font-weight: bold;">Schola Cantorum of Xavier University</span> (Cincinnati, OH), Scot Buzza, conductor, with Jeffrey Moellman, organist, will present a sung choral Evening Prayer for the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, including choral works by Lajos Bárdos, Christensen, Josquin, Moses Hogan, Gerald Near, Urmas Sisask, Vivaldi, and Julian Wachner.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, Saint Ignatius of Antioch Roman Catholic Church,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">10205 Lorain Ave. (at West Blvd.), Cleveland.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This service is open to the public and <span style="font-weight: bold;">FREE OF CHARGE</span>, with a free-will offering being accepted at the conclusion of the program. Families with children are welcome, and a <span style="font-weight: bold;">reception will follow</span> with an opportunity for those present to meet and greet the artists. For more information, call 216.251.0300 x123, or send e-mail to MusicAtIgnatius@hotmail.com.</span><br style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Saint Ignatius of Antioch Roman Catholic Church</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">10205 Lorain Avenue (at West Boulevard)</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Cleveland, OH 44111</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">216.251.0300</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">www.stignatiusofantioch-school.org</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Xavier University Schola Cantorum</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> provides music for the many liturgical events that take place on the Xavier University campus while providing students with foundational experience in liturgy. In addition to maintaining a rigorous schedule of services that outlines the liturgical year, each of the members holds a position of leadership in Xavier University’s music ministry. The Schola Cantorum’s repertoire is intentionally eclectic, and covers a range of sacred music idioms in a variety of languages, from the Renaissance to classical choral repertoire and works from the late 20th century.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Scot Buzza</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, Director of Liturgical Music at Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio), has had an international performing career over the past two decades that includes solo appearances with orchestras in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Venezuela. In 1987 he was appointed principal violist of the Tokyo Philharmonic, and in 1990 he became soloist-principal violist of the Chamber Orchestra of Barcelona, Spain. As a chamber musician Mr. Buzza has performed world wide, and his recitals have been broadcast on Radio France, PBS, Radio Amsterdam, Tokyo NHK and Radio Catalunya (Spain). In the United States he has performed regularly with both the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family:
arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Mr. Buzza is a graduate of Yale University, where he held simultaneous fellowships in both the School of Music and the Department of Slavic Languages and Linguistics. He is currently on the faculty of the Department of Music at Northern Kentucky University, and teaches the Sacred Music curriculum at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Mr. Buzza is Director of Liturgical Music at Xavier University, where he founded and directs three choral ensembles: the Xavier University Schola Cantorum, Harmonia Sacra Xaveriana, and the 10pm Choir.</span><br></div></div></body></html>