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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b>LCCC Jazz Band Concert to Perform Saturday, May 12<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>The LCCC Jazz Band closes its season with a concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12 in Lorain County Community College’s Stocker Arts Center. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The concert is titled “Connections” and will explore the connections between jazz arrangements and the classical compositions that influenced them. It will be a night of classics, jazz and classic jazz. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tickets are $7 for adults, $6 for students, staff and seniors. To order tickets, call the Stocker box office at (440) 366-4040 or visit <a href="http://www.stockerartscenter.com">www.stockerartscenter.com</a> and click on “Arts and Humanities.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The Black River String Quartet to Perform at LCCC on Tuesday, May 22<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Black River String Quartet will perform a free recital at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 22 in the Stocker Arts Center Studio Theatre.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> This will be the first time violist Megan Greenlees performs with BRSQ regulars Andréa Belding and Janice Krueger (violinists) and John Kukula (cellist). One of the hottest names in music composition, Eric Whitacre, will be featured with a performance of his “Five Hebrew Love Songs.” Preceding the Whitacre piece will be two very important works for string quartet, the Ludwig van Beethoven “String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3” and the Bedrich Smetana, “String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, From My Life.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information about this and other events, visit <a href="http://www.stockerartscenter.com">www.stockerartscenter.com</a> and click on “Arts and Humanities.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#000066'>Kim Carrasquillo</span></b><span style='color:#000066'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#000066'>Writer, Project Coordinator | Marketing and Outreach Initiatives</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#522C1C'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Lorain County Community College | 1005 N Abbe Road | Elyria, Ohio 44035<br>t: 440.366.4822</span><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'> f: 440.366.4113 e : </span><u><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'><a href="mailto:kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu"><span style='color:blue'>kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu</span></a></span></u><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>LCCC website: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/"><span lang=FR style='color:blue'>www.lorainccc.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>