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</div><div id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_10887" style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_10886" style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_10885" class="yiv1522641472" style="font-size:14.0pt;">The
Parma Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert on <span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_5550">Sunday, March 1, 2015</span>
at 3:00 PM at <span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_5374">Valley
Forge High School Auditorium</span> located at 9999 Independence Boulevard in
Parma Heights. </span></span><span class="yiv1522641472" style="font-size:14.0pt;"><br style="" class="yiv1522641472">
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<span style="" class="yiv1522641472">Music Director Dr. Randolph P. Laycock will present: <span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_5551">Brian Bigley</span> on </span></span><span style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span class="yiv1522641472" style="font-size:14.0pt;" lang="EN"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_5484">Uilleann Pipes
performing <span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_10212">“The Brendan Voyage”</span>
by Shaun Davey. Also on the program are <span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_5519">Polovetsian Dances</span> by
Alexander Borodin, and <span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_5483">Beethoven’s
“Lenore Overture #2”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<div id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_10892" style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_10891" style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_4566"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_11732" class="yiv1522641472" style="font-size:14.0pt;"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_5439">The orchestra, in its 46<sup style="" class="yiv1522641472">th</sup>
season consists of 75 members of all walks of life from all over the entire
Greater Cleveland area. They meet weekly for rehearsals and present at
least four concerts annually.</span></span><span id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_10890" class="yiv1522641472" style="font-size:14.0pt;"><br style="" class="yiv1522641472">
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_11733" style="" class="yiv1522641472">General admission is $10 for adults and $5 for
students and senior citizens. Family passes of $20 are available for
families of up to 2 adults and their children. All tickets are available
at the door beginning at 2:30 PM. </span><br style="" class="yiv1522641472">
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_11734" style="" class="yiv1522641472">The Parma Symphony Orchestra is a self-supporting
community orchestra in cooperation with the Parma City Schools. For more
information can be found on </span><span id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_10889" class="yiv1522641472" style="color:#1F497D;"><a rel="nofollow" style="" class="yiv1522641472" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Parma-Symphony-Orchestra-Ohio">Facebook</a><span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_4568"></span>, web-site <a rel="nofollow" style="" class="yiv1522641472" target="_blank" href="http://www.parmasymphony.org/" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_5515">www.parmasymphony.org</a> or
calling Business Manager Joe Germana 440-882-2012.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_4571"><span class="yiv1522641472" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_5429">Growing up
near Cleveland, Ohio, <span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_5430">Brian
Bigley</span> was enthralled by the music and dance that came from his
neighbor's house across the street. So, at the age of eight he began studying
the uilleann pipes with Achill Island piper Michael Kilbane and taking dance
lessons with Bobby Masterson. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span class="yiv1522641472" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"> </span></span></div>
<div style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424488909724_4785"><span class="yiv1522641472" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424489553097_5431">Since
then, Brian competed with distinction at the World Irish Dance Championships
twice, and placed first in Senior Piping at the Midwest Fleadh Ceol. He has
toured extensively throughout North America and Europe as a piper, flute
player, whistle player, and dancer. He has appeared with the Chieftains at
Carnegie Hall, Tomaseen Foley's "A Celtic Christmas," Apollo's Fire in
their "Countryside Concerts," The Contemporary Youth Orchestra as a
soloist for the performance of "Symphonic Led Zeppelin," legendary
Piper Paddy Keenan, et al. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span class="yiv1522641472" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><br style="" class="yiv1522641472">
<span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_10214"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424488909724_4836">Not only does he play the
pipes, but also makes them, having apprenticed with Seth Gallagher and Patrick
Olwell. </span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span class="yiv1522641472" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black;"><br style="" class="yiv1522641472">
<span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1425144356529_10215"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472"><span style="" class="yiv1522641472" id="yiv1522641472yui_3_16_0_1_1424488909724_4818">Brian lives near Cleveland
with his fiddler wife, Kristen and son, James.</span></span></span></span></div>
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