Selections from Harry Potter will be performed, as part of an educational presentation about the the history of the flute. Photo: Christina Steffen and Zane Ioli as Harry Potter.
MESA, Arizona -- Oct. 15, 2015 -- The Desert Echoes Flute Project present their “The Flute Witch Project” Halloween Concert at the Mesa Community College (MCC) Performing Arts Center on October 16, 2015 at 7:30 pm. The MCC Performing Arts Center is on the southeast side of campus and can be accessed from the Longmore Road entrance. Tickets are available by contacting the MCC Box Office at 480-461-7172, online at www.purplepass.com/mcc or at the door. Prices are $5.00 to $7.00 for the performance.
The Desert Echoes Flute Project, an exciting and adventurous flute choir program sponsored by the Mesa Community College Music Department, has prepared quite a treat for all community witches and wizards with the "The Flute Witch Project" Halloween Concert. Using music from the “Harry Potter” films, DEF will present a “Magical Flutes," introducing all of the flutes played, including the unusual nine-foot Contrabass flute and the increasingly rare Eb Soprano flute. The small Chamber Choir will spook you with Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Petrushka’s Ghost before the thirty-member flute choir give you chills as they play Danse Macabre, theme from “Psycho,” Of Wizards and Witches, and A Night On Bald Mountain. DEF project will perform in costume and encourages the audience to dress up as well. Don’t miss the fun musical treat of "The Flute Witch Project" Halloween Concert!
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Media Contact: Kelsie Beaudoin, 480-461-7892
Tickets: Marisa Estrada, 480-461-7172, marisa.estrada@mesacc.edu
Information about DEF: Christina Steffen, info@def.org
About MCC Music Department
Since Mesa Community College’s opening more than 50 years ago, the Music department has offered some of the most prevalent and popular programs ranging from Performance to Education, Humanities & Theory to Business. Drawing award-winning faculty and prominent adjudicators, guest conductors, and special performers from all over the country, MCC students receive top-notch instruction. MCC hosts many concerts each semester, presented by over 20 ensembles, delivering a variety of captivating performances in the MCC Performing Arts Center.
About Mesa Community College
Mesa Community College provides outstanding transfer and career and technical programs, workforce development, and life-long learning opportunities to residents of the East Valley area of Phoenix, Arizona. MCC excels in teaching, learning and empowering its more than 40,000 students who attend annually to succeed in a local and global community. Mesa Community College is one of ten colleges that comprise the Maricopa County Community College District. For additional information please visit http://www.mesacc.edu.
Mesa Community College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) http://www.ncahlc.org, 800-621-7440.
The Maricopa County Community College District is an EEO/AA institution and an equal opportunity employer of protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.