FALL CONCERTS
TO FEATURE HELLENIC ORCHESTRA

New England's celebrated Hellenic and Near Eastern Musical Ensemble Society Orchestra will be the featured performer at a Sept. 22nd concert which will be held at the University of Connecticut. The concert is being sponsored by Hellenic Paideia of CT. On October 15, the Paideia organization of Cranston, Rhode Island will sponsoring a dinner concert/dance, also featuring the Hellenic and Near Eastern Musical Ensemble Society and its 25-piece orchestra.

The orchestra will also perform at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church festival on November 30th.
Visit this website for additional details. For more information about the musical society and orchestra, call (603) 431-9433.

Special CD Offer

The songs you love, including classics by Hadjidakis and Theodorakis, folk music from the mountains and islands, rebetiko, and the newer hits of performers such as Dalaras and Haris Alexiou. All performed in masterful arrangements featuring celebrated interpreters of Hellenic music. CDs are $15 each. To order your CD by e-mail, write to helleniccomserve@aol.com. Please include your name, address, and a phone number so your order can be confirmed. CDs may also be ordered by writing to the following address: Hellenic and Near Eastern Musical Society Orchestra, PO Box 710, Rye Beach NH 03871


About the Orchestra

The mission of the Hellenic and Near Eastern Musical Society is to promote and enhance awareness of Greek and Near Eastern music in America and beyond. The Society believes that its music represents a key component of Hellenic and Near Eastern culture, transcending all boundaries of age, politics, religion, ethnic origin and socioeconomic strata. Unique in its many artistic forms, the music serves as a universal language, appreciated and understood by all. To quote the noted Greek poet Kostis Palamas, "The ancient Greeks imbued music with meaning. For them, poetry was music, philosophy was the highest form of music; everything that systematically and harmoniously shapes life was music; every refinement of the soul was music."

One of the Society's principal undertakings has been to support the music performances of its orchestra, the Hellenic and Near Eastern Musical Society Orchestra, a 25-piece orchestra. With nearly all instruments played acoustically, this orchestra presents a unique and sophisticated sound for concerts and other special events. The group offers a concert program featuring a repertoire of pieces by such noted Greek composers and performers as Hatzidakis, Theodorokis, Markopoulos, Moschos, Tsitsanis, Dalaras, Alexiou, and Glykeria.

Both the Society and orchestra were created in 2000 by Frederick Elias, Christos Papoutsy, and Mary Papoutsy with a grant from the Christos and Mary Papoutsy Charitable Foundation.