Greater Fort Myers Chamber Of Commerce: British Vocal Group VOCES8 To Perform In Fort Myers

Fort Myers FL

19 January, 2022

10:23 AM

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Press release from Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce: 2022-01-18 British Vocal Ensemble VOCES8 To Perform in Fort Myers  FORT MYERS, FLA., January 17, 2022– British Vocal Ensemble VOCES8 will be in Fort Myers Thursday, February 17, to perform as part of the Fort Myers Community Concert Association 2022 season. VOCES8 will perform at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall on the Fort Myers campus of Florida SouthWestern State College. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert are available at the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall by visiting https://barbarabmann.ticketsoffice.org or by calling the box office at 239-481-4849. Prices are $35 for lower balcony and $25 for upper balcony seats.  A limited number of orchestra and mezzanine seating is available at $55 each. "This is an amazing and very rare opportunity to hear these a cappella singers in concert Two highlights for me of their performance will be Jean Sibelius' Be Still My Soul (Finlandia) and Benjamin Britten's The Evening Primrose. ," said Fort Myers Community Association President Mary Lee Mann.  "They have been touring the world and delighting audiences wherever they go." Since its formation 15 years ago, VOCES8 has performed at major concert venues in Paris, Vienna, Tokyo, Beijing  (China), Sydney (Australia), Singapore, Mexico City and many others. VOCES8 is heard regularly on albums, international television and radio, as well as maintaining a vibrant web performance presence.  The ensemble's recordings have all reached the top of the classical charts. VOCES8 is passionate about music education and is the flagship ensemble of the music charity, The VOCES8 Foundation. Engaging in a broad range of outreach work that reaches up to 40,000 people a year, the group runs an annual program of workshops and master classes at the foundation's home in London. VOCES8  is the second of five classical performances to be presented this season by the Fort Myers Community Concert Association. The three remaining concerts are: The Fort Myers Community Concert Association, now in its 72nd concert season, is an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization founded by the legendary Barbara B. Mann in 1949 to bring world-class entertainment to Southwest Florida at affordable prices.  The association consists of more than 1,200 members, underwriters and sponsors.  Performers brought to Fort Myers in the past by the association include The Israel Ballet, The Boston Brass, Minnesota Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Flutist James Galway, Pianist Andre Watts, Violinist Joshua Bell with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and many others.  For Community Concert Association membership information, visit www.fortmyerscommunityconcerts.org.  About the Fort Myers Community Concert Association The Fort Myers Community Concert Association is an all-volunteer not-for-profit organization founded by the legendary Barbara B. Mann in 1949 to bring world-class entertainment to Southwest Florida at affordable prices.  The association consists of more than 1,200 members, underwriters and sponsors.  Performers brought to Fort Myers in the past by the association include The Israel Ballet, The Boston Brass, Minnesota Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Vienna Boys Choir, Flutist James Galway, Pianist Andre Watts, Violinist Joshua Bell with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and many others. This press release was produced by Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author's own.