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  • 7/25 Thursday Summer Concert at the Benton 12:15


    SUMMER CONCERT at THE BENTON
    featuring Balkan Fields 

    July 25
    12:15 - 1 pm

    The trio Balkan Fields will present a musical tour of the Balkans and beyond at the museum's lunchtime concert on Thursday.

    Melinda Fields, a faculty member in the music department and at the Community School for the Arts, has studied Balkan-style accordion with the legendary Bulgarian accordionist Ivan Milev. She travels extensively and performs throughout New England and New York at folk dance groups and world music festivals. 

    Joining Melinda will be Melika M. Fitzhugh on electric bass guitar, violin, and recorder, with Helen Marx on percussion instruments native to the Balkans.

    For a preview of the music of Balkan Fields, go to http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/melindafields

    The Benton Summer Concerts are free, with special thanks to the co-sponsors: The Department of Student Activities Programs Office and the Community School of the Arts.

    THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
    The State Art Museum
    University of Connecticut
    The School of Fine Art
    245 Glenbrook Road — between Wilbur Cross and the Waugh Sundial Garden
    Storrs, CT

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