Media Advisory: Saint Xavier University raises the Dead

Chicago (March 10, 2009) If you’re looking for an interesting visual piece, Deadheads and classical music fans unite tonight at Saint Xavier University.

SXU will host a performance of Dead Symphony no. 6, an orchestral tribute to the music of iconic San Francisco rock band, The Grateful Dead. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, in the Ensemble Performance Space at SXU’s Chicago Campus, 3700 W. 103rd St.

The performance will be just the second time this groundbreaking composition will have been performed in the United States. Lee Johnson, who wrote the piece, will personally conduct the performance with SXU’s University Symphonic Orchestra.

Marian Catholic High School student Pat O’Hara and several musicians from VanderCook College of Music will perform alongside SXU’s musicians.

If you would like cover this event, please contact Joe Moore at (773) 298-3937 or (773) 203-6671.


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