Michael Feinstein with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra September 25, 2009

The Carmel Symphony Orchestra and the Michael Feinstein Foundation present: Michael Feinstein with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra

Carmel, IN -- The Carmel Symphony Orchestra is pleased to welcome Michael Feinstein for a one-night only performance with the orchestra on Friday, September 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Westfield High School auditorium. Feinstein, the world's foremost musical archivist, pianist and vocalist, will be accompanied by the Carmel Symphony Orchestra during an evening performance to benefit the Michael Feinstein Foundation and the Carmel Symphony Orchestra.

“We are absolutely thrilled to have a living legend like Michael Feinstein join our orchestra for an evening,” says Alan Davis, President and CEO of the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. “Feinstein is beloved in the music industry, and our incredibly talented musicians are delighted to provide his accompaniment for the evening. We look forward to raising money for both the CSO and the Michael Feinstein Foundation.”

The Michael Feinstein Foundation, which will be headquartered in the new Regional Performing Arts Center in Carmel, has a mission of preserving and increasing appreciation of the Great American Song Book, the body of work by top American artists and composers such as George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Indiana’s own Cole Porter and more.

“With the Feinstein Foundation -- and Michael himself -- moving to Carmel, we hope this is just the first of many partnerships between Feinstein and the Carmel Symphony Orchestra,” says Doris Anne Sadler, Executive Director of the Michael Feinstein Foundation.

Live, pre-show entertainment, appetizers and refreshments will be provided. Cocktail attire is encouraged.

Three levels of ticket packages are available:

The Maestro ($250.00)
Includes valet parking, preferred seating, VIP room pre-event reception and private post-event reception for Michael Feinstein at the Bridgewater Club.

First Chair ($150.00)
Includes valet parking, preferred seating, VIP room pre-event reception

Orchestra ($50.00)
Includes one regular admission ticket

Tickets go on sale Monday, August 24 and can be reserved by calling 317.844.9717.

The Carmel Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1976, is comprised of a 95-member orchestra of both paid and nonpaid professional musicians. The CSO is a family and child friendly orchestra presenting six annual subscription concerts, each programmed to provide an eclectic mix of classics and pops repertoire. The Carmel Symphony Orchestra will perform at the new Regional Performing Arts Center in Carmel upon construction completion. For more information, visit www.carmelsymphony.org.

The Michael Feinstein Foundation’s mission is to preserve and gain appreciation of the great American music, lyrics, culture, history and artists created during the 20th century for present and future generations. The Feinstein Foundation is dedicated to preserving and increasing the appreciation of the Great American Songbook; that uniquely American composition of music, lyrics, culture, and history, created by artists of the 20th century such as George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, Rodgers and Hart and many others. For more information, visit www.michaelfeinsteinfoundation.org.