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Year 32, No. 1

Celebrating 32 Years of Community News

August 24 – August 30, 2016

“100 THINGS TO DO IN 9/24 Vivace II! Lively Classical Concert to Benefit MS Research PHILADELPHIA BEFORE YOU DIE” Cellist Timotheos Petrin & Violinist Danbi Um Join Pianist Hugh Sung for One Remarkable Night September 24 lassical music fans have already marked their autumn calendars for a rare appearance of three distinguished artists who represent the best of their generation! Cellist Timotheos Petrin, Violinist Danbi Um and Pianist Hugh Sung perform for the first time together on September 24 to benefit Philadelphia’s Multiple Sclerosis Research Institute (MSRI). A reception and silent auction at 6 p.m. precede the 7:30 p.m. concert set for the Sheet Metal Worker’s Union Hall. Admission for the pre-show festivities, concert and onsite free

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Cellist Timotheos Petrin, Violinist Danbi Um (shown) and Pianist Hugh Sung perform together September 24 to benefit Philadelphia’s Multiple Sclerosis Research Institute (MSRI).

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parking is $100. Tickets for this musical benefit can be purchased online at www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 267-687-7027. This marks the second time MSRI has hosted a classical con- Discover “100 Things to Do in Philadelphia Before You Die,” written by Irene Levy Baker, who has spent 25 years cert using the musical term for exploring Philadelphia. Photo/Rachel Baker lively and fast beats per minute after its sold-out Vivace! concert ant to land tables at Philadelphia’s trendiest restauin 2014. This year’s event brings rants? Score discounted show tickets? Make your together global talent with a strong apathetic teen’s jaw drop? Keep your toddler busy Philadelphia connection. Hugh Sung has worked extensively with the on a rainy afternoon? Want to be serenaded by future opera Philadelphia Orchestra, among stars or sing the praises of the best cheesesteak? Then you others, and served on the faculty need to read this well-curated, easy-to-use guide. “100 Things to Do in Philadelphia Before You Die,” the latSee 9/24 Concert to Benefit MS Research

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Germantown’s Cunningham Piano Relocating Showroom Plus Adding King of Prussia Location

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fter 125 years a Philadelphia icon will be closing its historic location as part of its century and a quarter yearlong anniversary celebration. Renowned and sought after as the pinnacle of piano expertise, Cunningham Piano which has been a world-wide destination for pianists and organists will shutter its showroom at 5427 Germantown Ave., Germantown, and relocate

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“We will still have a presence in Germantown and our new King of Prussia location expands our accessibility to the region,” explains co-owner Rich Galassini (shown) who has owned the business with fellow professional musician Tim Oliver since 2008. to a more intimate showroom on the third floor of its piano factory around the corner at 26 East Coutler Ave., and a second new location in King of Prussia at 198 Allendale Road. “It was time for us to relocate,” explains co-owner Rich Galassini who has owned the business with fellow professional musician Tim Oliver since 2008. “Back in 1987 I began to talk to families who were from the region, Blue Bell, Voorhees, Bryn Mawr and when I asked them if they knew where we were located in Germantown they would say sure, since so many of them had grown up in Philadelphia. Now, the children of these clients are buying

pianos and this generation did not grow up in Philadelphia, they know Manayunk and Center City but not Germantown, so it was time for us to open a showroom in a more central, well-known location,” he added. Cunningham Piano will leave the 9000 square foot showroom on Germantown Ave. a former Masonic Hall with a performance space on the second See Cunningham Piano Relocating Showroom on page 4


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