‘Music of Champions’ event features violinist from national orchestra

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Fort Myers, Fla.-  The Southwest Florida Symphony, Lee County’s only professional orchestra and one of the oldest symphony orchestras on Florida’s Gulf Coast, welcomes guest violinist from the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C., Glenn Donnellan.

Donnellan will perform on February 6th and 7th at the Southwest Florida Symphony’s Music of Champions: Sports Themes, Fight Songs and the Sounds of Team Spirit on a musical instrument he invented; a baseball bat fashioned into a violin, which he has named “The Electric Slugger.”

Mr. Donnellan has played violin in the National Symphony Orchestra since 1997.  His versatility in different musical styles has made him the go-to violinist for fiddle or jazz solos whenever the NSO has a need, standing up to play with such diverse groups as the Chieftans or Greatful Dead tribute bands and other NSO Pops concerts and NSO Young Person’s concerts.

Glenn has been featured playing his Electric Slugger on ESPN’s E:60, MLB’s This Week In Baseball, Fox and Friends, NPR, BBC and other major media.  In addition to playing at MLB games, Glenn loves to perform for young audiences, presenting assemblies, science classes and orchestra clinics, as he did this week in your community.  Through the NSO Education Program, Glenn presents dozens of performances for young audiences each year at the Kennedy Center Family Theater, in local schools and other venues.

The Southwest Florida Symphony, Lee County’s only professional orchestra and one of the oldest symphony orchestras on Florida’s gulf coast, presents the first Pops concerts of its 2014- 15 season, The Music of Champions on Friday, February 6th and Saturday, February 7th at 8PM.

Tickets cost between $22and $82 per person and may be purchased online at www.swflso.org, by visiting the Southwest Florida Symphony Box Office located at 8290 College Parkway, Suite 103 in Fort Myers, by calling the Symphony Box Office at 239-418-1500 or at the Barbara B. Mann Box Office one hour prior to the concert. Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall is located at 13350 Edison Parkway in Fort Myers.

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