Manhattan College To Present Organ Concert By Livia Mazzanti

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College’s fine arts department and student government will be presenting an organ concert on Tuesday, May 15 at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers. The concert honors the canonization day of the College’s patron saint, St. Jean Baptiste De La Salle.

Tickets are $7 and can be purchased at the door. The proceeds will benefit the performing arts on campus.

The concert is to be performed by Livia Mazzanti.  A well-known European organist, Mazzanti has recorded several albums under the RCA and Philips labels. Her performance will include pieces by Bach, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Rota, Tedesco, Dupre and Alain.

For more information about this event, please contact Mark Pottinger, assistant professor of fine arts at Manhattan College, at (718) 862-7232 or e-mail mark.pottinger@manhattan.edu. 

Members of the media wishing to cover this event may contact Scott Silversten at (718) 862-7232 or e-mail scott.silversten@manhattan.edu. Manhattan College is located at West 242nd Street near Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, one mile from the Westchester County line and accessible by MTA subway lines 1 and 9. 

Founded in 1853, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of undergraduate study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, along with graduate programs in education and engineering. For more information about Manhattan College, visit www.manhattan.edu.