FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 26, 2005

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - Distinguished musicians will appear with Metropolitan Classical Ballet for a Winter Repertory program to be presented at the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth on January 16th at 8:00 PM.

The program will open with Album for the Young, a world premiere by Paul Mejia set to Lowell Liebermann's composition of the same name. Mr. Liebermann, one of today's most frequently performed and commissioned composers, will play the piano accompaniment for the ballet.

The program will continue with Songs of Mahler by choreographer Tanju Tuzer, set to the music of Gustav Mahler and sung by Virginia Dupuy, one of the finest concert and recital singers in the United States. Mr. Tuzer served on the dance faculty of Southern Methodist University for several years.

The program will conclude with Cross Winds by Anatoly Emelianov set to music by Frederic Chopin. Mr. Emelianov is a principal dancer with Metropolitan Classical Ballet as well as artistic director and chief choreographer of the Crown of Russia Ballet Theater. Alexei Melentiev, distinguished pianist from the Bolshoi in Moscow, will play the piano accompaniment for the ballet.

The Winter Repertory performance will be held at the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth on Monday, January 16th at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets range in price from $10 - $30 and are available through the Bass Hall Box Office at (817) 212-4280, toll free at (877) 212-4280, or online at www.basshall.com. Season, group and individual tickets may be purchased by calling Metropolitan Classical Ballet at (817) 275-0598 or (817) 465-4644 and in person at 500 West Abram Street in Arlington, Texas.

Season sponsors include American Airlines, WRR Classical 101, and the law firm of Hill Gilstrap.

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Media Note: Further information and photos may be obtained by contacting Judy Puder at (817) 465-4644.

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