FESTIVALS & OUTDOOR EVENTS

Celebration of Life Brief
Walenstein Musical Organization will present a “Celebration of Life Music Festival” in commemoration of the first anniversary of Haiti’s Earthquake on Saturday, January 8, 2011, at 12:30 p.m., 4 p.m., and 8 p.m., at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center. The festival includes an all-Chopin piano concert, a solo recital program by highly talented young instrumentalists featuring music from Bach Brahms, Mozart, Rachmaninoff. It will conclude with the Walenstein Symphony Orchestra, featuring the first post-earthquake public performance of earthquake survivor and trained Juilliard Haitian violinist, Romel Joseph, with his daughter, Victoria Joseph, playing viola. The Aventura Arts & Cultural Center is located at 3385 NE 188th Street, Aventura, FL 33180. Tickets are $10, $20, $25, $30, $40. Bundle packages are available for all three programs at a 10% discount. Tickets are available through the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center Box Office at 305-466-8002 or online at www.aventuracenter.org.