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Dolce Suono Trio was truly sweet
November 11, 2021
We had a wonderful sold out concert by Dolce Suono Trio on Sunday, Nov. 7. Many in attendance made some nice comments about the energy, variety, and excellent musicianship of Mimi Stillman, Gabriel Cabezas, and Charlie Abramovic. If you want to add your voice, please comment here or email your comments
about the concert for our website comments page.
Dolce Suono Trio was a real record-setter for our Facebook posts, logging over 2000 reactions. The single largest post got 1100 views and contained a news video about local music prodigies, including 12 year old Mimi.
Dolce Suono Trio was a real record-setter for our Facebook posts, logging over 2000 reactions. The single largest post got 1100 views and contained a news video about local music prodigies, including 12 year old Mimi.
Thank you to subscribers and patrons who purchased tickets for this concert. How do you like the Livestream option? Even when you can't attend in person, you can still experience the concert. ProAudio engineers Frank and Bill have solved the technical problems of Livestreaming from our venue with a high quality video.
Thank you to volunteers Mary and Gloria who served lunch to the performers and Ann who helped out at front entrance.
Our intern from Rowan University, Xavion Collier, was busy getting audience comments on video afterwards for our Facebook page. Thank you to patrons who agreed to comment. Check out Xavion's video of performer comments below.
Our intern from Rowan University, Xavion Collier, was busy getting audience comments on video afterwards for our Facebook page. Thank you to patrons who agreed to comment. Check out Xavion's video of performer comments below.
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This program is made possible in part by funding from The Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission at Rowan College of South Jersey, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State and the National Endowment for the Arts.