By Joan C. McKinney, director of university communications

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. - The Campbellsville University Orchestra will present its annual Fall Concert on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. in the Ransdell Chapel on the campus of Campbellsville University.

The concert will be conducted by Dr. J. Robert Gaddis, dean of the School of Music. The program is free and open to the public.

The orchestra program includes the following works: “1812 Overture” by Tchaikovsky, “La Giocondo” (Dance of the Hours) by Ponchielli, “The Moldau” by Smetana, “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” for String Quartet and Double String Orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and various Christmas selections.

For more information, contact the School of Music office at (270) 789-5237 or e-mail music@campbellsville.edu.

Campbellsville University is a private, comprehensive institution located in South Central Kentucky. Founded in 1906, Campbellsville University is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and has an enrollment of 2,405 students who represent 98 Kentucky counties, 25 states and 29 foreign nations. Listed in U.S.News & World Report's 2008 “America's Best Colleges,” CU is ranked 22nd in “Best Baccalaureate Colleges” in the South and eighth in the South for “Great Schools, Great Prices.” CU has been ranked 15 consecutive years with U.S.News & World Report. The university has also been named to America's Best Christian Colleges®. Campbellsville University is located 82 miles southwest of Lexington, Ky., and 80 miles southeast of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Michael V. Carter is in his ninth year as president.