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Sunset clarinets at North River Civic Center

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The Chattanooga Clarinet Choir, conducted by Robert Dugan, will begin its 15th anniversary season with a concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at the North River Civic Center, 5208 Hixson Pike. Part of the Sunset Concert Series, the program will feature a number of new works, including two pieces by contemporary Japanese composers and the U.S. premiere of a 2012 work by a British composer. Jay Craven, who founded the ensemble 15 years ago, will solo on the 1962 hit “Stranger on the Shore” by Aker Bilk. Craven and concertmaster/artistic director Nick Hartline will do their impersonations of Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman playing a transcription of the Bach Double Violin Concerto (Vivace). The program also will include works by Gustav Holst, Dvorak and “St. Louis Blues” by W.C. Handy. Admission is free. For more information, call 870-8924.