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Friday, January 6, 2017

MOTHER-SON PIANO DUO TO PERFORM BENEFIT RECITAL IN WHIPPANY

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TW0-PIANO BENEFIT RECITAL

WHEN: Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 7:30 PM
WHERE:
Whippany Park High School located at 165 Whippany Road, Whippany, NJ
TICKETS: $30, $50, and $100 and can be purchased at twopianojourney.com/whippany-nj-jan-14/.

Michelle and Christopher Kuo will perform duo works by Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Poulenc, Saint-SaĆ«ns, and others. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the event will be donated to Goyreb Children’s Hospital of Morristown Medical Center and the Halos for Angels Charity of Florham Park. Additionally, local business and individual sponsors are welcome. This event is sponsored by the Hanover Park Regional High School District. Students from both Whippany Park and Hanover Park volunteer with these two organizations on a regular basis.

Michelle and Christopher Kuo are a mother and son duo and duet team based in Morris County, New Jersey. They made their professional debut together at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in October 2015, and made an exciting return there on October 15, 2016 for an enthusiastic audience. They are currently on a benefit tour across the country, with almost 20 engagements through December 2017 in New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, and locally here in New Jersey. Their mission is raise money and awareness for nonprofit organizations through their music. Throughout their musical careers, they have helped to raise more than $250,000 for social impact programs. To learn more, please visit twopianojourney.com.

Goyreb Children’s Hospital at Morristown Medical Center is an internationally recognized pediatric not-for-profit hospital that helps more than 50,000 children get well every single year. The center staffs more than 100 board-certified physicians in twenty pediatric specialties. Funds raised from this event will go toward funding charity care, clinical research, and helping the center meet its capital needs. To learn more, please visit atlantichealth.org/goryeb.

Halos for Angels’ mission is to nurture its community’s well being by extending to its family members temporary relief when sudden tragedy “hits home.” The organization helps with day-to-day responsibilities by providing transportation services, shopping trips, child care, daily meals, or whatever is needed until the families are stronger and back on their feet. To learn more, please visit donatetohalos.org.

Please contact Christopher Kuo at christopher.m.kuo@gmail.com to sponsor or volunteer.