Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s first CD will be released on Thursday, December 17, from 5 to 7 pm at the lobby of Michigan Theater. They will be celebrating on the said date and everyone is welcome. The album has already been available digitally since September.

The Orchestra’s CD is distributed under the Naxos label. Three works by American composer Paul Fetler are in the recording. Live performances by the A2SO were featured.Fetler will sign copies on Thursday. He will be joined by A2SO’s music director, Maestro Arie Lipsky, concertmaster Aaron Berofsky who is the soloist in Violin Concerto No.2. Ann Arbor poet and attornet Thomas Blaske, narrator of “3 Poems by Walt Whitman” will also be there. CDs will be on sale at the event, courtesy of Borders.

“To work with Aaron, Tom and Arie was a pleasure,” Fetler said in a press release. “We understood each other in every aspect — and the audience was with us. Small details and adjustments were made in the rehearsals, resulting in a moving and memorable performance.”

The suggested retail price for the CD is $10.99, and starting today it should be available for purchase at Borders, Barnes & Noble and the A2SO office, 220 East Huron, Suite 470.

This is the first CD devoted exclusively to Fetler’s music. The composer, after spending his early years in Europe, trained in the U.S. and currently holds the position of professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota.

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