Fairfield Concert Association program features quartet

One of Britain?s great vocal groups, The London Quartet, earlier known as Cantabile, will bring its program of comedy and classics at 7:30 p.m. Sunday to the Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, sponsored by the Fairfield Concert Association.

Admission is by membership in the Fairfield Concert Association. Season memberships will be available at the door. Members of the reciprocating associations of Centerville, Ottumwa, Washington and Keokuk should present their current membership cards for admission.

The London Quartet has been delighting audiences with its unique blend of humor and harmony for 26 years, counting up 15 albums, more than 1,000 concerts and more than 200 TV appearances worldwide.

All four members of The London Quartet are classically trained singers who first came to prominence in the early 1980s in the musical ?Blondel,? which ran for 400 performances in London?s West End.

With repertoire ranging from early polyphony through to cabaret, jazz and contemporary music, there is something for everyone in their shows.

The repertoire includes songs popularized by such well known group as ?The Comedian  Harmonists,? ?The Beach Boys,? ?The Mills Brothers,? ?The Hi-Lo?s,? ?The Crew Cuts,? ?The Beatles,? ?Manhattan Transfer? and even ?the Chordettes.?

For further information about this show, call 472-4347.