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Only In Print: Return of St. John’s Summer Concert Brings Queens Community Together

Conductor Martin Majkut leads the Queens Symphony Orchestra at the St. John’s University summer concert. (Photo: Michael Rizzo)

JAMAICA — The sound of music was alive again on July 28 with the return of the annual summer concert on the Queen’s campus of St. John’s University after a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

About 500 people gathered on the university’s Great Lawn on blankets and chairs and listened to the Queens Symphony Orchestra (QSO) perform …


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