Renée Fleming, Paul Simon Set for Academy of Music 154th Anniversary Concert

Opera great Renée Fleming and Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Paul Simon — who was also the composer of the Broadway musical The Capeman — will be special guest performers at the Academy of Music 154th Anniversary Concert on Saturday, January 29, 2011.

They will join the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Fabulous Philadelphians in the show. New orchestrations for several of Simon’s classic songs are being created specifically for this performance. Lester Holt will host the evening, with additional guest artist and program information for the concert to be announced at a later date.

Concert-only tickets are priced at $185. For more information, visit www.philorch.org/academyofmusic.