Ashland resident Genevieve Harding performs in Connecticut College Orchestra concert

NEW LONDON, CT (12/17/2012)(readMedia)-- Genevieve Harding, a senior at Connecticut College, played the cello in the Connecticut College Orchestra winter concert on Dec. 6.

Harding is a 2009 graduate of Ashland High School.

The orchestra performed Hindemith's holiday-themed "Tuttifäntchen Suite;" Saint-Saëns's "Carnival of the Animals," with music department piano faculty Kumi Ogano and Patrice Newman and narration by College President President Leo I. Higdon Jr.; and Schumann's towering Fourth Symphony. Mark Seto, assistant professor of music, conducted.

About Connecticut College

Situated on the coast of southern New England, Connecticut College is a highly selective private liberal arts college with 1900 students from all across the country and throughout the world. On the college's 750-acre arboretum campus overlooking Long Island Sound, students and faculty create a vibrant social, cultural and intellectual community enriched by diverse perspectives. The college, founded in 1911, is known for its unique combination of interdisciplinary studies, international programs, funded internships, student-faculty research and service learning. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.