November 21, 2022
by Jennifer Hambrick
Composer Ben Shirley says music saved his life. But at one point in time, his pursuit of a music career almost killed him.
During the last 25 years, Shirley has gone from the rhythm section of a rising-star rock band to L.A.’s Skid Row and, most recently, to a new career as a classical composer in his current home of Newark, Ohio.
The Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra will perform the world premiere of Shirley’s Little Bell on A Very Merry Holiday Pops Sun., Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in Newark’s Midland Theatre.
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