Varied concert for Carpe Diem

A near capacity crowd jammed into the Parrott Gallery on June 6 to enjoy the annual spring concert by the Carpe Diem ensemble, based at Marmora, but conducted by Belleville area musician-teacher Joel Bootsma.Repertoire for the 17-piece ensemble spanned baroque era works by Bach to contemporary pieces such as I Have a Dream by ABBA.Bach works included a movement from his famous Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.In a more contemporary mood was Leroy Anderson’s Syncopated Clock, Mancini’s Pin