Jan. 18, 2006
Contact:
Gordon Ovenshine 724-738-4854; gordon.ovenshine@sru.edu
JAN. 27 CONCERT AT SRU TO CELEBRATE
MOZART’S 250TH BIRTHDAY
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University music
faculty and 70 students will perform “The Mozart’s
Birthday Bash,” offering an evening of Mozart music on his
birth date at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 27 in Swope Recital Hall to mark the
250th anniversary of the composer’s
birth.
Tickets are $3 for adults; free for students and
children. Proceeds will benefit music scholarships at
SRU.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), who was born on Jan.
27, wrote more than 600 compositions, including symphonies, operas
and sonatas. Well-known pieces include “The Magic
Flute,” “Don Giovanni” and “The Marriage of
Figaro.”
The
program
SRU’s Dr. Nanette Kaplan Solomon, professor of
music, will offer 12 variations for piano on "Twinkle, Twinkle,
Little Star" -- written by Mozart under the title "Ah, Vous
Dirai-je, Mamans."
The SRU Chamber Flutes will play the overture to
“The Magic Flute,” and the Slippery Rock Trio,
including Dr. Solomon, Warren Davidson and Paula Tuttle, both
instructors of music, will contribute a piano trio from late in
Mozart's career.
Senior bass-baritone Stephen Ball of Butler will sing a
comic aria from “Don Giovanni” and senior French horn
student Jeff Frankenstein of Moon Township will perform the
“Horn Concerto #4” with the SRU Symphony
Orchestra.
The SRU Concert Choir will join forces with the SRU
Orchestra for “Regina Coeli.”