3/31/2004

Contact: K.E. Schwab  -- 724-738-2199;  e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu

WEEKEND CONCERTS AT SRU FEATURE VOICE MAJORS, VIOLIN AND WIND ENSEMBLE

         SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Voice majors at Slippery Rock University and guest pianists Jennifer Plumley and Kelly Hiser will perform “Opera Scenes and Arias” at 8 p.m. Saturday [April 3] followed by graduating senior Sarah J. Lipner’s “My Final Hoorah: A Senior Violin Recital” at 4 p.m. Sunday and an 8 p.m. Sunday performance by the SRU Wind Ensemble.

         All concerts are in Swope Recital Hall.

         Dr. Colleen Gray Neubert, assistant professor of music, will direct the free opera performance that will include works by Handel, Mozart, Donizetti and Puccini. Lipner, from Pittsburgh, will present works byTelemann, Mozart, Bach, Metallica, the Beatles and others at her free recital.

         The SRU Wind Ensemble, conducted by Stephen Hawk, associate professor of music, will conclude the weekend music events. Tickets are $3 at the door. Earlier in the day Hawk will be recognized with SRU’s President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching as part of the university’s 2 p.m. Academic Honors Convocation.

          The ensemble will offer  “Hanover Festival” by Philip Sparke, “Vesuvius,” by Frank Ticheli, “Incantation and Dance,” by John Barnes Chance, “Rocky Point Holiday,” by Ron Nelson, “Sketches on a Tudor Psalm,” by Fisher Tull, and “Summon The Heroes,” by John Williams.

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