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March 2, 2004
CONTACT:
Gordon Ovenshine (724) 738-4854; e-mail: gordon.ovenshine@sru.edu
MISTER
ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD ACTOR CHUCK ABER TO JOIN SLIPPERY
ROCK
PIANO TRIO FOR MARCH 28 BENEFIT CONCERT AT SRU; PUBLIC
INVITED
SLIPPERY
ROCK, Pa. – Slippery Rock University graduate Chuck Aber
-- “Neighbor Aber” on “Mister Rogers’
Neighborhood”-- will join three SRU faculty for a benefit
concert of chamber music 4 p.m. Sunday [March 28] in Swope Music
Hall. Proceeds will fund musical scholarships at SRU.
The
concert pays tribute to the late Dwight and Jeane Baker, who were
long-time and beloved members in the music department until their
retirements in 1983. Aber, a 1967 graduate, was one of their
students and will deliver a verbal tribute. Tickets are $10 for
adults, $5 for students.
Aber
recently joined the Slippery Rock University Concert Choir and
Symphony Orchestra to perform “In Memoriam: A Requiem for
Fred Rogers.”
The
Slippery Rock Piano Trio, comprised of SRU faculty Warren Davidson,
violin, Paula Tuttle, cello, and Nanette Kaplan Solomon, piano, is
pleased to offer an afternoon of chamber music to enhance
scholarship opportunities for deserving students, Solomon says. All
proceeds will support the Dwight and Jeane Baker Memorial
Scholarship, which is awarded to a music major with a concentration
in piano or
strings.
The program
will include:
•
New World Dances by Gwyneth Walker
•
Trio in B Major, op. 8 by Johannes Brahms
•
Trio in E Minor, op. 67 by Dmitiri Shostakovich
Davidson
is the conductor of the Slippery Rock Symphony Orchestra, and
teaches violin, viola and string classes at SRU. He earned his
bachelor of arts in philosophy and psychology at Duquesne
University, and after turning to full-time violin study, received a
master of music violin at Duquesne, a master of music in theory and
composition at the University of Pittsburgh and is completing a
doctor of musical arts at West Virginia University. Davidson is
active as an orchestral concertmaster, recitalist and teacher, and
recently performed solos with the Altoona and Westmoreland symphony
orchestras.
A
graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Tuttle has performed with
the Pittsburgh Opera and Ballet Orchestra at the Benedum Center
since 1987. She has toured the Far East with orchestras and has
played solo and chamber music recitals in Europe and the United
States.
Solomon
has been on the SRU faculty since 1977, teaching piano, music
history, music skills and women in music. An active performer, she
has appeared as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and chamber
musician. Her research into and performance of contemporary women
composers has garnered her recognition, and she has presented
lecture-recitals at national international conferences throughout
the United States and in Puerto Rica, Costa Rica, Japan, Ireland,
Germany, France, and Austria. Dr. Solomon graduated magna cum laude
from Yale College with a bachelor of arts in music, and holds a
master of music from Yale and a doctor of musical arts from Boston
University. Her three compact discs have received wide distribution
and critical acclaim.
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