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Two-piano tribute to Stravinksy’s “Rite of Spring” 100th Anniversary to highlight UT piano series concert
Guest pianist Teresa McCollough and UT’s Dr. Michael Boyd will perform together Sunday, November 17, 2013 as part of the Dorothy MacKenzie Price Piano Series at the University of Toledo.
The program, titled “Folksongs, Rituals and Rites of Passage,” will feature a two-piano performance of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” in honor of the work’s 100th anniversary.
The program includes: Frederic Rzewski: “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues” from North American Ballades, (arranged for two pianos); Tobias Picker: Old and Lost Rivers; Rzewski: “Down by the Riverside” from North American Ballades; and Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, (arranged for two pianos).
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Teresa McCollough
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This concert will be held Sunday, November 17 at 3 p.m. Ms. McCollough will also present a master class on Saturday, November 16 at 11 a.m. Both events are free and open to the public, and will be held in UT’s Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall.
Pianist Teresa McCollough has developed an international reputation for her dynamic and expressive playing. As a leading interpreter and advocate for contemporary music, she has commissioned, premiered, and performed many new compositions by today’s emerging and established composers including: Alvin Singleton, Lou Harrison, Joan Tower, Alex Shapiro, Belinda Reynolds, Zhou Long, Charles Griffin, David Rakowski, Tomas Svoboda, Henry Martin, George Crumb, and others.
McCollough has performed around the world, and appeared on both local and national television and radio. She has appeared with orchestras across the United States, and in festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, the New American Music Festival, the Aki Festival of New Music, April in Santa Cruz, the Festivale Internationale di Cremona, Spoleto Festival-USA, and others.
Visit the UT Department of Music at http://www.utoledo.edu/cvpa/music/
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