Piano Trio and Serenade by Judith Lang Zaimont on February 12 at University of Alabama, Huntsville
Posted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement
Judith Lang Zaimont’s Zones (Piano Trio No. 2) and the World Premiere of the duo version of her Serenade will be presented by the Appassionato Trio and the composer on Friday, February 12, 7:30 PM in Roberts Recital Hall of the University of Alabama, 301 Sparkman Drive in Huntsville, Alabama. This performance is part of Zones, a unique 4-day (February 10-13) interdisciplinary symposium assembled by Dr. D. Royce Boyer, Faculty Emeritus. It features UAHuntsville Liberal Arts faculty and staff, who will give presentations, proposals, and performances that explore the concept of zones in their respective disciplines of music, sociology, literature and philosophy. Read about the Conference at https://chargerpost.uah.edu/pages/events.php?id=80.
Zones (Piano Trio No. 2), composed in three movements (Cold, Warm and Temperate), was commissioned in 1993 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of UAHuntsville. It has since been performed at Manhattan School of Music, Network for New Music in Philadelphia, at the University of Minnesota, and many other venues, most recently in Switzerland by the Norea Trio.
Other works on the program are Ravel’s Piano Trio in a minor and the World Premiere of the duo version of Ms. Zaimont’s Serenade, with the composer on the piano, joined by violinist Marta Szlubowska. The composer will introduce the concert at 7:00 PM that evening.
The Trio Appassionato consists of violinist Marta Szlubowska, cellist Alexander Russakovsky and pianist Lynn Raley.
Tickets for the February 12 concert are $10, with students admitted free of charge. For more concert information, call 256-824-6436 or visit http://www.uah.edu/.
More information about Ms. Zaimont, including sound clips of many of her compositions, is available at her website http://www.jzaimont.com/ and at http://www.myspace.com/judithlangzaimont.
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