Colgate Chamber Players Concert March 7

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Sat, Feb 27, 2010

The Colgate Chamber Players, now in their 23rd season directed by Laura Klugherz, will present Images and Impressions, a collage of colorful chamber music for strings, winds and piano on Sunday, March 7 at 3:30 p.m. in the Colgate Memorial Chapel.

Violinist Linda Rosenthal completes her week-long residency by performing with the Colgate students in works of Spohr and Mendelssohn. The seldom heard Sextet for strings and piano by Felix Mendelssohn will feature freshman pianist Kiera Crowley. The program begins with a serenade by Beethoven.

Rosenthal has performed in Europe, Asia, North America and the South Pacific. She is the founder and artistic director of Juneau Jazz & Classics, an annual festival that features nationally renowned jazz and classical artists, now celebrating its 24^th year. She is the artistic irector of the Lake Placid Chamber Music Seminar in New York and professor of Music at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau, where she makes her home.

Rosenthal also tours Strings & Stories, a show for young audiences that she created and premiered at the Kennedy Center in 1995. Since then, she has performed the show annually for thousands of children throughout the country.

The concert is free and open to the public.

For more information, call the Colgate Music Department at 228-7642.

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