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Wittenberg Department Of Music Offers Variety Of Upcoming Concerts, Events


Jan. 28, 2008

Springfield, Ohio – The Wittenberg Music Department begins a new semester with a plethora of musical events with a piano recital by Mark Heeg, class of 1984, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Krieg Hall. He will perform pieces by Schubert, Liszt and Granados, as well as short Liszt transcriptions of works by Chopin and Schumann.

Heeg, an assistant professor of piano at Eastern Mediterranean University in Cyprus, boasts a long list of solo performances. He has taken the stage in the United States, Germany, Austria, Ukraine, Egypt and Japan.

Associate Professor of Music Christopher Durrenberger will perform a faculty artist piano recital at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, in Krieg Hall. Durrenberger will play Johannes Brahms' Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor and Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Mussorgsky's piece is a composition based on a memorial exhibition for his recently deceased friend Viktor Hartmann, complete with watercolors and stage design.

Another faculty artist recital featuring Adjunct Instructor of Music Timothy Olt playing the tuba will take place at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, in Krieg Hall.

Next up is a student recital by David Wallingford, class of 2008 from Bellevue, Ohio, and Steven Wolgast, class of 2008 from Springfield, Ohio, who will both play the organ at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in Weaver Chapel.

The Wittenberg Symphonic Band, conducted by Assistant Professor of Music Brandon Jones, follows the next day at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, in Weaver Chapel.

A faculty artist recital featuring Professor of Music and Chair of the Department David Schubert, baritone, accompanied by Diane Slagle, piano, will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, in Krieg Hall to close out a busy February music schedule. Schubert will perform a list of art songs from the 19th and 20th centuries, including Schumann's Dichterliebe of the Romantic era, Francis Poulenc's Le bestiaire and Gerald Finzi's Let Us Garlands Bring.

Written By: Rachel Morgan '08
Photo By: Robert Gantt

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