From a press release:
Brevard Music Center hosts a free concert on Sunday, Nov. 30
The Brevard Music Center in partnership with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) continues its Sundays with Brevard Music Center concert series on November 30, 2014, at 3:00pm in the Reuter Center on the campus of UNC Asheville. The program will feature Brevard Music Center artist faculty member Sue Barber and pianist Lori Piitz with guest flutist Dilshad Posnock performing works by Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Weber, and more.
Sue Barber serves as Associate Professor of Bassoon and coordinator of the Woodwind Area at the James Madison University School of Music and is a member of the resident faculty ensemble, The Montpelier Wind Quintet. During the summer season Dr. Barber is a member of the artist/teaching faculty at the Brevard Music Center. In addition, she is an active freelance bassoonist regionally, performing regularly with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Roanoke Symphony, Opera Roanoke, Opera on The James, and the Williamsburg Sinfonia. Dr. Barber earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Bassoon Performance at the Crane School of Music in Potsdam in New York, a Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School in New York, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Louisiana State University.
Canadian pianist Lori Piitz has lived, performed and taught in both North America and Europe. Ms. Piitz holds a Bachelors degree in piano performance from the University of Ottawa where she was awarded the prestigious ‘Isobel Firestone’ performance scholarship. Since joining the piano faculty of James Madison University in 2002, Ms. Piitz has participated in the Contemporary Music Festival at JMU, the Bach Festival at EMU, the Richmond Chamber Music Festival and the Staunton Music Festival. D.M., M.M., Indiana University; BMus, University of Ottawa (Canada); A.R.C.T., Royal Conservatory of Music, University of Toronto. Piano professors with whom Ms. Piitz has studied include Menahem Pressler, Leonard Hokanson, Jean-Paul Sevilla and Helgi Fatovic.
Flutist Dilshad Posnock will join Barber and Piitz in Weber’s Trio in G minor. Ms. Posnock is on the artist faculty of the Brevard Music Center. She has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in concerts and festivals across the United States, England, Puerto Rico and India. She has also been featured on BBC TV and BBC World Service Radio. Ms. Posnock holds performance degrees from the Royal College of Music, London, and Carnegie Mellon University, and has served as Artist Lecturer in Flute, and Director of the Artist Diploma Program at the Carnegie Mellon School of Music.
The Sundays with Brevard Music Center series is presented October through May by the Brevard Music Center, a world-renowned summer music institute and festival. The Music Center presents 80 public concerts in the summer season, more than 30 of which have no admission charge.
The series continues on February 1, 2015, with a concert by percussionist Gwendolyn Dease.
This concert is free and open to the public. For more information about Sundays with Brevard Music Center, visit brevardmusic.org. For more information about OLLI visit olliasheville.com.
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