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Master Players Chamber Series begins Oct. 6
4:32 p.m., Sept. 28, 2006--UD's Department of Music will present the opening concert in its third annual Master Players Chamber Series' season, “A Pathway from Beethoven to Martinu,” at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 6, in Mitchell Hall. The concert will feature many prestigious musicians including world-class violinist Paul Kantor. Kantor is a faculty member of the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Aspen Music Festival and School. He received both his undergraduate master's of music degrees from the Julliard School. Kantor served as chair of the string department at the University of Michigan for 13 years and also has served on the faculties of The Julliard School, New England Conservatory and Yale University.Marianne Gythfeldt, UD's new clarinet faculty member and highly acclaimed concert artist, will be performing the Brahms clarinet quintet with the guest string musicians. Gythfeldt is now considered one of the most advanced performers of new music in the United States. She can be heard on recordings by CBS Masterwork, CRI, Albany and Koch. Audiences also will have the opportunity to hear UD faculty member cellist Lawrence Stomberg. Stomberg has studied chamber music with Gilbert Kalish, Julius Levine and Leon Fleisher and many others. A founding member of several chamber ensembles, including the piano trios Trilogy and the Johannes Trio, and the mixed ensemble Bright music. Stomberg is in great demand as a soloist and chamber musician across the country. Kate Ransom's varied and distinguished professional life includes an active schedule of performances as chamber musician and recitalist. Since 2001, she has been violinist with the Serafin String Quartet, which received critical acclaim for its 2005 Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall concert, and she also actively performs in locations throughout the United States. Before her work with the Serafins, Ransom received high praisein The New York Times for her debut violin recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall. She also was a founding and six-year member of the internationally acclaimed Alexander String Quartet, which took first prize at the 1985 London String Quartet Competition. She has been director of the Wilmington Music School in Delaware since 1999.Jeanne Mallow, who comes from a long line of distinguished musicians, will perform in Martinu's Madrigal for violin and viola. She has been described by The New York Times as “a worthy successor to this tradition, playing with dusky aristocratic tone, exacting intonation, and a kind of conversational musicality that seems second nature.” As a soloist, she has performed to critical acclaim in many venues. As a chamber musician, she recently performed at Avery Fisher Hall in the "Mostly Mozart" music series and Bargemusic. The concert also will feature Beethoven's famous String Quartet in c minor, Opus 18 No.4, written in 1798, and Three Madrigals for violin and viola by Bohuslav Martinu. Under the artistic direction of Xiang Gao, the internationally renowned UD faculty violinist, the Master Players Chamber Series serves as a vital cultural resource for UD, the city of Newark and surrounding communities. Season after season, the extremely successful concert series has brought many of the world's best classical musicians to Delaware.Admission is $17 for the general public, $12 for senior citizens, UD faculty, staff and alumni and $5 for students with ID and children. Purchasing tickets in advance is strongly recommended, as they are generally not available at the door for the Master Players Chamber Series events. Tickets are available at the Trabant University Center or the Bob Carpenter Center box offices. For more information on box office locations and hours, call (302) 831-4012. For more information about the Master Players Chamber Series 2006-07 season and a brochure of the concerts, call (302) 831-2577 or visit [www.music.udel.edu/public/masterplayers/MPCS_bro_2006v3.pdf]. |
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