Chamber Orchestra concert features classical favorites
Contact: Christina Chapple
4/26/06
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(1) David Evenson, (2) Jivka Jeleva
HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana University Chamber Orchestra will present a program of classical favorites by Mozart, Bach, Grieg and Prokofiev on May 3 at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts.
Titled “Encore, Encore!,” the program begins at 7:30 p.m. at the university’s downtown Hammond theater, 220 E. Thomas St. Admission is free.
Under the baton of Yakov Voldman, director of Southeastern’s string program, the orchestra will welcome as soloists pianist David Evenson, head of the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts, and Community Music School instructor and Southeastern graduate Jivka Jeleva, viola.
Evenson will join the orchestra for Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, while Jeleva will perform a Bach Viola Concerto.
The orchestra also will perform Mozart’s Serenata Notturna” and “Symphony in G. Minor, No. 25” and Prokofiev’s “Symphony No. 1 (Classical).”
Among the orchestra’s second violinists will be two CMS students, Isabella Rossi of Covington and Laila Bour of Mandeville, who have been invited to perform with the orchestra in recognition of their dedication to their music studies.
For additional information, contact the Department of Music and Dramatic Arts, (985) 549-2184.
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