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MSU College of Music performances to take place tonight

January 14, 2014

The stages are set for an evening of beautiful melodies provided by two of MSU’s faculty members and a guest performer on Wednesday.

Philip Sinder, a tuba and euphonium professor, will ?be performing alongside ?piano professor Deborah Moriarty.

The two will be playing three classical pieces from composers Bach, Broughton and Prokofiev. Sinder said he will be performing the Bach piece as a solo, and Moriarty will accompany him on ?the final two pieces.

Sinder will be performing with the tuba, an instrument he said is not typically seen as a solo instrument. In fact, two of the songs they expect to perform are not usual songs one would expect to hear from a booming tuba.

The piece by Bach, “Suite No. IV,” was originally written as a cello piece, said Sinder, and Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet” composition was written to be performed by a full orchestra.

Sinder and Moriarty will be performing Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. in the newly ?renovated Fairchild Theatre ?in the MSU Auditorium and ?the performance will last around 90 minutes. Admission is free for MSU students with ID and those under 18. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors. Free parking will be available across the street.

A guest recital is also scheduled for Wednesday evening. David Geringas will be ?performing on MSU’s campus for the first time and will be playing seven pieces on the cello.

Geringas is a Lithuanian cellist and conductor who has become famous because of his talents. He won a gold ?medal in the International Tchaikovsky Competition ?in 1970 and has an impressive reputation in Europe, College of Music’s communications manager Kathleen Adams said.

He is expected to perform three pieces from Bach, along with compositions by Corigliano, Senderovas and Vasks. He will also be performing ?his own original work entitled “Gloria.”

Geringas’s performance will take place Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. He will ?be playing in the Music Building’s Cook Recital Hall. Tickets for ?his performance are free for MSU students with ID and anyone under 18. Tickets are $10 ?for adults and $8 for seniors, and free parking will be ?available in areas along West Circle Drive.

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