Kupferberg Center Performances Presents Brilliant Percussionist
EVELYN GLENNIE
In LeFrak Concert Hall @ Queens College
Sunday, November 11, 2007 at 2 PM
-2007-2008 Classical Concert Series
opens with innovative and eclectic
performer-
(Flushing - October, 2007) - Kupferberg Center Performances
welcomes Dame
Evelyn Glennie on Sunday, November 11th at 2 pm, the
opening event of the
2007-08 Classical Concert Series. One of the most innovative
musicians on
the scene today, Ms. Glennie will perform the following
works of eclectic
percussion in the intimate setting of the LeFrak Concert
Hall:
Frederic Rzewski/To The Earth
Nebojsa Zivkovic/Fluctus
Matthias Schmitt/Sechs Miniaturen
Javier Alvarez/Temazcal
Jacob Ter Veldhuis/Barracuda Solo
J.S. Bach (Arr. by E. Glennie)/ Toccata & Fugue
Vinko Globokar/-Corporel
Steve Reich/Clapping Music
Leigh Howard Stevens/Rhythmic Caprice
Askell Masson/Prim
Evelyn Glennie is the first person in
musical history to successfully
create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist.
Constantly
redefining the goals and expectations of percussion,
Ms. Glennie creates
performances of such vitality that they almost constitute
a new type of
performance.
Ms. Glennie gives more than 100 performances
a year worldwide, performing
with the greatest conductors, orchestras, and artists.
She has
commissioned one hundred and forty three new works for
solo percussion
from many of the world-s most eminent composers and
also composes and
records music for film and television. Her first high
quality drama
produced a score so original that she was nominated
for a British Academy
of Film and Television Arts awards (BAFTA-s), the UK
equivalent of the
Oscars.
In 1993 Ms. Glennie was awarded the OBE
(Office of the British Empire).
This honor was recently extended to -Dame Commander-
for recognition of
her services to music. To date, Dame Evelyn Glennie
has received
approximately 80 international awards.
Media Note: For images, reviews, or to set up a phone
interview, please
contact Patty Price at 718-544-2996, or pprice@KupferbergCenter.org.
To
find out more about the arts at Queens College go to
www.KupferbergCenterArts.org.
Tickets for EvELYN GLENNIE are still
available at $34, adults; $32,
seniors, students, alumni. Orders may be charged online
at
www.KupferbergCenterArts.org, by phone at 718-793-8080,
or purchased at
the Colden Auditorium Box Office.
Events at Kupferberg Center Performances
are presented in Colden
Auditorium and LeFrak Concert Hall. These venues are
located on the Queens
College campus, between exits 23 & 24 of the eastbound
service road of the
Long Island Expressway in Flushing. Free parking is
available. Both Colden
Auditorium and LeFrak Concert Hall are wheelchair accessible,
have
facilities for the hearing impaired, and are available
for rental year
round.
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