‘Master Works!’ concert to open chamber music series

10:01 a.m., Sept. 17, 2005--“Master Players! Master Pieces!”--the first concert in UD’s second annual Master Players Chamber Series--is set for 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7, in Mitchell Hall. The concert will feature works by Mozart, Haydn and Brahms, along with a variety of guest artists.

Sharing the stage will be violinist David Kim, concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra; cellist Andrés Díaz, who has been praised in The New York Times for his "strongly personal interpretive vision"; violist Steven Tenebom, a member of the Orion String Quartet and Opus One; clarinetist Steven Barta, of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; pianist Charles Abramovic, who teaches at Temple University; violinist Meredith Amado, associate concertmaster of the Delaware Symphony; and from the UD faculty cellist Lawrence Stomberg, who also serves on the cello faculty of the Eastern Music Festival, and violinist Xiang Gao, who has performed around the world and serves as artistic director of the Master Players Chamber Series.

A free public master class with the guest artists will be held from 1:25-2:30 p.m., Oct. 7, in the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.

Concert tickets—at $17 for the general public, $12 for UD alumni, faculty and staff and senior citizens; and $5 for students—are now on sale at the Bob Carpenter Center and Trabant University Center box offices or through Ticketmaster, telephone (302) 984-2000.

The Master Players Chamber Series is cosponsored by the Department of Music, the UD Performing Art Series and the Office of the President.

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