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MEDIA CONTACT: Jeanette Colby jeanette.colby@rochester.edu
585.276.3521

June 22, 2007

EVENT: Hopeman Memorial Carillon Summer Recital Series begins

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 7 p.m. Monday, July 9, on the Eastman Quadrangle in front of Rush Rhees Library on the University of Rochester's River Campus.

ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
Note: Free Parking is available on the University lots.

Toru Takao, a native of Japan, was strongly inspired by the carillon while doing voluntary work in Germany. Takao, who first received a degree in German literature from Kawansei-Gakuin University in Japan, later earned a music degree in carillon in 2006.

Since then, he's won second prize at the International Carillon Competition in Tiel, the Netherlands, and has been performing in concerts in Denmark, Germany, and Holland. Takao is currently working toward his master's degree in carillon under the instruction of Frans Haagen and is co-founder of Polak-Takao Publications, a firm that discovers new carillon music art.

Takao's program will include Mozart's "Fantasy in D minor," selections of Japanese Koto music, and "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin.

Concertgoers should bring blankets, lawn chairs, and picnic baskets or even do some knitting, while enjoying the music on the Eastman Quadrangle.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact (585) 275-2828.


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The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.

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