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MEDIA CONTACT: University of Rochester Music Program, (585) 275-2828
November 18, 1994
The University of Rochester Music Program held its annual Concerto Competition for River Campus University students last week and selected four students to perform as soloists with the University of Rochester Symphony Orchestra in the spring of 1995.
Melanie Preston and Katherine Teitler will perform at a concert on March 4. A Take Five mechanical engineering major, Preston will sing Ravel's Sheherazade. Teitler, a flutist and senior music major, will play Ibert's Concerto.
The symphony will give another concert on May 6, which will feature solo performances by Michelle Nguyen and Mitchell Mutz. Nguyen, a freshman psychology major, will play Saint-Saen's Concerto No. 2, Movement 1 on the piano. Mutz, a graduate student, will perform Mozart's Concerto No. 4 on horn.
"The opportunity to perform as a soloist is extremely exhilarating," conductor David Harman said. "These people are talented and smart."
To be selected to perform, instrumentalists and singers must perform 10 minutes of a concerto, solo or aria for a panel of judges consisting of members of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.
"This year was extremely difficult to judge because competition was so high. Students were superbly well prepared," Harman said.
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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