MEDIA CONTACT: Department of Music (585) 275-2828 or Helene Snihur hsnihur@rochester.edu
585.275.7800

March 29, 2006

Concert featuring the University of Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Glee Clubs

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 8 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in the Alexander Palestra in the Robert B. Goergen Athletic Center on the University's River Campus

ADMISSION: Free and open to the public

The University of Rochester Symphony Orchestra will be joined by the University's Glee Clubs and the Houghton College Choir in a performance of Johannes Brahms's Requiem. The soloists will include soprano Darla Mattern and bass Munenori Sugitani, graduate students in the University's Eastman School of Music.

The orchestra will also perform Vieuxtemps's Fifth Violin Concerto, which will feature junior Bjorn Buschan, the winner of this year's Concerto Competition for River Campus musicians. The University's Symphony Orchestra is in its 51st year and is comprised of 100 students, faculty, staff, and community members.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact the Department of Music at (585) 275-2828.

About the University of Rochester

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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