Thursday, December 24, 2009

PRIZM Winter Chamber Music Festival: Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Dec. 28-31, 2009




[ABOVE: Legacy: Works For Bassoon By African-American Composers; Lecolion Washington, bassoon; Albany Troy1038 (2008) BELOW: The PRIZM Ensemble of Memphis]

Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma reviewed Legacy: Works For Bassoon By African-American Composers for the Myrtle Hart Society. The review was republished by AfriClassical on Sept. 3, 2008. Prof. De Lerma has alerted us to the fact that Lecolion Washington, Associate Professor of Bassoon at The University of Memphis, is also Founder and Director of the PRIZM Winter Chamber Music Festival of Memphis:

The Inaugural Season of the PRIZM Winter Chamber Music Festival will take place at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church from December 28-31, 2009
Student, adult amateur, and aspiring professional musicians are invited to join us for the 2009 PRIZM Winter Chamber Music Festival. Attendees will have daily opportunities to work closely with world-class musicians who reside in Memphis. Students will receive training in chamber music in particular, and they will also be given a foundation in the fundamentals of the collaborative arts process.
http://www.prizmensemble.com


Please take a moment to join our mailing list! All students will have opportunities to perform and selected participants will be invited to perform chamber music with the festival faculty on an evening concert. Additional participants will serve with faculty as members of the PRIZM Festival Orchestra which will perform without a conductor, a model made popular by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

The PRIZM Ensemble of Memphis
Anthony Gilbert, Executive Director of the Eroica Ensemble
Dan Gilbert, violinist of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra
Dan Phillips, horn professor at The University of Memphis
Timothy Shiu, violin professor at the University of Memphis
Michelle Vigneau, oboe professor at the University of Memphis
Carina Washington, clarinetist of the PRIZM Ensemble
Lecolion Washington, bassoon professor at the University of Memphis
Lois Hobbs Yu, pianist of the PRIZM Ensemble


Evening concerts given by the PRIZM Ensemble of Memphis are kid-friendly and will take place at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church on December 28 and 31. Childcare is provided with a reservation. Please call (901) 364-6454 to reserve a space in the nursery. In an effort to introduce young people to classical music, children in the nursery will be invited to enjoy select pieces on each concert. Admission to all concerts during the fesitival is free with a suggested donation of $10. The New Year's Eve concert will be followed by a reception and a New Year's celebration at 9:30pm.

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