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SUMMARY:Verdehr Trio (new date)
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 The Verdehr Trio includes longtime faculty members 
 of the MSU College of Music Walter Verdehr, 
 violin, and Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, clarinet, 
 and Silvia Roederer, piano.\n
 \n
 <b>2012-2013 
 marks the 40th anniversary of the Verdehr Trio.</b> 
 Beginning with this concert and throughout 
 the year, the trio will be performing 
 specially designed anniversary concerts showcasing 
 the repertoire the group has created over 
 the last 40 years, featuring favorite movements 
 of favorite works on each concert thus 
 illustrating the variety and diversity of styles 
 in the group's repertoire.\n
 \n
 The June 13 
 concert will open with "Dash" by Jennifer Higdon, 
 an energetic five-minute work depicting 
 the mad dash of modern day life to which audiences 
 always respond enthusiastically. In the 
 middle, the group will feature movements from 
 works by three MSU composers who have written 
 for the trio in the past: Jere Hutcheson, 
 James Niblock, and Ricardo Lorenz. Closing the 
 program will be "Slang" by Libby Larsen, another 
 perennial audience favorite illustrating 
 the various jazz idioms in American music, 
 including boogie-woogie.\n
 \n
 An acknowledged 
 leader in the field of new music, the Verdehr 
 Trio has concentrated on molding and defining 
 the personality of the violin-clarinet-piano 
 trio for nearly 40 years. Founded in 1972 by 
 Walter and Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr, the Verdehr 
 Trio - with the support of MSU - has commissioned 
 more than 200 new chamber music works 
 from some of the world's most prominent composers. 
 To round out its repertoire with Classical 
 and Romantic works, the members of the trio 
 have rediscovered and transcribed 18th and 
 19th century pieces for inclusion in the group's 
 concert programs.\n
 \n
 The Verdehr Trio has 
 performed throughout the world - in 19 European 
 countries, the former Soviet Union, in South 
 and Central America, as well as in Asia, 
 Australia, and all 50 of the United States. 
 Major concert halls where the ensemble has appeared, 
 include Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, 
 Library of Congress, Vienna's Brahmssaal, 
 Sydney Opera House, London's Wigmore Hall, Auditorio 
 de Madrid, Dvorak Hall in Prague, IRCAM 
 Centre in Paris and Leningrad's Philharmonic 
 Chamber Hall. \n
 \n
 The group has also commissioned 
 trio concertos from Buhr, David, Ott, 
 Skrowaczewski, and Wallace, and has performed 
 these pieces with Vienna Tonkunstler Orchestra, 
 Honolulu Symphony, Prague Chamber Soloists, 
 Vancouver CBC Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, 
 and Flint Symphony, as well as with the 
 National Orchestra of Spain and the Grand Teton 
 Festival Orchestra. Recently the Verdehr 
 Trio released a CD of Double Concertos for violin 
 and clarinet by James Niblock, William 
 Wallace and Dinos Constantinides.\n
 \n
 More about 
 <a href="http://www.verdehr.com/">The Verdehr 
 Trio</a>\n\n
 Price: Tickets: $10, $8 for seniors (60+), free for students\n
 Sponsor: College of Music\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://www.music.msu.edu\n
 Contact email: musicpr@msu.edu\n
LOCATION:Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center
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