Senior Bebhinn Cecilia Egger will present a violin recital 1 p.m. Saturday, Mar. 28, in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at EMU.

Ms. Egger will perform “Concerto Op. 7 No. l by Jean-Marie LeClair, “String Quartet No. 13 by Franz Schubert, “Concerto No. 2” by Henryk Wieniawski and “Siete canciones populares espanoles” by Manuel de Falla.

She will be assisted by Monica Carlson, Maurita Eberly, Briana Eshleman, John Fast, Emily Sims and Jeremiah Vallotton.

Egger, from Front Royal, Va., is a music performance major with minors in Spanish and political studies.

Admission to the recital is free.

Kara S. Glick, senior music education major at EMU

Ms. Glick will play selections on the theme, “Summer Shadows, including “‘Summer’ Concerto in G minor” from Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons.”

he will be accompanied by EMU students Bebhinn Egger, Matthew Tieszen, Amy Histand, James Hall and Eojin Lee and EMU graduate Benjamin Tyson.

She will also perform “Preludio” from “Partita No. 3 in E major” by J.S. Bach, “Andante” and “Allegro molto vivace” from “Violin Concerto in E minor” by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and “Danse Espagnole” from “La Vida Breve” by Manuel de Falla.

Monica H. Carlson will provide piano accompaniment.

Glick has violin students in EMU’s Preparatory Music Program, teaches a class of violin students at Keister Elementary School in Harrisonburg and is concertmaster of the EMU orchestra. She ran three seasons of cross country and two of track.

Glick is from Pekin, Ill., and is a member of Hopedale Mennonite Church.

A reception will follow the program. Admission is free.

Brazilian music and culture will come center stage in two concerts presented by music department faculty and students at EMU.

Pianist and professor Paulo Steinberg will discuss the relation between cultural elements and music of Brazil and play pieces by two Brazilian composers 7:30 p.m. Friday, Apr. 13 in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at EMU.

Dr. Steinberg, a native of San Paulo, Brazil, will discuss the composing techniques of composers Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) and Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934) and play selections by both Brazilian composers. The selections range from a tango to a fusion of Bach and Brazilian elements to a cycle of native characters and landscapes.

Program Features Many

Also in Martin Chapel, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Apr. 14, students of music instructors Monica Carlson, John Fast, Joan Griffing and Paulo Steinberg will perform several styles of Brazilian music written for piano solo and piano and violin.

The program will also feature music for guitar, played by Matt Carlson, and jazz ensemble, featuring Jim Warner and Nate Bontrager.

Steinberg earned a Performer Diploma in Piano from the Conservat

Nathan N. (Nate) Bontrager, a senior music performance major at 草莓社区, will present a recital of cello music 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at EMU.

Assisted by pianist Monica Carlson, Bontrager’s program will include Camille Saint-Saens “Concerto in A minor” and Samuel Barber’s “Sonata for cello and piano” and shorter works by meditative and jovial.

Bontrager, from Akron, Pa., is also a member of the EMU .

Admission is free; donations will be accepted for the EMU music scholarship fund.

An 草莓社区 junior will present a recital for solo cello and piano-cello duo 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at EMU.

Nathan G. (Nate) Bontrager, a education and cello performance major from Akron, Pa., will play the “D minor suite for Unaccompanied Cello” by J.S. Bach, one of six suites the German composer wrote for the cello.

He will also perform “A Major Sonata for Cello and Piano” by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Robert Schumann’s “Three Fantasty Pieces” for cello and piano and “Seven Spanish Folksongs” by Manuel de Falla, transcribed for cello.

Bontrager will be accompanied on piano by Monica Hochstetler Carlson, an instructor in the at EMU.

Bontrager is a member of the , the EMU Orchestra, the EMU Piano Trio, the EMU Jazz Quintet and leads worship for the Sunday evening “” service on campus. He also teaches in the Preparatory Music Program.

Admission to the program is free. Donations are welcomed for the EMU music student scholarship fund.