{"id":10435,"date":"2012-01-16T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T15:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=10435"},"modified":"2012-01-24T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T21:00:00","slug":"faculty-artist-series-to-showcase-russian-composers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/faculty-artist-series-to-showcase-russian-composers\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Artist Series to Showcase Russian Composers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The works of Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff and other Russian composers will come alive Friday, Jan. 20, at 7:30 p.m., in Martin Chapel as part of 草莓社区’s (EMU) faculty artist series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lynne Mackey<\/a>, associate professor of music<\/a> at EMU, will perform on piano, giving a recital that will encompass the romantic sounds of Rachmaninoff and Medtner to the modern sounds of Stravinsky and Prokofiev.<\/p>\n

“These pieces have a lot of humor and capture a special mood,” said Mackey.<\/p>\n

Mackey will perform Nicolai Medtner’s “Fairy Tales,” Igor Stravinsky’s Etude No. 4, Sergei Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 2, Dmitri Shostakovich’s Prelude and Fugue Op. 87, No. 7, and a group of Preludes from Op. 23 and Op. 32 by Sergei Rachmaninoff.<\/p>\n

“There is a unique contrast with each piece, almost whimsical and mischievous in nature,” Mackey said.<\/p>\n

In addition to teaching at EMU, Mackey directs the Virginia Baroque Performance Academy<\/a> during the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival<\/a> and tours as a soloist with the Virginia Commission for the Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Admission<\/strong><\/p>\n

Admission to the concert is free; donations are welcomed for the EMU music student scholarship fund. For more information contact Cindy Mathews<\/a>, office manager, at 540-432-4225 or mathewsl@emu.edu.<\/p>\n

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