Hamilton, NY — The Colgate University Orchestra, Marietta Cheng, conductor, will perform a concert titled ‘Love and Death’ on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. On the program will be three well-loved works that explore the theme of passion leading to tragedy: Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Suite from West Side Story, Richard Wagner’s Prelude to Tristan and Isolde, and Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. In addition, Mendelssohn’s lyrical Violin Concerto, Op. 64 will feature Timothy Fain as soloist. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, or a complete 2001-2002 concert calendar, call the Colgate Concertline at 315-228-7642.
Fain won the 2001 Avery Fischer Career Grant, which has launched the careers of such artists as Emanuel Ax, Ursula Oppens, Richard Goode, and Murray Perahia, and provides debuts in New York’s 92nd Street Y, Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center. Fain also won the 1999 Barenreiter Prize for the Best Historical Performance for Strings, the 1999 Mexico City Philharmonic Prize, and First Prize in the 1999 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. Fain has also been invited to join the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two. The Washington Post wrote: ‘Timothy Fain has everything he needs for a spectacular career.’ A native of Santa Monica, California, Fain graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and received his masters degree from The Juilliard School, where he worked with Robert Mann of The Juilliard Quartet. In addition, he has studied with Victor Danchenko and Aaron Rosand.
Colgate University, founded in 1819, is located in Hamilton, New York. A highly selective, independent, liberal arts college with 256 faculty members and 2,750 undergraduate men and women enrolled in programs that lead to the bachelor of arts, Colgate also offers a small graduate program. The university’s general education core curriculum embodies Colgate’s longstanding commitment to integrated learning. The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recently designated Colgate as one of 16 Leadership Institutions that offer a national model for excellence in innovative education. Students currently enrolled at Colgate hail from 44 different states, 3 U.S. territories and 26 countries. Log on to www.colgate.edu to learn more about Colgate University.
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