Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, February 25, 1991 TAG: 9102230318
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The concert will begin at 8 p.m. and is sponsored by the Roanoke Valley Chamber Music Society.
Ann-Marie Horner, director of the society, will give a preview of the program at 7:30 p.m. in room 325 of Olin Hall. There will be a meet-the-artists reception following the performance.
The program is entitled "The French School: Impressionists in Music." It consists of Jean-Philippe Rameau's "Pieces de Clavecin en Concert," Maurice Ravel's Sonatine, Joseph Jongen's "Deux Pieces en Trio, Op. 80," and Claude Debussy's "Children's Corner Suite," all for trio; Francois Joseph Dizi's "Les Pensees d'Amour," for flute and harp; Carlos Salzedo's "Jeux d'eau (Playing Waters)," for solo harp; and Ravel's "Piece en forme de habanera," Debussy's "Beau Soir" and Camille Saint-Saens' "Le Cygne (The Swan)," all for cello and harp.
The Coryton Trio was founded in 1985. It is the only flute-cello-harp touring ensemble in the United States.
The group's members are Michel Debost, flute; Richard Kapuscinski, cello; and Betsey O'Hagan.
Debost is professor of Flute at Oberlin Conservatory. He has toured the country annually as a soloist since 1962 and has made 50 recordings as soloist or chamber musician. Kapuscinski, also is a professor at Oberlin, formerly was with the Boston and Cleveland Symphony Orchestras and the Japan Philharmonic.
O'Hagan received bachelor's and master's degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and was founder and director of the preparatory harp department there. She has taught at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory and Cleveland State University, and is founder and president of the Cleveland chapter of the American Harp Society.
Tickets for the Coryton Trio performance are $10. They can be reserved at the Olin Hall box office (375-2333) or bought at the door. For additional information about the concert, call 774-2899.
by CNB