Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, February 28, 1991 TAG: 9102280104
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It will be in Olin Gallery at Roanoke College, with a pre-concert reception at 6:30 p.m. and the performance by the Virginia New Music Ensemble beginning at 8.
ArtSounds, which is designed to present contemporary small-ensemble music in an art-gallery setting, is presented jointly by Roanoke Symphony Orchestra and Roanoke College.
On the program for Tuesday's event are Shatin's "Songs of Anna Akhmatova," William Mayer's "Dreams End," Joan Tower's "Noon Dance" and John Corigliano's "Gazebo Dances."
Shatin is associate professor of music at the University of Virginia, where she founded and directs the computer music laboratory. She has a master's degree from the Juilliard School and a doctorate from Princeton University.
The New Music Ensemble is directed by James Glazebrook, concertmaster of the Roanoke Symphony.
The current exhibit in Olin Gallery is "Pluralism: Prints and Drawings of the Eighties." It includes works on paper by modern artists Jim Dine, David Hockney and George Segal, among others.
Tickets to ArtSounds are $6 for the general public and $3 for students and senior citizens. They can be bought at the Roanoke Symphony box office (111 W. Campbell Ave. in downtown Roanoke), reserved by telephone (343-9127) or purchased at the door.
by CNB