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              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, November 3, 1994             TAG: 9411020186
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN              PAGE: 19   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY FRANK ROBERTS, STAFF WRITER 
DATELINE: COURTLAND                          LENGTH: Short :   33 lines

FREE CONCERT SUNDAY TO FEATURE PIANIST

Joseph Holt, a pianist with the United States Army Chorus, will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday in a free concert in the Rawls Library Gallery.

He has appeared in recital and with orchestras in North America, Europe and the Middle East and has performed George Gershwin's ``Rhapsody in Blue'' at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

A Baldwin concert artist, Holt is a member of the Chamber Artists of Washington and adjunct member of the music faculties of The American University and George Mason University.

He is a prize-winner in the Wolf Trap Brahms Competition, the Washington International Competition for Pianists and the William C. Byrd Young Artist Competition for Pianists.

Holt recorded the music of contemporary composer Gardner Read for Northeastern Records.

He holds a Bachelor of Music degree with distinction, the Performer's Certificate from the Eastman School of Music and has a Master of Music degree from Shenandoah University. MEMO: Rawls Museum Arts presents its Ninth Annual Riddick Memorial Concert at

2 p.m. Sunday. The featured artist is Joseph Holt for this free concert.

For more information, call 653-0754. by CNB