133 BASSOONIST JENNIFER RHODES PRESENTS OCT. 23 RECITAL AT MTSU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 18, 2006
CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493

(MURFREESBORO)—Jennifer Rhodes, principal bassoonist of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, will present a free and open concert at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 23 in the Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.
Rhodes will perform Maurice Ravel’s Piece en Forme de Habañera, Paul Hindemith’s Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, George Perle’s Three Inventions for Solo Bassoon, and Marcel Bitsch’s Concertino.
“Jennifer Rhodes is a fantastic musician," said Maya Stone, instructor of bassoon at MTSU. "She makes playing the bassoon look and sound effortless."
Based in New York City and a doctoral candidate at Juilliard, Rhodes also is an active chamber musician. She has performed with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players and the North Country Chamber Players. She is a member of the esteemed Opera Orchestra of New York with whom she performs at Carnegie Hall. She also plays regularly with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, American Composers’ Orchestra, and Westchester Philharmonic.
“It is an honor to have her play at the MTSU’s Hinton Hall,” Stone said.
The concert is free and open to the public.
•For more information on the Oct. 23 concert or other concerts in the McLean School of Music, please call 615-898-2493 or visit the "calendar of events" link at www.mtsumusic.com.


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