243 INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN CLARINETIST JOINS MTSU PIANIST IN CONCERT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jan. 23, 2008
CONTACT: Tim Musselman, (615) 898-2493

INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN CLARINETIST JOINS MTSU PIANIST IN CONCERT

(MURFREESBORO)—Internationally known clarinetist James Campbell will perform in concert with collaborative pianist Leopoldo Erice at 8 p.m. Jan. 30 in the T. Earl Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.
Additionally, Campbell will also give a two-hour master class at 11:30 a.m. the same day. Both events are free and open to the public.
“James Campbell is a truly great musician, whose sound is gorgeous and his artistry is outstanding,” said Erice, assistant professor of collaborative piano at MTSU. “It is a privilege for MTSU to have him visit our campus.”
The concert will feature Luigi Bassi’s Concert Fantasy on Motives from Verdi's Rigoletto, Johannes Brahms's Sonata in F Minor, op. 120, No. 1, Carl Maria von Weber's Grand Duo Concertant op. 48, Maurice Ravel's Pièce en forme de Habanera and Leonard Bernstein’s Sonata.
Campbell, acclaimed as “Canada 's preeminent clarinetist and wind soloist” by the Toronto Star, has followed his muse to five television specials, more than 40 recordings, 30-plus works commissioned, a Juno Award for Stolen Gems (Marquis Records), a Roy Thomson Hall Award, Canada 's Artist of the Year and the Order of Canada. Most recently, Campbell received The Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal.
He has performed in most of the world's major concert halls and with more than 50 orchestras, including the London Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the Russian Philharmonic. He has collaborated and performed with many of the world's great musicians, including Janos Starker, Menahem Pressler, the Borodin Trio and the late Glenn Gould and Aaron Copland, respectively, as well as with the Penderecki, Amadeus and Colorado String Quartets.
Since 1989, Campbell has made Bloomington, Ind., his base during the academic year as a professor of music at Indiana University.
MTSU’s Erice is an accomplished recitalist, soloist and chamber musician who has performed extensively in Europe, America and Asia. He is the winner of various prestigious national prizes such as Royale, Gregorio Baudot, Infanta Cristina and Ciudad de Albacete. He has recorded several CDs and his performances have been recorded and broadcasted for diverse radio and TV programs. He is the founder and the director of the Festival Internacional de Música Clásica de Ribadeo in Spain.
• For more information on this and other events in the MTSU School of Music, please visit www.mtsumusic.com or call 615-898-2493.


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