[348] CHAMBER MUSIC TRIO NORTHERN ACCORD WILL PERFORM AT MTSU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 5, 2009
CONTACT: Tim Musselman, (615) 898-2493

CHAMBER MUSIC TRIO NORTHERN ACCORD WILL PERFORM AT MTSU

(MURFREESBORO)—Northern Accord, a chamber music trio featuring Kirsten Gunlogson (mezzo soprano), Elizabeth Gunlogson (clarinet) and Eileen Cornett (piano), will give a free and open concert at 6 p.m. March 24 in the Hinton Music Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.
"We are delighted to have this ensemble on campus to introduce such unique chamber music," said Todd Waldecker, professor of clarinet at MTSU.
The trio will perform Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio by W. A. Mozart, The Edge of Great Quiet: Songs from Alaska by Sally Reid, Tyneside by Phyllis Tate, From the Great Land: Women’s Songs by Judith Zaimont, Clerihew Songs by Paul Harris and Four Newfoundland Songs by D. F. Cook.
Members of the group reported that the trio performs both well-loved classics and little-known contemporary pieces composed for their distinctive instrumentation. The trio’s self-proclaimed mission is to offer high-caliber music that is both accessible and enjoyable, the shared.
In conjunction with their visit, Elizabeth Gunlogson plans to present a clarinet master class at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 25, in Saunders Fine Arts’ Room 101 on the MTSU campus. The master class will be also open to the public.
Regarding the players’ experience, pianist Cornett is director of the master’s program in ensemble arts, with a concentration in vocal accompanying, at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Md., and is currently in her 14th year as a principal faculty coach with Peabody’s Opera Department. She performs as a collaborative artist, opera coach, solo and orchestral pianist, music director and conductor.
Mezzo-soprano Kirsten Gunlogson is assistant professor of voice at the University of Utah. She has performed has performed with Michigan Opera Theatre, Indianapolis Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Tulsa Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Toledo Opera, Nashville Opera, Kentucky Opera, Sarasota Opera, Fresno Grand Opera, Pine Mountain Music Festival and the AshLawn-Highland Summer Festival.
Clarinetist Elizabeth Gunlogson is assistant professor of clarinet at the University of New Hampshire. She has appeared with a variety of ensembles throughout the United States, including Keith Brion and His New Sousa Band, the Tallahassee Symphony, the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Opera Vivente and Annapolis Opera. She also is the New Hampshire State chairwoman of the International Clarinet Society and has served on the faculties of Morgan State University, the Baltimore School for the Arts, Luther College and Florida State University.
The March 24 concert is free and open to the public.
For more information on this and other concerts at the MTSU School of Music, contact Tim Musselman at 615-898-2493 or visit the calendar of events link at www.mtsumusic.com.

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• ATTENTION, MEDIA: A jpeg of trio available by contacting Tim Musselman at tmusselm@mtsu.edu