[102] MTSU Trombonist Plans Free Faculty Recital Sept. 26

MTSU TROMBONIST PLANS FREE FACULTY RECITAL SEPT. 26
Event in Hinton Hall to Feature 5 Selections

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 20, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493

(MURFREESBORO)—David Loucky, professor of trombone and euphonium at MTSU, will present a free public trombone recital at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, in Hinton Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.
“The program consists of five selections, mostly by American composers, and all dating from the third quarter of the 20th century,” said Loucky.
Loucky will perform “Elegy for Mippy” by Leonard Bernstein, “Colloquy” by William Goldstein, “Serenade No. 6” by Vincent Persichetti, “Images” by Gary C. White and “Concerto” by Nino Rota.
“’Elegy for Mippy’ is a short little theater piece written in memory of Bernstein’s brother’s dog,” said Loucky. “I’ve performed this piece many times and never get tired of Bernstein’s melancholy jazz feel. For an elegy, it’s a pretty humorous piece.”
Loucky describes Goldstein’s “Colloquy” as a “rollicking solo” and says the influences of Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland are easy to hear in it. Faculty pianist Sandra Arndt will join him in this solo.
“I’m particularly eager to perform (Persichetti’s) “Serenade” for trombone, viola and cello,” Loucky said of his program’s next selection. His daughter, Tyler Loucky, and MTSU faculty member Andrea Dawson will join him on “Serenade” on cello and viola, respectively.
“Tyler and I have performed this lovely piece on two other occasions, and we never grow tired of it, said Loucky. “ I’m also excited to have a chance to work with Andrea in a small chamber-music context and to appreciate her amazing musicianship on viola, her secondary instrument.”
Loucky says that a trio of trombones from the Nashville area will join him on “Images”: Barry Green, Roy Agee and Prentiss Hobbs. To finish out the program, Arndt will rejoin Loucky for Rota’s “Concerto.”
The Sept. 26 performance is free and open to the public. For more information, call 615-898-2493 or visit www.mtsumusic.com.

Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution located in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU now boasts one of the nation’s first master’s degree programs in horse science, and the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, D.C., acclaims MTSU’s Master of Science in Professional Science degree—the only one in Tennessee—as a model program. This fall, MTSU unveiled three new doctoral degrees in the sciences.

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IN BRIEF: David Loucky, professor of trombone and euphonium at MTSU, will present a free public trombone recital at 7 p.m. Sept. 26, in Hinton Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus. “The program consists of five selections, mostly by American composers, and all dating from the third quarter of the 20th century,” said Loucky. For more information on this concert, please call 615-898-2493 or visit www.mtsumusic.com.

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