{"id":2303,"date":"2010-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=2303"},"modified":"2010-09-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-13T04:00:00","slug":"faculty-artist-series-features-musica-harmonia-on-sept-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2010\/faculty-artist-series-features-musica-harmonia-on-sept-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Artist Series Features Musica Harmonia on Sept. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

EMU’s faculty artist series will present an evening of chamber music by “Musica Harmonia,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at EMU. <\/p>\n

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Musica Harmonia<\/div>\n

Group members are Joan Griffing<\/a>, violin; Lynne Mackey<\/a>, piano; Diane Phoenix-Neal, viola; Les Nicholas, clarinet; and Beth Vanderborgh, cello. <\/p>\n

They will perform by “Piano Quartet No. 1 in g minor, K 478” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; “Fairy Tales (Marchenerzahlungen), Op. 132” by Robert Schumann for clarinet, viola and piano; and “Letters to the World,” a piano quartet by Gwyneth Walker. <\/p>\n

Dr. Martha G. (Marti) Eads<\/a>, professor of language and literature at EMU<\/a>, will read the poems that Walker’s work is based upon. <\/p>\n

Working for peace and understanding through music<\/h3>\n

Musica Harmonia was newly formed in 2007. The musicians, who met through the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, N.C., come together in this ensemble with a goal to promote peace and cultural understanding through musical collaboration. <\/p>\n

They all have experienced life in many countries of the world including Brazil, Australia, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and the USA. <\/p>\n

Admission info and more<\/h3>\n

Admission to the concert is free; donations are welcomed for the EMU music student scholarship fund.<\/p>\n

Learn more about music at EMU:<\/p>\n