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Washington University Symphony Orchestra to feature winner of Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition Nov. 20


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Nov. 10, 2005 -- The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will be joined by Marissa Shields, winner of the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences' annual Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition, for a performance at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, in the University's Graham Chapel.

Dan Presgrave, instrumental music coordinator in the Department of Music, conducts the 70-plus-member Symphony Orchestra. Shields — a freshman at Marquette High School and a piano student of Marlita Weiss — will appear as soloist for Piano Concerto in D Major by Franz Joseph Haydn. Also on the program will be "Outdoor Overture" by Aaron Copland, and Lieutenant Kijè Suite by Sergei Prokofiev.

The concert is dedicated to Sona Haydon, a longtime lecturer in piano, who died last month of complications stemming from leukemia. A frequent clinician and jury member for area piano examinations, Haydon inaugurated the Young Artist Piano Concerto Competition in 2001.

Admission is free and open to the public. Graham Chapel is located just north of the Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd. For more information, call (314) 935-4841 or email staylor@wustl.edu.

Calendar Summary

WHO: Washington University Symphony Orchestra, Dan Presgrave conductor

WHAT: Concert

WHEN: 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20

WHERE: Graham Chapel, just north of the Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd.

PROGRAM: Music of Franz Joseph Haydn, Aaron Copland and Sergei Prokofiev

COST: Free

INFORMATION: (314) 935-4841 or staylor@wustl.edu



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