>Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:32:56 -0500
>To: Staff Mailings
>From: Kim Edward Renz <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Music for Violin, Guitar and Piano this Saturday
>
>At 7:30 pm on Saturday, February 28th, Violinist Janice Martin, Guitarist
>Lily Afshar and our own Assistant Professor of Piano, Dr. Sin-Hsing Tsai,
>will perform the eighth Patten Performance of the season.
>
>Ms. Martin just arrived in Chattanooga after performing as guest soloist
>with the oustanding Czech Orchestra, the Pilsen Philharmonic, at the Alys
>Stephens Center in Birminghman, Alabama. She has appeared on our stage
>twice before: with Daniel Heifetz and the Classical Band two years ago;
>and last year as the concert master for Nosferatu. Ms. Martin's website
>can provide you with many more details at www.janicemartin.com.
>
>Dr. Afshar is head of the guitar program at the University of Memphis. She
>was among the twelve international guitarists selected to play for Maestro
>Andres Segovia in his master classes held at the University of Southern
>California, at which time Maestro Segovia predicted that "she will be a
>beautiful celebrity." For more about Dr. Afshar, go to www.lilyafshar.com.
>
>Many of us have been lucky to know and to hear Dr. Tsai for nearly two
>school years now. She has performed in many formats here at the
>University, and we are truly fortunate to have her in our community as an
>artist and an educator.
>
>The concert will be composed of solos and duets, with music by Beethoven,
>Ginastera, Piazzolla and Paganini. In keeping with our theme of cultural
>diversity, Dr. Afshar will perform Persian Ballads as well as Koyunbaba,
>Op. 19, a Turkish piece by Carlo Domeniconi.
>
>This will truly be a unique concert, performed by three virtuosi.
>
>For tickets, call 425-4269 from 10-4, Monday through Friday. The box
>office opens this Saturday at 6:30 pm.
>
>Also, don't forget the Patten Dinners at the Mayor's Mansion. Saturday's
>menu is below. If it tastes as good as it sounds, we are in for a
>scrumptuous evening of food and music.
>
>

Kim Edward Renz, Director
Patten Performances
UTC Fine Arts Center
Department 1351
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403-2598
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