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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 20:39:30 -0400
From: Marian Tyson <marianmty
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*St. Stephen’s Concert Series* *presents:
*
*Andrew Tyson, pianist
Sunday, October 25th
Program includes music of Schumann, Beethoven, Messiaen, and Chopin.
*Pre-Concert: Dr. Joseph Kitchen Interviews Andrew Tyson, 3pm, Parish Hall
Concert, 4pm, Church Nave
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
82 Kimberly Drive
Durham, NC 27707
At the age of 22, pianist Andrew Tyson is already the recipient of many
awards and prizes, including Second Prize at the Kosciuszko Foundation
Chopin Piano Competition and a Silver Award from the National Foundation
for the Advancement of the Arts. Entering his final year of studies
with Claude Frank at the Curtis Institute of Music, Mr. Tyson has
performed at a number of prestigious venues, including the National
Chopin Foundation in Miami and the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York.
Mr. Tyson has performed as a concert soloist with the Guilford Symphony
Orchestra, the Durham Symphony, the Raleigh Symphony, and the Chapel
Hill Philharmonia.
In 2008, Mr. Tyson attended the Taos School of Music, where
he received instruction from Robert McDonald as well as the Borromeo,
Brentano and St. Lawrence String Quartets. Since then, he has become an
active chamber player, performing this season at Bowdoin College, in the
Bay Chamber Concert Series in Rockport, Maine, at the Brevard Music
Festival, in collaboration with Roberto Díaz and Joseph Silverstein, and
at Festival de Sintra in Portugal with violinist Ray Chen. Andrew
recently performed with Ray Chen in Bourlingster, Luxembourg and in Sint
Niklaas and Brussels, Belgium. In December of 2009, Andrew will perform
Ernest Bloch’s 1919 Viola Suite with Roberto Díaz at the Library of
Congress, as part of a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Bloch’s death.
Single Tickets may be purchased at the door prior to the concert for $15.
Season Subscriptions to all five St. Stephen’s Concert Series concerts
are $50 per person. Free Admission for ages 18 and under.
For Further Information: Contact Marian Tyson, Co-Director of St.
Stephen's Concert Series at 919.489.7030, email marianmty...@gmail.com
<mailto:marianmty...@gmail.com>, or visit www.ssecdurham.org
<http://www.ssecdurham.org/>.