FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Sarah Snyder
ssnyder3@umd.edu
(301) 405-8151
November 13, 2012 – College Park, MD –Graduate Fellowship Woodwind Quintet SIREN will play some of their favorite works for winds in Favorite Reflections, Wednesday, December 12 at 8 p.m. The program will include Harbison's Quintet for Winds, Francaix's Quintette No. 2, and a rarely-heard chamber arrangement of Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with faculty artist Linda Mabbs singing soprano.
SIREN's oboist Emily Tsai says, "While these works are some of our favorites, coincidentally each is a reflection on critical moments in life. Harbison was a young man looking ahead to the rest of his career when he composed his Quintet for Winds. Francaix was nearing the end of his life and reflecting on his past when he wrote his second quintet, and Barber's work tells of a man contemplating a life-changing moment."
About SIREN
SIREN is the University of Maryland’s Graduate Fellowship Woodwind Quintet under the mentorship of faculty member Mark Hill. Flutist Meghan Shanley, oboist Emily Tsai, clarinetist Emily Robinson and hornist Matthew Gray are joined by
bassoonist Tilden Marbit for the 2012-2013 season., SIREN has had a progressive year of guidance under Hill and has also been coached by UMD School of Music faculty members Sue Heineman, James Ross, Chris Gekker and Robert DiLutis.
Last year, SIREN performed Valerie Coleman’s Afro-Cuban Concerto collaborating with percussionist Bob Novak and the highly-acclaimed quintet, the Imani Winds, and made their European debut in Italy performing with the Alba Music Festival Orchestra.
School of Music Graduate Fellowship Chamber Ensembles
The Graduate Fellowship Woodwind Quintet at UMD is designed to cultivate the careers of
emerging woodwind quintets. In addition to full tuition remission and a stipend, the quintet fellows benefit from intensive chamber music study with members of the National Symphony Orchestra and Left Bank Concert Society, featured performances at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and support in professional development. They serve as leaders among the students at the School of Music, sitting in principal positions in the UMD Symphony Orchestra and UMD Wind Orchestra.
Tickets
More information can be found on our web site. Tickets for this performance are FREE. If you have any questions, please call (301) 405-ARTS (2787).
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