June 21, 2005 – Sylvia Bierschenk

Season tickets available for SFA's Chamber Music in the Pines Festival

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS- Season tickets are now available for the 2005 Chamber Music in the Pines Festival presented by the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and Department of Music.

Subtitled "Four Nations Celebrations," this year's festival includes the "Czech Composers Concert" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 9; the "Russian Composers Concert" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12; the "French Composers Concert" at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 15; and the "German Composers Concert" at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 17. All concerts are in the Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

"Through the years, we've used several different formats for grouping the music we're presenting," explained John W. Goodall, SFA professor of music and festival coordinator. " But this is the first time we've arranged the festival according to the composers' nationalities. Doing so should give the audience an interesting perspective."

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra members Ivo Ivanov, violin, and David Hermann, viola, will join SFA faculty members Goodall, oboe; Jennifer Dalmas, violin; Evgeni Raychev, cello; and James Pitts, piano, in presenting the concerts. Also performing will be Ping-Ting Lan, piano instructor in the Music Preparatory Division at SFA.

The "Czech Composers Concert" will feature Erwin Schulhoof's "Divertimento," a five-movement string quartet; Bohuslav Martinu's "Quartet for Oboe, Piano, Violin and Cello"; and Antonin Dvorâk's "Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81."

Three Russian string quartets from the 19th and 20th centuries comprise the second concert's program. Featured composers are Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Borodin and Dmitri Shostakovich.

The program for the "French Composers Concert" includes a Baroque trio sonata, Francis Poulenc's "Sonata for Oboe and Piano," and César Franck's "Piano Quintet in F minor."

The festival's closing concert will feature Ludwig van Beethoven's "String Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 3," W. A. Mozart's "Oboe Quartet in F Major, KV 370," and Robert Schumann's "Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 44."

The Chamber Music in the Pines Festival is sponsored in part by Ed and Gwen Cole.

Season tickets are $30 for adults, $22.50 for seniors and $15 for students. Single event tickets are $10 for adults, $7.50 for seniors and $5 for students.

For tickets or more information, please call (936) 468-6407 or 888-240-ARTS.