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Prominent
cellist to visit Huntington College FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tickets
for the show are general admission and cost $10 for adults and $5 for
students and senior citizens. To reserve tickets, call Margi Roush in
the Merillat Centre Box Office at (260) 359-4261. In
her attempt to introduce new people to the avant-garde style, Shapiro
will also be available throughout the day to interact with guests. She
will speak to several Huntington College music classes, which are open
to the public. For more information on these classes or to schedule
individual or group meetings, please contact Dr. Marlene Schleiffer at
(260) 359-4263. Shapiro
was a co-director and cellist for The New Music Consort from 1974-1996.
She is now serves as adjunct professor at Mannes College of Music in New
York City and is one of the foremost performers and directors of
experimental music in the United States. She has performed VOICES at
colleges and universities all across the country, concerts that included
numerous premiere performances of recent works for cello, many of which
were written specifically for her by a wide variety of American,
European and Asian composers.
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