MANSFIELD, PA— Samuel Adler, award-winning professor of composition at Julliard School of Music, will be in residence at Mansfield University April 12-14 to help the Festival Chorus prepare to perform this spring’s major choral works.
While at MU, Adler will also be working with student groups, giving composition lessons, and giving lectures about his music and many experiences from his long and distinguished career.
He will give a talk about his music on Thursday, April 12, 1:30 p.m. at Butler Music Center, Room 163. Thursday at 8 p.m. in Steadman Theatre, there will be a concert of the composer’s chamber pieces and his one-act opera, The Outlaw of Poker Flats, performed by the Mansfield University Opera Workshop, directed by Todd Ranney. The opera is based on the short story written by renowned Western author Bret Harte. Also on the program will be A Prophecy of Peace performed by the Mansfield University Chamber Singers, under the direction of Peggy Dettwiler, and Oboration, a solo oboe piece performed by Susan Laib.
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