Thursday, November 15, 2007
JOHN MILLER BASSOON CONCERT AT MIT - December 7, 2007
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American Bassoon: MIT Symphony Orchestra with Guest
Bassoonist, John Miller MIT Class of 1964
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John Miller
Cambridge, MA... John Miller, Principal Bassoon for the Minnesota Orchestra, will return to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his alma mater, on Friday, December 7 to perform with the MIT Symphony Orchestra. The concert will take place at 8 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium, 84 Mass. Ave. Kresge Auditorium is handicapped accessible and is located opposite 77 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, MA. This event is open to the public, and admission is $5 at the door.
Miller will perform a suite of works (outlining the form of a concerto) for bassoon and string orchestra by American composers including: Air by Alec Wider, Soliloquy by Bernard Rogers, and Concertpiece (American Dance) by Burrill Phillips. The program, conducted by Adam Boyles, will also include Barber's Essay No. 1, Respighi's Gli Uccelli and Sibelius' Symphony No. 5.
Miller is the first MIT graduate to be awarded a Fulbright grant for music performance (1964-5) and to hold a principal chair in a major American symphony orchestra.
Contact:
Joya Abbott-Graves, MIT Concerts Office
(617) 452-2394, e-mail joya@mit.edu
American Bassoon: MIT Symphony Orchestra with Guest
Bassoonist, John Miller MIT Class of 1964
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John Miller
Cambridge, MA... John Miller, Principal Bassoon for the Minnesota Orchestra, will return to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his alma mater, on Friday, December 7 to perform with the MIT Symphony Orchestra. The concert will take place at 8 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium, 84 Mass. Ave. Kresge Auditorium is handicapped accessible and is located opposite 77 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, MA. This event is open to the public, and admission is $5 at the door.
Miller will perform a suite of works (outlining the form of a concerto) for bassoon and string orchestra by American composers including: Air by Alec Wider, Soliloquy by Bernard Rogers, and Concertpiece (American Dance) by Burrill Phillips. The program, conducted by Adam Boyles, will also include Barber's Essay No. 1, Respighi's Gli Uccelli and Sibelius' Symphony No. 5.
Miller is the first MIT graduate to be awarded a Fulbright grant for music performance (1964-5) and to hold a principal chair in a major American symphony orchestra.
Contact:
Joya Abbott-Graves, MIT Concerts Office
(617) 452-2394, e-mail joya@mit.edu
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