Its not too late to get tickets to see some of the worlds most outstanding musicians and conductors take the stage at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center.

Composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch ; conductors Sir Andrew Davis and Peter Oundjian ; violinist and conductor Andrés Crdenes ; violist Randolph Kelly ; and pianist Yefim Bronfman will join the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for the Torray Symphony Series.

The performances are coming to the CAC through a partnership between the WVU College of Creative Arts and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. The concert series is sponsored by University supporters Robert and Nancy Torray.

On Oct. 17, Hamlisch will lead the Orchestra and The 21st Century Platters in an evening of doo-wop sounds and 1950s favorites.

As a composer, Hamlisch has won every major award: three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, one Tony and three Golden Globes. His groundbreaking show,A Chorus Line,received the Pulitzer Prize. He is the composer of more than 40 motion picture scores, including his Oscar-winning score and song forThe Way We Wereand his adaptation of Scott Joplins music forThe Sting,for which he received a third Oscar. Hamlisch is principal pops conductor with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Davis will lead the orchestra during the second concert Dec. 8. The performance will feature violinist Crdenes and violist Kelly in a program that includes Dvorks Symphony No. 9,New World Symphony.

In addition to being artistic adviser of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Davis serves as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and conductor laureate of the Toronto Symphony and the BBC Symphony. His remarkably varied repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary, with world premieres of many symphonic and operatic works to his credit. Known to audiences worldwide from his BBC Proms appearances, Davis is a notable interpreter of much 20th century music, including Janacek, Messiaen, Boulez, Elgar, Tippett and Britten, as well as the core symphonic repertoire.

The Grammy-nominated Crdenes has garnered international acclaim from critics and audiences alike for his compelling solo violin, conducting, viola, chamber music, concertmaster and recorded performances. Since capturing second prize in the 1982 Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition in Moscow, the Cuban-born Crdenes has appeared as soloist with more than 100 orchestras on four continents, including those of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Moscow, Bavarian Radio, Helsinki, Shanghai, Caracas and Barcelona. He was appointed concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1989 and holds the Rachel Mellon Walton Endowed Concertmaster Chair.

In addition to his career as principal violist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Kellys virtuosity as a soloist and chamber musician has been celebrated around the world. He has recorded and toured extensively with the Los Angeles Piano

Quartet and performed as a guest artist at chamber music festivals in Japan, Australia, Europe, Taiwan and Russia. He made his European solo debut when Lorin Maazel

invited him to play the Walton Concerto with the National Orchestra of France. He also appeared on national public television, performingDon Quixote.

The final concert in the series features Oundjian and Bronfman on Feb. 17. Oundjian will lead the orchestra in a concert of works including Mahlers Symphony No. 1, and Bronfman will perform Beethovens Piano Concert No. 1.

Oundjian continues to make his mark on the conducting scene as music director of the Toronto Symphony. He also serves as artistic director of the Caramoor International Music Festival and principal guest conductor of the Colorado Symphony. He previously served as music director of the Nieuw Sinfonietta in Amsterdam. As first violinist with the renowned Tokyo String Quartet, Oundjian received four Grammy nominations and traveled all over the world, performing in such major arts centers as Carnegie Hall, La Scala in Milan, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Chatelet in Paris. He attended Londons Royal College of Music and completed his violin studies with Ivan Galamian, Itzhak Perlman and Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School.

Bronfman has given numerous solo piano recitals in the leading halls of North America, Europe and the Far East, including acclaimed debuts at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall. In 1991 he gave a series of joint recitals with Isaac Stern in Russia, marking his first public performances there since his emigration to Israel at age 15. That same year, he was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize, one of the highest honors given to American instrumentalists. He won a Grammy award in 1997 for his recording of the three Bartok piano concertos with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

The three-concert Torray Series package may be purchased for $94.50 by calling 800-743-8560 or reserved online at www.pittsburghsymphony.org . Subscribers save 17 percent off the regular per concert ticket price and discounts are also available for groups of 10 or more.

Additional support for the Torray Symphony Series is provided by William and Loulie Canady in memory of their daughter Valerie Canady, a Morgantown native and WVU graduate who died in the crash of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.

Although tickets are not being sold through the WVU box office, brochures describing the concert series, along with order forms, are available at the CAC or by calling 304-293-4841 ext. 3108.