Duo Montagnard, featuring saxophonist Joseph Murphy and guitarist Matthew Slotkin, will present a recital on March 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Antoinette Falbo Theatre inside the WVU Creative Arts Center.
The program will include: “Nicht Akzeptiert, Sonatine,” by George Daravelis; “Les Trois Soeurs,” by Charles Stolte; “Before Clocks Cease Their Chiming,” by Andrew Walters; “Untitled,” by Shane Endlsey; “Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control,” by John Orfe; “Face of the Moon,” by Marilyn Shrude and “Messengers,” by John Anthony Lennon.
Murphy and Slotkin formed Duo Montagnard in 2002. They have performed more than 130 concerts across the United States, Canada, Slovenia, Greece, Thailand, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Duo Montagnard has played the Chautauqua Institution, the Hartwick College Summer Music Festival and the Alexandria Guitar Festival.
Murphy is currently saxophone professor at Mansfield University. He received a bachelor’s degree in music education from Bowling Green State University and a master’s degree and doctorate from Northwestern University.
He has won a Fulbright Award and performed a solo at Lincoln Center. Currently, he is a clinician for both the Selmer and Rico corporations, and has recorded on the Erol, Mark and Opus One labels.
Murphy maintains an award winning website, www.saxophone-education.com.
Slotkin is one of the most prominent young guitarists in the United States, appearing in leading venues throughout North America and Europe. He has achieved success in solo performance, chamber music and as a soloist with orchestra.
His first CD, “Twentieth Century Music for Guitar,” was released by Centaur Records.
Slotkin is the director of guitar studies at Mansfield University. He also teaches at Bloomsburg University and Buffalo State College.
He received undergraduate degrees and his doctorate from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied guitar with Nicholas Goluses and historical performance practice with Paul O’Dette.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact the College of Creative Arts at (304) 293-4841, ext. 3108.
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03/02/10
CONTACT: Charlene Lattea, College of Creative Arts
304-293-4841 ext. 3108, Charlene.Lattea@mail.wvu.edu
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