A faculty trio from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro will present a guest artist concert at the WVU Creative Arts Center on Tuesday, April 7.

The program begins at 6 p.m. in the Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (200A) and is free and open to the public.

Members of the trio include oboe professor Mary Ashley Barret, horn professor Abigail Pack, and piano professor James Douglass.

The program will include: “Ballade, Op. 133” by E. York Bowen (1884-1961); “Berceuse, Op. 19” by Jean-Michel Damase (1928-2013); “Sonata (1934) by William Alwyn (1905-1985); and “Dresdner Trio, Op. 130” by Jan Koetsier (1911-2006).

Mary Ashley Barret, professor of oboe at UNCG, holds the principal oboe position with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra in addition to being a frequent performer throughout the southeastern United States. She has presented numerous guest recitals and master classes throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Central America, Canada, Germany, China, New Zealand and Australia. Some highlights of her career include a Carnegie-Hall recital debut with the EastWind Trio d’Anches in 2005, a ten-day recital tour to China with the EastWind Quintette d’Anches in 2008, and more recently being invited as faculty at the Brevard Music Center for the Summer Festival of 2010. Barret’s degrees include the Doctor of Music from Florida State University, the Master of Music from Baylor University, and the Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music.

Abigail Pack, associate professor of Horn at UNCG, received her bachelor’s degree from East Carolina University, a master’s in music from the University of Iowa, and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was a Bolz Teaching Fellow. Before assuming her current position at UNCG she was on the faculty at James Madison University from 2001 to 2008. An avid symphony player, she currently performs with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival Orchestra, the Southwest Chamber Orchestra, and the Opera Roanoke Orchestra. Recent performance and presentation highlights include the National Flute Association, the International Horn Symposium, the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago, and the Kennedy Center of The Performing Arts.

James Douglass, associate professor of collaborative piano, has been involved in diverse genres including chamber music, vocal arts, opera, choral arts, symphonic repertoire, jazz, cabaret, and musical theater. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in piano performance from the University of Alabama and a doctorate in collaborative piano from the University of Southern California. While at USC he received a Koldofsky Fellowship and the Outstanding Keyboard Collaborative Arts award. Performances as a collaborative pianist have included recitals and television/radio broadcasts across the United States and in Europe. Douglass is also active as a clinician and recently completed a recording with WVU faculty soprano Hope Koehler of John Jacob Niles songs, which was released on the Albany label in 2008.

For more information, contact the College of Creative Arts at (304) 293-4359.

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CONTACT: Charlene Lattea, College of Creative Arts
304-293-4359, Charlene.Lattea@mail.wvu.edu

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