3rd Sunday Concert Series at Christ Church

THE THIRD SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES

THE THIRD SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES NEWS RELEASE

Christ Episcopal Church
120 S. New Hampshire Street
Covington, Louisiana 70433

Media Contact: Margaret Mashburn
(985) 626-5714
mmashbur@bellsouth.net

February 5, 2008

MUSAICA TO PERFORM IN THIRD SUNDAY SERIES

The Third Sunday Concert Series at Christ Episcopal Church in Covington will host Musaica on Sunday, February 17 at 5 p.m.

The concert is supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council as administered by the St. Tammany Arts Commission.

Musaica was founded by a group of musicians from the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Loyola University faculty in the fall of 2006. Their goal is to present a variety of eclectic and entertaining chamber music performances in numerous locations throughout the Greater New Orleans area to reach the most listeners. The Third Sunday concert marks the group’s debut on the Northshore.

Core members of Musaica are Cathy Anderson, Bruce Owen, Judith Armistead Fitzpatrick, David Anderson, Yuki Tanaka, Yui Asano, Stephanie Thompson and John Reeks. They will be joined for this program by Sarah Schettler, Hannah Yim, Janeta Mavrova, Ila Rondeau, Andrew Dunn, Kate Withrow, Dmitri Vychko and Ben Atherholt.

Musaica has been nominated for two Big Easy awards: Best Chamber Music and Best Performance of New Classical Music (Contemporary) composed by the ensemble’s bassist, David Anderson.

For their performance at Christ Church, Musaica will present an all-American program consisting of works by Leonard Bernstein (Sonata for Clarinet and Piano), Samuel Barber (Adagio for Strings), Aaron Copland (Appalachian Spring), and an original piece by their bassist David Anderson (Seven Doublebass Duos).

Anderson, a professional double bassist, joined the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra in 1996 as principal bass. He has performed and recorded regularly with orchestras including the Louisville Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Since 1994, he served as principal bassist in the Britt Festival Orchestra in Oregon and has performed extensively with ensembles including the Aspen Festival, Chautauqua Festival, Colorado Philharmonic, Colorado Music Festival, the LaSalle Quartet and as a soloist with Richard Stoltzman, Gene Bertoncini, Nigel Kennedy, and Bobby McFerrin. A composer as well as a performer, Anderson has published bass duets and quartets, including a bass quartet that was performed to acclaim at the Chamber Music Festival at Indiana University in 1993. He has been with the Loyola University College of Music faculty since 2003.

All concerts in the Third Sunday series are free, open to the public, and followed by a reception where the audience can meet the performers.

Christ Church is located at 120 S. New Hampshire in Covington at the entrance to Bogue Falaya Park. For more information, contact the church office at (985) 892-3177.

Pictured is Musaica which will perform in the Third Sunday at Christ Church Concert Series on Sunday, February 17 at 5: (l to r first row) Sarah Schettler, Hannah Yim, Yuki Tanaka, Janeta Mavrova, Ila Rondeau, Andrew Dunn, Kate Withrow, Dmitri Vychko, Yui Asano and Ben Atherholt. Standing behind them are (l to r) John Reeks, Bruce Owen and David Anderson.