Saint Martin's University to host the Chinook Trio as
artists-in-residence
January 12, 2010
Lacey, Washington — Saint Martin’s University's
Department of Music is pleased to announce the Chinook Trio as the
artists-in-residence for this winter and spring. As part of their
residency, the Chinook Trio will lead the following three events:
- On Friday, January 15, from 3:30-7 p.m., the Chinook Trio will
lead a chamber music master class for local high school chamber
groups at Saint Martin's University's Kreielsheimer Hall. (For
information about the master class, contact Darrell Born at
360-438-4506.)
- On Saturday, January 23 at 7:30 p.m., the Chinook Trio will hold
a concert in the Abbey Church at Saint Martin's University featuring
works by Dmitri Shostakovich and Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Free and
open to the public.
- On Saturday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m., the Chinook Trio will join
faculty from Saint Martin's Department of Music in a vocal chamber
music concert in the Abbey Church, featuring works by Brahms,
Beethoven, Ravel, and Schumann. Free and open to the public.
The members of the Chinook Trio, founded in 1999,
are Mary Manning, violin; Holly Reeves, cello; and Bruce Berry, piano.
The Chinook Trio has performed throughout the South Puget Sound area in
various venues. They’ve appeared in the “Classical Sundays” concert
series sponsored by the Antique Sandwich Company in Tacoma, the
“Peninsula United Music Association” concert series, and the “Music in
the Mansion” concert series at the Governor’s Mansion in Olympia.
For more information about the residency or any of
the events listed above, please contact Darrell Born of the Department
of Music at dborn@stmartin.edu
or 360-438-4506.
Saint Martin’s University is an independent
four-year, Catholic, coeducational university located on a 380-acre
wooded campus in Lacey, Washington. Established in 1895 by the Catholic
Order of Saint Benedict, the University is one of 18 Benedictine
colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and the only
one west of the Rocky Mountains. Saint Martin’s University prepares
students for successful lives through its 21 majors and six graduate
programs spanning the liberal arts, business, education, and
engineering. Saint Martin’s welcomes 1,250 students from many ethnic and
religious backgrounds to its main campus, and 650 more to its five
extension campuses located at Fort Lewis Army Post, McChord Air Force
Base, Olympic College, Centralia College, and Tacoma Community College.
For additional information:
Genevieve Canceko Chan
Director of communications & marketing
Saint Martin’s University
360-438-4332
gchan@stmartin.edu
www.stmartin.edu