Faculty Artist Recital
Faculty Performances
Monday, November 22, 8:00 PM
Tickets:
$20/$15 Tickets available after September 1, 2010
Program:
Britten
Lachrymae
Arnold Bax
Viola Sonata
Edward Elgar
Piano Quintet
Description:
Equally active in piano and viola, Paul Hersh studied viola with William Primrose and piano with Leonard Shure and Edward Steuermann. From 1961–1971 he was violist and pianist of the Lenox Quartet and made his piano debut at Carnegie Recital Hall in 1964. Mr. Hersh, who attended Yale University, teaches poetry and literature in addition to piano and chamber music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Mr. Hersh is a former faculty member of Grinnell College and SUNY at Binghamton, and has been artist-in-residence and visiting faculty at the University of California at Davis, Temple University, Oregon State University, University of Western Washington, and the University of Montana. He has given concert tours in Taiwan, China, Korea, and Russia, and has recorded on the RCA, CRI, Desto, Orion, Dover and Arch Street labels. Mr. Hersh has performed at the Berkshire, Aspen, Skaneateles, Moab, and Olympic Music Festivals, as well as the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Spoleto (Italy) Festival of Two Worlds, and the Caramoor Center in New York, and has taught and performed at Kneisel Hall.
Performers:
Paul Hersh, piano and viola
Venue:
Recital Hall
