About LipscombNov. 10 - Faculty & Friends Concert Series: Laura Barger
11/10/2009
8 p.m.
Lipscomb University is honored to present Laura Barger, pianist, in the Faculty & Friends Concert Series at 8 p.m., Nov. 10, in Lipscomb’s Ward Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Barger has performed internationally both as a soloist and chamber musician at The Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, Canada's Banff Centre for the Arts, Darmstadt International Summer Festival for New Music in Germany, and throughout New York.
Barger is a founding member of Yarn/Wire, a piano and percussion quartet committed to exploring and expanding the body of works for that instrumentation since Bartok. The ensemble has presented numerous US Premieres by internationally renowned composers and in 2009-10 will present "Composing New York," a series featuring world premieres by young composers from the US and abroad based in NYC.
Barger holds degrees from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and Stony Brook University. She is currently part of an experimental music theatre project by American composer Ellen Lindquist and Companion Star Productions. She is on faculty at the 92nd Street Y School of Music, a multifaceted cultural institution and community center, in Manhattan.
For more information on the Faculty & Friends Concert Series contact Marilyn Smith at 615.966.5932.
11/10/2009
8 p.m.
Lipscomb University is honored to present Laura Barger, pianist, in the Faculty & Friends Concert Series at 8 p.m., Nov. 10, in Lipscomb’s Ward Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Barger has performed internationally both as a soloist and chamber musician at The Lucerne Festival in Switzerland, Canada's Banff Centre for the Arts, Darmstadt International Summer Festival for New Music in Germany, and throughout New York.
Barger is a founding member of Yarn/Wire, a piano and percussion quartet committed to exploring and expanding the body of works for that instrumentation since Bartok. The ensemble has presented numerous US Premieres by internationally renowned composers and in 2009-10 will present "Composing New York," a series featuring world premieres by young composers from the US and abroad based in NYC.
Barger holds degrees from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and Stony Brook University. She is currently part of an experimental music theatre project by American composer Ellen Lindquist and Companion Star Productions. She is on faculty at the 92nd Street Y School of Music, a multifaceted cultural institution and community center, in Manhattan.
For more information on the Faculty & Friends Concert Series contact Marilyn Smith at 615.966.5932.
