The University at Albany Department of Music is pleased to present this
season’s first concert by the University Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 7pm in the Main Theatre of the Performing
Arts Center on the uptown campus. Directed by faculty member Brett Wery, the program is
entitled From the North and is a
celebration of Edvard Grieg’s music in this centennial year of his death. Pianist Duncan Cumming will be the guest
performer.
With an M.A. from the University of Denver and a B.Mus. Degree
from the North Carolina School of the Arts, Brett Wery
is also a professor at Schenectady County Community College and conducts the
SCCC Wind Ensemble and instructs in woodwind applied studies, chamber music,
music theory and conducting. Currently also
the Principal Conductor of the Capital Region Wind Ensemble, Wery is the former
conductor of the Saratoga Springs Youth Orchestra Wind Ensemble. He performs regularly with the Empire State
Jazz Orchestra and has performed with Albany,
Catskill, Berkshire, Schenectady,
Utica and Vermont Symphonies and
St. Cecilia Chamber Orchestra. He
records with the Empire State Jazz Orchestra, the Albany Symphony and the Dogs
of Desire. His musical theatre experience
includes numerous national tours including Annie and 42nd
Street; performances as a member of the
Westchester Broadway Theatre Orchestra and performances with Rosemary Clooney,
Tommy Tune and Mitzi Gaynor.
Duncan Cumming joined the faculty of the University at Albany in the fall of
2006. He has performed concertos,
recitals, and chamber music concerts in cities across the United States as well as in Europe. The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Merkin Hall
and Carnegie Hall in New York City, and the Wallenstein Palace in Prague, Czech Republic are among the concert halls in which he has appeared. He has also been a
frequent guest on Maine Public Radio's "Live at 11" program. In 2002, Cumming joined the faculty of the
Boston University Tanglewood Institute where he continues to teach, coach
chamber music and perform as Assistant Director of the Young Artists Piano
Program.
Wery
will direct the University Symphony Orchestra in additional performances this
season on December 2 (as part of the Holiday Concert), March 16 and May 4. Cumming will play a solo concert, Turns of Centuries, on November 10 and
will perform along with violinist Hilary Cumming and cellist SÖlen Dikener as the Capital Trio on April 6.
Tickets are $6 for the general
public and $3 for students and may be purchased through the Performing Arts
Center Box Office. For further information,
contact the Box Office at (518) 442-3997 or visit the Performing Arts Center
website at www.albany.edu/pac.
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