The University at Albany Department of Music is pleased to present Richard Albagli & Friends on Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 7:30pm in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center on the uptown campus.

UAlbany faculty member and percussionist Richard Albagli has invited a few of his friends to share a special “Thank You” performance. Appearing on the program with Albagli will be renowned concert pianist Findlay Cockrell, opera singer/international creativity consultant John Cimino and longtime percussion colleague John Antonio as well as two of Albagli’s top percussion students Nicholas Tariello of Guilderland, a veteran of four previous performances in this series, and Brian Shank of Valatie.

The music will be wide-ranging from the classical stage to vaudeville, original compositions, works for percussion with and without other instrumentation and transcriptions for marimba. Among the composers represented are Leonard Bernstein, J. S. Bach, Ney Rosauro, Jack Behrens, Toru Takemitsu and local composer Alice Spatz. Two original works by John Cimino and Richard Albagli (“Song for Susan” and “Song of the Blue Whale”) will be sung by Cimino and Michael Current’s “Three Epigrams” on a W. H. Auden poem will be performed for the first time in more than 40 years.

Richard Albagli is the Principal Percussionist of the Albany Symphony, a faculty member at both the University at Albany and RPI and co-founder of Associated Solo Artists (ASA). With ASA, he has performed in more than 20 states in the U.S., in Europe, Canada and Mexico.

Findlay Cockrell was on the faculty of UAlbany from 1966 until 2006. In addition to numerous solo recitals, Cockrell has appeared as concerto soloist with orchestras throughout the U.S. He is the founder and director of the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra and the Gershwin Pops Orchestra.

John Cimino is President and co-founder of Associated Solo Artists. He has sung operatic roles throughout the U.S. and in Europe and has pioneered the use of the arts to teach leadership and creativity skills in the world of business, government, educational institutions and professional associations.

Tickets are $8 for the general public, $6 for seniors & UAlbany faculty/staff and $4 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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