The University at Albany Department of Music is pleased to present Annegret Baier on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 7pm in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center on the uptown campus. This German-born percussionist specializes in hand drumming and will present African rhythms and songs played on a variety of instruments including the djembe, conga, kpanlogo, berimbao, kalimba and balaphone.

Baier lives in Portland, Maine and maintains a busy performance schedule throughout Maine and New England, performing solo and with the bands Inanna, Sister in Rhythm; The Zulu Leprechauns and Loopin’. When she is not touring or giving school residencies for all age students, she teaches individual and group drumming classes and gives workshops throughout New England.

Baier received her classical music training in violin, voice and piano from the University of Stuttgart. She has studied with master drummers from Guinea, Cuba and Brazil and has done several residencies with her primary teacher, Famoudou Konate, in Conakry, Guinea.

Tickets are $10 for the general public, $8 for seniors & UAlbany faculty/staff and $5 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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