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Dowling College & LI String Quartet Partner to Host Music Concert, Workshop Series
Through a community-minded, two-year partnership, Dowling College and the Long Island String Quartet will host a series of musical concerts and chamber ensemble workshops throughout the 2006-07 year. These events are free and open to the public and will take place in the Ballroom of Fortunoff Hall, located at Dowling's historic Rudolph Campus in Oakdale, NY.
2006 Events
Sunday, March 12 at 3 p.m. (concert)
Sunday, May 14 at 8 p.m. (concert)
Saturday, Dec. 2 at 9:30 a.m. (chamber ensemble workshop)
Sunday, Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. (concert)
2007 Events
Sunday, March 11 at 3 p.m. (concert)
Saturday, May, 12 at 9:30 a.m. (chamber ensemble workshop)
Sunday, May 13 at 3 p.m. (concert)
The Long Island String Quartet, founded in 1992 by Artistic/Executive Director Rose-Marie Johnson, performs a wealth of chamber music repertoire from the Baroque to contemporary eras. The ensemble has performed in museums, colleges, libraries, historic vineyards in Nassau and Suffolk counties, and in various locales throughout the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn in New York City. The ensemble is presently comprised of Rose-Marie Johnson on Violin, Judith Spokes on Violin, Boris Deviatov on Viola and Amy Camus on Cello. For the March 12, 2006 performance, guests will also enjoy music by guest violist Anne Marie Bedney. In a concert of viola quintets, the program will feature classical music from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Felix Mendelsohn.
The music concert series is made possible by a grant from the Office of Cultural Affairs of Suffolk County and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. For more information, please call (631) 244-3030.
About Dowling College
Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at
its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre
Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk
border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several
disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.
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