HAMILTON, NY -- A Colgate University music professor's composition, which will have its world premiere by the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra in early February, will be performed at a free public concert at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York on Sunday, February 13 at 3:30 p.m.
The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra (SSO) will grace the stage of Colgate's Memorial Chapel to perform Dexter Morrill's Concerto for Trombone. Dexter Morrill, a member of Colgate's faculty since 1969, serves as the Charles A. Dana professor of music. An avid composer, his work has been performed throughout the United States and abroad. Morrill has also worked on special jazz projects for Stan Getz and Wynton Marsalis and is the author of A Guide to the Big Band Recordings of Woody Herman (Greenwood Press, 1990). In addition, Morrill has made recordings for such labels as Golden Crest, Capstone, Musical Heritage, Redwood, and Centaur.
Resident conductor Grant Cooper will conduct and trombone soloist William Harris will perform. Also on the February 13 program are Brahms's Serenade in A Major and Prokofiev's Classical Symphony.
The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Hege, music director, was founded in 1961. A performing ensemble of national acclaim that boasts approximately 80 musicians and a conducting staff of international caliber, the orchestra holds more than two hundred performances annually reaching more than 170,000 audience members during its 38-week season.
Founded in 1819, Colgate University is a nationally ranked, highly selective, residential, liberal arts college. Situated on a rolling 515-acre campus in central New York State, Colgate University attracts motivated students with diverse backgrounds, interests and talents from all over the United States.
For a complete spring 2000 concert calendar, call the Colgate Concertline at 315-228-7642.
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