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Frostburg State University’s Department of Music and the FSU Foundation will present Czech pianist Alice Fiedlerová and Dr. Joan DeVee Dixon, a professor of music at FSU, in a program for duo piano on Friday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre at 20 E. Main St. in Frostburg. The concert will celebrate renowned composer Antonín Dvorák as part of the 2011 Mutual Inspirations Festival of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C.
The program will feature “Concordien Polka,” “Zlonice Sugar Polka” and “Grand Cacilien Galopp” by Antonín Liehmann; “Muj Máj, Opus 20” by Vitezslav Novák; “Czech Dances” by Vitezslav Novák; and “Slavonic Dances, Opus 46” by Dvorák.
Fiedlerová is a featured artist for the International Dvorak Society’s American Spring Festival. She has made a number of recordings for Czech radio and television and has performed in Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium and the U.S. In 2000, she was invited to collaborate on “In Memory of the Czech Terezín Composers Project” as the featured performer for the opening concert of the project. She is on the faculty of New York University in Prague and the Conservatory of Music in Prague.
Dixon has conducted extensive concert tours in the U.S., England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Israel, Palestine and Japan. She is a featured artist for the International Dvorak Society’s American Spring Festival and performs numerous concerts throughout the Czech Republic each year. She has released 12 CDs, featuring both piano and organ, and is frequently heard on National Public Radio and programs such as “Pipedreams.” For more information, visit www.joandeveedixon.com.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dixon at 301-687-4115.
Local dance students ages 8 to 18 are invited to register for the first annual Summer Dance Intensive at Frostburg State University. The three-day instructional program focuses on techniques of ballet, contemporary, hip-hop and musical theatre. Led by FSU Department of Theatre and Dance faculty member, Jamie McGreevy, the intensive takes place Wednesday, June 26, through Friday, June 28, in the FSU Cordts PE Center Dance Studio, room 106.
Frostburg State University will host a Summer Photo Workshop from Monday, June 17, through Saturday, June 22, at the FSU campus for high school juniors and seniors. Students must have a digital camera. Participants will experience six days of intensive instruction in photography by Robert Hein, FSU assistant professor of Visual Arts. They will learn to understand and use their digital cameras for more than just snapshots and to edit their photography in Photoshop. At the conclusion of the workshop, they will have a summary print exhibit on campus and will receive a certificate.