Various recitals have occurred within the Department of Music here on campus. However, one recital required a little team work effort as two professors performed a duo piano concert on Friday, March 11th.
Music professor, Dr. Cythnia MacCrae and professor emeritus, Dr. Anthony Pattin took LeBaron Stage as they practiced for the recital. Since last summer, both performers have been working on four handed classical pieces that would be good for an audience to hear such as Schumann, Rachmainoff, and Coplan.
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The concert was used as a fund raiser for the Pattin Piano Endowment, a fund that will be used for the maintenance and restoration of the Steinway pianos inside the music department. This will make the third year for the piano fund benefit concert series.
Doing a solo piece last year, Dr. Pattin enjoyed his time working with Dr. MacCrae and performing the pieces together. "The music is fun," said Dr. Pattin. "Its fun playing it and discovering new things about the music together."
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Within the last three years, the department has raised about $8,000. Dr. MacCrae hopes that their end goal of $25,000 is met with the help of the concert. "The ticket sales will be used to generate part of that money." said Dr. MacCrae "We're hoping for bigger donations as well to help boost the fund."
Along with repairing the pianos, the fund will also contribute to naming the class piano lab in Dr. Pattin's honor.
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