CONWAY, Ark. (October 11, 2013) – The Hendrix College Department of Music will host a Composers Forum
with Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Composer of the Year
Christopher Theofanidis on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 2:45 p.m.
Theafanidis has been commissioned by the Arkansas Symphony
Orchestra to compose a piece for its April 2014 Masterworks Concerts and will
be performing several works by the composer throughout the season including the
River Rhapsodies Chamber Series at the Clinton Library and the Masterworks Concert
Series. His "Rainbow Body" will be featured on the October 19
and 20 concerts by the orchestra at Robinson Center Music Hall.
The Composers Forum at Hendrix College is offered
as part of his week-long residency with the orchestra this week. The Composers
Forum is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Dr. Karen Griebling at griebling@hendrix.edu or 501-450-1249.
For more information on Mr. Theofanidis, visit http://www.theofanidismusic.com/.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix
College is a national leader in engaged liberal arts and sciences education.
For the sixth consecutive year, Hendrix was named one of the country’s “Up and
Coming” liberal arts colleges by U.S.
News and World Report. Hendrix is
featured in the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will
Change the Way You Think about Colleges, as well as the 2014 Princeton Review’s
The Best 378 Colleges, Forbes magazine's list of
America's Top Colleges, and
the 2014 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United
Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.