CONWAY, Ark. (November 11, 2013) – The Hendrix College
Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Karen Griebling, will present its fall concert
on Monday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Reves Recital Hall.
The
program includes:
- Concerto
Grosso Opus 6, No. 6 in G Minor by Handel, featuring Kenna
Tuggle (violin), Robert Murphy (violin), and Gary DeClerk (cello), concertino
- Meditation
from Thaiis by Jules Massenet,
featuring Barron Weir, double bass
- A Long Road
Travelled by Van de Vate, featuring Katherine
Reynolds, viola
- Fantasia
on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan
Williams, featuring Maegan Weems and Natalie Kerr, flutes
- Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 by
Mahler, featuring Alisa Coffey, harp
- Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten
The concert is free and open to the public. For more
information, contact Hendrix music professor Dr. Karen Griebling at (501) 450 1249 or Griebling@hendrix.edu.
Guest musicians for this concert include Katherine
"Kater" Reynolds, adjunct instructor of viola and principal violist
with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra; Barron Weir, adjunct instructor of double
bass at Hendrix College and principal bassist with the Arkansas Symphony
Orchestra; Alisa Coffey, principal harpist with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra
and a guest soloist for this concert.
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.