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September 17 , 2009

CSU Dominguez Hills Music Department Opens Fall Concert Series with Night of Faculty Chamber Music

When:          7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 29

Where:         University Theatre, California State University Dominguez Hills
                   1000 E. Victoria St., Carson, 90808

Tickets:        $5; sold at the door

(Carson, CA) – For the first concert of its fall 2009 concert series, the California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Department of Music will present a faculty chamber music concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29, in the University Theatre.

CSUDH music department chair Richard Kravchak, on oboe, oboe d’amore, and English Horn, will be accompanied by CSUDH guitar studies director Scott Morris on guitar and special guests Peter Yates on apreggione and Buzz Gravelle on mandolin. Yates teaches music at both UCLA and Cal Poly Pomona, and Gravelle is a part-time faculty member at Cal Poly Pomona and founder and director of the Santa Monica Academy of Music.

The evening will feature classical chamber music composed by Georg Philipp Telemman and contemporary pieces by Ben Verdery and Frank Wallace. Also performed will be a composition by former CSUDH music chair Rod Butler, who passed away in 2007, and the world premiere of “Five Scenes for oboe, oboe d’amore, English horn, mandolin and apreggione” by CSUDH assistant professor of music Jonathon Grasse.

Tickets are $5 and will be sold at the door. For more information, contact the music department at (310) 243-3543.

The University Theatre is located off Toro Center Drive/Tamcliff Street at Victoria Street in Carson. Metered parking lots are within walking distance. Permits are $4 and can be purchased at yellow kiosk machines near each lot.

Here are some useful links:
Richard Kravchak, http://cah.csudh.edu/music/rkravchak.htm
Scott Morris, www.myspace.com/scottmorrisguitar
Jonathan Grasse, http://cah.csudh.edu/music/jgrasse.htm
Buzz Gravelle, www.myspace.com/buzzgravelle
Peter Yates, www.music.ucla.edu/People/Faculty%20bios/PYates.html
CSUDH Department of Music, visit http://cah.csudh.edu/music or follow on Twitter, www.twitter.com/CSUDHMusicDept

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About CSU Dominguez Hills -- California State University, Dominguez Hills is a highly diverse, urban university located in the South Bay, primarily serving the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The university prides itself on its outstanding faculty and friendly, student-centered environment. Known for excellence in teacher education, nursing, psychology, business administration, and digital media arts, new degree programs include computer science, criminal justice, recreation and leisure studies, social work, and communication disorders. On campus is the Home Depot Center, a multi-purpose sports complex that hosts world-class soccer, tennis, track and field, lacrosse, and cycling.

Media Contact:
Amy Bentley-Smith
(310) 243-2455
abentleysmith@csudh.edu

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