MANNES TRIO TO PRESENT NEW MUSIC FROM:
"MUSIC UNDER CONSTRUCTION"
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2002

(New York, NY - February 22, 2002) The Mannes College of Music ensemble-in-residence, The Mannes Trio, will perform at the Mannes Concert Hall on Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 8pm. The Trio will present new music from "Music Under Construction" (a composers’ collective). The Trio members include Hiroko Yajima, violin; Wilhelmina Smith, violoncello; and Thomas Sauer, piano. For further information on this free event, call the Mannes Concert Information line at 212/496-8524. Mannes College of Music, a division of New School University, is located at 150 West 85th Street (between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues) in NYC. (Take the #1 subway to 86th Street.)

The program for the March 21 performance will include: Wendy Griffiths’ "Minima, Memory and Mirage" (2001); Faye-Ellen Silverman’s "Reconstructed Music" (2002); David Tcimpidis’ "Drift" (2001); and Beethoven’s Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97 ("Archduke").

"Music Under Construction" is an organization dedicated to fostering the support and development of new and experimental music and dance. For more information on "Music Under Construction," go to www.theconstructioncompany.org.

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Mannes College of Music, a division of New School University, was founded in 1916. It is one of the world’s major conservatories of music. Mannes offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as a Professional Studies Diploma program. Joel Lester is Dean of the College. For further information on Mannes College of Music, call 212/ 580-0210 or go to the Web site at www.mannes.edu

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