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Some of the area's top cellists will be at the School of Music Sept. 28 and 29 to participate in a workshop and a concert at the Koger Center.
Spaces in the workshop are available for students of all ages and abilities. Master classes will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. Sept. 28.
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John Fitz Rogers
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On Sept. 29, the choir of 150 cellists will perform at 5 p.m. The concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature guest artist and clinician Anthony Elliott, a professor at the University of Michigan.
The highlight of the concert will be a new composition by School of Music faculty member John Fitz Rogers. University cello professor Robert Jesselson and the S.C. Cello Choir commissioned the piece, titled "Ad Pacem," translated as "Toward Peace," in memory of the Russian cellist, conductor, and humanitarian Mstislav Rostropovich, who died of cancer in April.
"I composed this simple prayer as a tribute to Rostropovich's enduring legacy, as well as a prayer for peace in our troubled times," Rogers said.
Elliott performs regularly with the Michigan Chamber Players and teaches and performs at a number of institutes and music festivals. He is a frequent guest soloist with a number of major orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony, and the Vancouver Symphony.
For more information about the festival, contact Jesselson at 7-2033 or at rjesselson@mozart.sc.edu. Cellists interested in participating in the workshop and concert can find registration information at www.music.sc.edu/EventsWorkshops/cello_choir/2007.html under the registration tab.
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Anthony Elliot, guest artist
Mstislav Rostropovich, 1927-2007
