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Debora DeWitt to
present duo faculty piano recital with Sarah Miller Nov. 17
Pianists Debora DeWitt and Sarah E. Miller will present music from
the Baroque and the 20th century
for a faculty recital Wednesday, Nov. 17 in Manchester College’s
new Wine Recital Hall. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m.; admission
is free.
The music, ranging from Bach to Stravinsky, will include Three
Portraits by Debora DeWitt, who chairs the Department of Music at
Manchester College. Also on the program is Concerto for two pianos in
C Major by J.S. Bach, Souvenirs by Samuel Barber and
Russian Dance from Petroushka by Igor Stravinsky.
DeWitt, who holds a Ph.D. from Michigan State, has performed with the
Manchester Symphony Orchestra and in concerts throughout Michigan and
Indiana. Her composition of Parting was premiered in Carnegie
Hall in 2002 by the college’s A Cappella Choir. In 1995, she was invited
to The Chinese University of Hong Kong to premiere her vocal
composition, Song for a Bereaved Mother with Hong Kong soprano
Rosaline Pi.
DeWitt’s Three Portraits was
commissioned by the Indiana Music Teachers Association in 1996.
Sarah Miller teaches piano, theory and composition at the MacPhail
Center for Music in Minneapolis, where she is coordinator of composition
activities. She received the 1995 Outstanding Woman Graduate Award from
Michigan State University, where she also earned her Ph.D. She was the
1996 Lansing Capital Area Music Teachers Association Teacher of the
Year.
Miller’s compositions include Fanfare and Dances in Mixed-Up
Lydian, and recent performances include appearances in the Thursday
Musicale Concert Series and the MacPhail Artist Series in the Twin
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