Released October 16, 2009

(Columbia, MD) – The Howard Community College (HCC) Music Department invites the public to experience the intimate, acoustically-engineered John G. Monteabaro Recital Hall in the Peter and Elizabeth Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center (HVPA) with several performances in late October and November.

Unless otherwise noted, tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for seniors, and $5 for students, staff and faculty with ID.  HCC's Horowitz Center is located on campus at 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia, Maryland 21044.

Seating is limited, reserve tickets early by calling 410-772-4900 or visiting www.howardcc.edu/music.

David Wasser Piano Recital
Sunday, October 25 at 4:00 PM
Free Admission

Pianist David Wasser will perform “Appassionata” Sonata by Beethoven, Op. 55 Nocturnes by Chopin, Mephisto Waltz by Liszt as well as works by Scarlatti and Schubert.

HCC Faculty Jazz Quintet
Tuesday, October 27 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $5-15, Horowitz Center Box Office 410-772-4900

Performers are Kyle Coughlin, saxophone; Todd Butler, trumpet; Alan Blackman, piano; Amy Shook, bass and Tom Williams, drums.  The concert will feature original compositions by members of the quintet.

Monteabaro Recital Hall Commemorative Concert
Sunday, November 1 at 4:00 PM
Tickets $5-15, Horowitz Center Box Office 410-772-4900

Members of the HCC music faculty come together in this concert.  Program features works for piano solo, duo and trio, ukulele, and voice by Liszt, Bolcom, Piazzolla, Denhard, Puccini and more. 

Octtava Piano Duo Concert
Sunday, November 8 at 4:00 PM
Tickets $5-15, Horowitz Center Box Office 410-772-4900

Pianists and HCC faculty members Wei-Der Huang and Hsien-Ann Meng will perform music for two pianos by Amy Beach, Sergei Rachmaninoff, William Bolcom and the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by Taiwanese composer, Sally Chen.

Beethoven Piano Sonata Concert III
Saturday, November 14
6:15 PM -- Pre-Concert Lecture with Dr. Marian Buck-Lew
7:30 PM – Beethoven Piano Sonata Concert No. 3, Anne Koscielny, Pianist
Smith Theatre
Tickets $12-29, Horowitz Center Box Office 410-772-4900

Referred to as the “New Testament of the Western keyboard repertoire” and great monuments in the history of Western music, Ludwig van Beethoven’s 32 Piano Sonatas are performed in a series of eight appearances by one of the foremost interpreters of his music, Anne Koscielny, who has performed the complete cycle of Beethoven piano sonatas throughout the United States. She was a winner of many awards and prizes including first prize in the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition in New York City, first prize in the National Guild of Piano Teachers Recording Competition, and a Fulbright Award to study in Austria.

Sonatas performed in this concert: Sonata Op. 22, Op. 90, Op. 49 No. 1 and Op. 31 No. 3 “The Hunt.”

Three
Sunday, November 15 at 4:00 PM
Tickets $5-15, Horowitz Center Box Office 410-772-4900

Come hear exciting renditions of noted pop/rock composers as well as original compositions from this newly formed group featuring Max Murray on bass, Frank Russo on drums and HCC jazz instructor Alan Blackman on piano.

About HCC
Howard Community College (HCC) is a publicly funded two-year community college serving the educational needs of the citizens and employers in Howard County, Maryland since 1970. With its slogan, “You Can Get There from Here,” the college has forged a variety of partnerships to offer career and transfer programs to over 28,000 students annually at its main campus in Columbia, the Ecker Business Training Center, Laurel College Center, and the historic Belmont Conference Center. Located midway between two major metropolitan areas, Washington DC and Baltimore, MD, Howard Community College is an affordable, community-based institution that has long been recognized for its ability to inspire learning, and the lifelong pursuit of personal and professional goals. Among its many awards is the prestigious U.S. Senate Productivity Award for organizational performance excellence.