December 30, 2009
Jeffrey Solow. Download image.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB's Alys Stephens Center will present Jeffrey Solow, cello, with Elise Auerbach, piano, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, at the center, 1200 10th Ave. South. Tickets are $35; $20 for students. Call 205-975-2787 or go to www.AlysStephens.org.
Cellist Jeffrey Solow maintains a busy schedule as a recitalist, soloist, chamber musician and teacher. During his 10 years with the Amadeus Trio he recorded and toured extensively. Elise Auerbach has performed as a soloist with the Temple University and Delaware symphonies and in recital at Carnegie Hall. The afternoon program includes Beethoven's Sonata No. 3 for Cello and Piano in A Major, Aaron Minsky's "Dead Cello," four Grateful Dead songs arranged for solo cello, Schumann's Adagio & Allegro, op. 7, and Chopin's Sonata in G minor, op. 65.
Twice Grammy-nominated Solow has toured throughout the United States and Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Far East and performed more than 30 works with orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Japan Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and American Symphony, with whom he also recorded. He has been a guest artist at many national and international chamber music festivals. He recently was selected by PennPAT (Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour) for inclusion on their highly selective roster.
Auerbach has performed around the world and enjoys a diverse career as both a solo and collaborative artist. Highlights include live broadcasts over Cincinnati Classical Radio WGUC and chamber music tours in Germany. She has participated and performed at many international festivals including the Opera Theater of Lucca, Italy, the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan, the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Grandin Festival for Vocal Chamber Music. She frequently serves as music director for several local and regional opera companies and has been pianist for the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, faculty pianist for the Summer Conference for String Education and Chamber Music, and artist-in-residence at Cheney University. Auerbach is pianist for the Haddonfield Symphony and the Savoy Company.
This show is part of the Birmingham Chamber Music Society Series and is sponsored by the Birmingham Chamber Music Society, Jeanne Hutchison, Burr & Forman, Ben and Jessica Johnson, Alabama State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, The Birmingham News, WBHM and Viva Health.
About UAB's Alys Stephens Center
UAB's Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center is one of the Southeast's premier performing arts centers, hosting the best in international, national and local performance. Home to the UAB departments of theatre and music and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, the ASC also presents its own season, bringing the world's best music, dance, theater, comedy and family entertainment to Alabama.