Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2007-09-26

Samford University School of Performing Arts will host guest artists Joel Treybig and Robert Marler, assisted by Katie Harrah, in recital Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Brock Recital Hall.

Trumpet and cornet player Treybig and pianist Marler are on the music faculty at Belmont University School of Music, Nashville, Tenn. Both are active soloists, as well as chamber and orchestral musicians. A proponent of chamber music for trumpet, Dr. Treybig has published numerous chamber arrangements.

Trumpeter Harrah is a graduate student at Belmont, where she is pursuing a master of music degree in trumpet performance.

The program will include Jean-Baptiste Loeillet's "Concerto in D," Stanley Friedman's "Solus," Henri Challan's "Variations," Alexander Arutiunian's "Concert Scherzo," Meg Bowles' "Night Sun Journey," Marc Delmas' "Variation Tendre," Joseph-Edouard Barat's "Fantasie en mi bemol," and Theodor Hoch's "Northern Fantasia, Op. 20."

The public is invited free of charge.

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 5,791 students from 49 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.