Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer to Lecture at CSU

April 18, 2013

COLUMBUS, Ga. — Columbus State's Schwob School of Music and the CSU Percussion Ensemble will host Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Wayne Peterson this weekend for two free, public events..

Peterson will attend an open lecture and discussion of his life and work in the arts at 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 19 in the RiverCenter’s Studio Theatre. He will also be in concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 21 in the RiverCenter’s Legacy Hall.

The concert also will feature Columbus Brass, a Schwob School of Music faculty ensemble, which will debut its work for brass quintet and percussion, accompanied by faculty artist Paul Vaillancourt and directed by faculty artist Jamie Nix .

Lisa Oberlander, assistant director of the Schwob School of Music, will perform solo clarinet work, and there will be a performance by the CSU Singers, directed by Constantina Tsolainou. The CSU Percussion Ensemble will debut a work written for this event, and faculty artist Amy Griffiths will perform a concert premiere of Jim David's new concerto for saxophone and percussion ensemble written for the 2012 International Saxophone Symposium And Competition, which was held at the Schwob school last October.

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Photo: Wayne Peterson