Ithaca College

A free Enduring Masters series concert brings the Verdehr Trio to perform their unusual repertoire of commissioned new works for piano, clarinet, and violin. The concert takes place on Wednesday, March 4, at 8:15 p.m. in the Hockett Family Recital Hall, located in the James J. Whalen Center for Music.

An acknowledged leader in the field of new music, the Verdehr Trio for over 30 years has concentrated on molding and defining the personality of the violin-clarinet-piano trio. The Trio has created a large repertoire by commissioning some 200 new works from some of the world's most prominent and exciting composers -- known and unknown, young and old, from this country and abroad. Richard Faria, associate professor of music, and the Enduring Masters series host their visit to campus for a free concert and a series of master classes in piano, clarinet, and violin for Ithaca College students on March 4.

The Enduring Masters series is a partnership of the Ithaca College School of Music and the Gerontology Institute's Linden Center for Creativity and Aging, a member of the Division of Interdisciplinary and International Studies (DIIS). It is funded by the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

Enduring Masters Series

The Verdehr Trio has performed throughout the world: in 17 European countries, the former Soviet Union, in South and Central America as well as in Asia, Australia, and all 50 of the United States. Among major concert halls where the trio has appeared are Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Library of Congress, Vienna's Brahmssaal, Sydney Opera House, London's Wigmore Hall, Auditorio de Madrid, Dvorak Hall in Prague, IRCAM Centre in Paris and Leningrad's Philharmonic Chamber Hall.

The trio has also played at various international festivals -- the Spoleto Festival, Prague Spring Festival, the Vienna Spring Festival, the Warsaw Autumn Festival, and the Grand Teton Music Festival. They have also received a Creative Programming Award from Chamber Music America.