[296] MTSU HOST SITE FOR ‘SERENADE FOR LUCY STRICKLAND’ ON FEB. 13

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 4, 2009
CONTACT: School of Music, (615) 898-2493

MTSU HOST SITE FOR ‘SERENADE FOR LUCY STRICKLAND’ ON FEB. 13
Evening of Music and Prose Free & Open to the Community; Reception Included

(MURFREESBORO)—The School of Music, along with Rachel Strickland and Rock Strickland, will serve as hosts for a "Serenade for Lucy Strickland" beginning at 8 p.m. Feb. 13 in Hinton Music Hall in the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.
Free and open to the community, the event will be an evening of music, meter and prose to celebrate the life of Strickland, who was an active fixture in arts and community groups in the Murfreesboro area, a practicing lawyer and great supporter of MTSU, as was her late husband, Roscoe Strickland. A pre-concert reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the Saunders Fine Arts Building. This event, too, is open to he public.
Regarding the concert’s honoree, George Riordan, director of MTSU’s School of Music, said, "Lucy frequently attended concerts by School of Music faculty and students,as well as guest artists. She was one of our most knowledgeable audience members and patrons, capable of making insightful comments about the music and musicians that she heard.
“The sweep of her life was breathtaking—lawyer, family member, community activist, as well as amateur musician, ornithologist, astronomer and sports fan,” he added. “Lucy was one of the most interesting people I've met; it seems as though she packed three lives into her 83 years!"
The following are among some of the concert’s music works and performers:

• Carl Reinecke (1824-1910):
Trio for Piano, Oboe and Horn (first movement), with performers Laura Ann Ross, oboe;
Angela DeBoer, horn; David See, piano.

• Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849):
Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 55, No. 2
Performed by Lynn Rice-See, piano.

• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1663-1764):
Gavotte and Six Doubles
Performed by William Yelverton, guitar.

•Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Zueignung Allerseelen Morgen!
Performed by Stephen Smith, tenor, and Lynn Rice-See, piano.

•Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978):
Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (1932)
Performed by Todd Waldecker, clarinet; Andrea Dawson, violin; Lynn Rice-See, piano.

• For more event information, please contact the School of Music at (615) 898-2493.

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ATTENTION, MEDIA—To receive a bio of Lucky Strickland that was prepared by her children, please e-mail Lisa L. Rollins in News and Public Affairs at MTSU at lrollins@mtsu.edu.