The Department of Music at Mississippi University for Women will host pianist and pedagogue Dr. Pauline Martin who will present a piano recital Monday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 P.M. in Poindexter Hall. Martin will perform works by Handel, Mozart, Chopin and Rachmaninoff. She will also work with MUW music students in a master class setting Tuesday at 2 p.m. Both events are in Connie Sills Kossen Auditorium in Poindexter Hall.
Originally from Canada, Martin continues to earn international recognition for her solo and chamber music performances and recordings. She has been the focus of radio and television broadcasts in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
As soloist, Martin has appeared with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the New American Chamber Orchestra, the Florida West Coast Symphony and Orchestra London Canada, among others. She has been featured as soloist and chamber musician at a host of regional and international festivals, including the Aria International Summer Music Academy and Winter Days Festival of Scandinavia.
As founding member of the St. Clair Trio, Martin earned a first-round Grammy nomination for “Hobson’s Choice” (works by Sir Malcolm Arnold, Koch International Classics) and a 2000 Chamber Music America-WQXR/FM award for “Old Acquaintances” (works by Franz Waxman), given to outstanding new releases of 2000. Her diversity in standard through contemporary repertoire is represented on the recent Naxos American Classics’ CD “Imaginary Creatures” (works by James Hartway) and “Postcard from Europe” with clarinetist George Stoffan.
Martin has served as a faculty member at Michigan State, Wayne State and Oakland Universities and as assistant instructor at Indiana University, completing bachelor’s and master’s degrees with Menahem Pressler, and the University of Michigan, where she earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts under the tutelage of Gary Graffman, Theodore Lettvin and former Artist in Residence Andre Watts.
Martin’s recital and master class are free and open to the public. This concert is made possible by the Leslie F. Threadgill Lecture and Artist Series
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