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Performance
highlights classical music The opportunity for students and faculty to experience music they do not often get to hear is the focal point of today’s classical music concert at 7:30 p.m. in Ed Landreth Hall Auditorium, said John Owings, the Herndon professor of music at TCU. Owings will play the piano and Fritz Gearhart, an associate professor of violin at the University of Oregon, will play the violin, Owings said.
The concert will consist of pieces by W.A. Mozart, Robert Casadesus and Richard Strauss, Gearhart said. “The concert will be highlighted by the piano,” Gearhart said. “The Strauss and Casadesus sonatas have extremely difficult piano sections.” Gearhart and Owings began playing together in 1989, Owings said. “We both started teaching at Indiana University and that is where we began performing together,” Owings said. Since then Gearhart and Owings have ended up at different universities but collaborate whenever they can, Owings said. “We have done several tours together,” Owings said. “We really enjoy playing together.” Gearhart and Owings have recorded several compact discs together, with their latest coming in August, Gearhart said. “We recently released a CD of the Casadesus sonata we will be performing at the concert,” he said. “We are also coming off our fifth appearance together at Carnegie Hall in January.” Gearhart is an accomplished performer and recording artist who has performed in concert halls around the country, including Carnegie Recital Hall, Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center and Alice Tully Hall, according to a press release. He has released three CDs and is a part of the Oregon String Quartet, a press release stated. Owings made his orchestral debut with the San Antonio Symphony at age 15 and has appeared as a soloist with the symphony orchestras of Cleveland, Chicago, Dallas and Houston, according to a press release. Owings has been a part of the faculty at TCU since 1990 and has won the Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity, according to a press release. Gearhart said the concert will be beneficial to students and faculty on many levels. “This is a chance for people to see what the School of Music is doing,” Gearhart said. “People can experience a different type of music.” This concert provides a rare opportunity to hear a duo play, Owings said. “We have an exceptional string player in Fritz,” Owings said. “Everyone will be able to experience a different world.” The School of Music is working to bring more chamber music and more guest artists to TCU, Owings said. “Nothing has been finalized yet; it is just a goal we have,” he said. “I think everyone would benefit from the opportunity to hear more chamber music.” The concert is free and open to the public. Marci
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