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Dr. Vincent Craig Piano Recital

Renowned pianist Dr. Vincent Craig will present a recital at Northfield Community Church on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.  Dr. Craig will perform works of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Coleridge-Taylor, Joplin, and more.  His repertoire represents over 300 years of piano literature, with a special emphasis on works by African-American composers. Dr. Craig earned his Bachelor's degree from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.  He has performed as guest soloist and conductor of many outstanding orchestras throughout the country.  Vincent Craig is the Music Director of the Main Line Unitarian Church in Devon, Pa., and is an Associate Professor of Piano at the School of Music, in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at West Chester University of Pa., where he was the Frederick Douglass Artist in Residence.  Dr. Craig is the director of the West Chester’s annual Bach Celebration, and his other duties include teaching courses in instrumental methods.  Dr. Craig has served as musical director for the Opera and University Theater programs Dr. Craig has been the Head Accompanist for the Maryland State Boychoir for more than twenty years, and has also been a Visiting Artist of the Baltimore Symphony Arts Excel Program, and has served on the faculty of the Lancaster Conservatory, Lancaster, Pa.  His new CD of Bach solo keyboard music was released in the fall of 2013 and will be available after the recital.

 

The recital is open to the public.  Admission is $5 per person.  For more information, contact Northfield Community Church at 847-446-3070 or www.northfielducc.org.

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