Public Service Announcement

START DATE:     1-30-97

STOP DATE:        2-15-97

SUBJECT:           ALL-BLACK ANDERSON STRING QUARTET PERFORMS AT UAF

LOCATION:         Charles W. Davis Concert Hall, UAF Campus

DETAILS:    

February is Black History Month and UAF's music department will celebrate with a special performance by the Anderson Quartet, Saturday, February 15 at 8 p.m. at the UAF Charles W. Davis Concert Hall.

The New York City-based Anderson String Quartet is the first all-Black ensemble to win the Cleveland Quartet Competition, a major contest in America for performers of classical music. The group will present in concert at UAF an original work by African American composer Alvin Singleton called " Somehow We Can" along with works from Mendelssohn and Brahms.

Tickets for the February 15 performance are ten dollars; five dollars for students, military and seniors. Tickets are available at Hoitt's Music and UAF's Wood Center, or at the door of the Davis Concert Hall one hour before the performance begins.

CONTACT: UAF Music Instructor Rose Chanceler, 474-6981

Fax Sent To: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, North Pole Independent, KAKQ, KATN, KFAR/KWLF, KIAK, KJNP, KTVF/KCBF/KXLR, KUAC, KSUA

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