Alumnus returns to perform for spring piano series

January 31, 2013 | Events, UToday, — Visual and Performing Arts, Alumni
By Angela Riddel



Dr. Anthony Pattin will return to his alma mater Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 2 and 3, and be the first artist to perform in the spring Dorothy MacKenzie Price Piano Series.

Pattin

Pattin

He will present a master class at 10 a.m. Saturday and a recital at 3 p.m. Sunday. The free, public events will take place in the Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall.

Pattin’s program will include works by Modeste Mussorgsky, George Gershwin, Franz Schubert and William Grant Still.

A native of Toledo, Pattin is professor emeritus of music at the University of Montevallo in Alabama. He has performed as a soloist with many orchestras, and given recitals and presented master classes throughout the United States. He also has performed at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and at Merkin Concert Hall in New York, and in Tokyo.

A versatile musician, Pattin also is an accomplished organist, composer and arranger. He received a bachelor’s degree in music from UT and a master’s degree in music from the University of Michigan.

The Toledo Piano Teachers Association assists with The University of Toledo Dorothy MacKenzie Price Piano Series. The association provides students for the master class, publicity for the class and concert, and refreshments for the reception in the lobby following the concert.

For more information on the series, contact Dr. Michael Boyd, UT professor of music, at michael.boyd@utoledo.edu or 419.530.2183.

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