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American Piano Duo in concert at BYU Saturday, Jan. 31

The Brigham Young University School of Music presents the American Piano Duo in concert Saturday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the Madsen Recital Hall.

The performance is free and the public is welcome to attend.

The concert will feature BYU professor of piano and head of keyboard studies Jeffrey Shumway, and Boise State University music professor Del Parkinson.

The duo will perform Variations on a Theme by Witold Lutoslawski, Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein and the Sonata in F Minor, Opus 34b by Johannes Brahms.

Shumway and Parkinson have performed regularly together since 1983. They recorded a CD, "Celebrating Gershwin," in 1998.

For more information on the American Piano Duo, contact Jeffrey Shumway at (801) 422-4922 or Del Parkinson at (208) 426-3300.

Writer: Rachel M. Sego

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