The 41st Annual JMU Contemporary Music Festival featuring pianist Richard Shuster and the music of Ingrid Stölzel

The first concert of the Festival will include guest pianist Richard Shuster, playing the music of Vito Zuraj, Joseph Klein, and Gyula Fekete; Casey Cangelosi and the JMU Percussion Ensemble performing works by Eric Guinivan; and Carl Donakowski performing the music of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson.  Guest composer Ingrid Stölzel will have two works on the program; one for piano perfomed by Linlin Uta, and the premiere of a work commissioned by the JMU School of Music performed by Wanchi (violin), Diane Phoenix-Neal (viola) and Carl Donakowski (cello). Stölzel has been described as having a “gift for melody,” (San Francisco Classical Voice) creating work that is “downright beautiful.” (American Record Guide) Her compositions have been commissioned by leading soloists and ensembles and performed worldwide.