The FSU College of Music is pleased to present guest artists Dennis Parker, cello and Lina Morita, piano in a free perforamce on Monday, February 13, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. in Longmire Recital Hall.

Works for the evening include Brahms' Sonata in A Major, Op. 100 and Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 120, No. 2 and Sonata for Violin and Piano, L 140 (1917) by Claude Debussy.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Dennis Parker was born in New York City and began his cello studies at the age of six. He received his early training with Channing Robbins of the Juilliard School, and later earned degrees from Indiana University and Yale University, where he worked with Janos Starker and Aldo Parisot, respectively. Inspired by a variety of musical activity, Parker performs frequently as a soloist, recitalist, collaborator, and guest professor at universities and festivals throughout the U.S. and abroad. He is actively involved in the expansion of the existing cello repertoire and has transcribed many works for his instrument. A Haymon Professor of Music, Parker has taught Cello and String Chamber Music at the Louisiana State University School of Music since 1988. Prior to his tenure at LSU, Parker served as Principal Cellist of the Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and was a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Pianist and Brazilian native Lina Morita made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2013. Her career has taken her throughout the U.S., Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, France, and the Czech Republic. Lina Morita received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music; the Master of Music from Rice University; and the Bachelor of Music degree from Indiana University. Her primary studies have been with pedagogue Nelita True, Robert Roux, Edmund Battersby, and French pianist Michel Block. Morita is currently an Associate Professor of Piano at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

("Cello Study" photo by Michael Maggs, Wikimedia Commons)