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kuss piece to be premiered

Sat., May 02

mark kussThe work of Music Professor Mark Kuss (left), composer-in-residence for New Haven's Orchestra New England (ONE), will be featured at a May 2, 2009, concert in Battell Chapel, when prize-winning cellist Mihai Marica (below) and ONE premiere Kuss' "Cello Concerto." The program will also include a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 "Eroica."

Kuss has received awards from the American Academy and the Institute of Arts and Letters, the N.E.A., the Jerome Foundation, Meet the Composer, A.S.C.A.P., the Copland Foundation and others. His work has been performed by the 20/21st Century Consort, the Folger Consort, the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra, at Merkin Hall, the 92nd Street Y, the MacDowell Colony, the Swannanoa Music Festival, the Monadnock Music Festival, Composers Inc., Vancouver Chamber Music Festival, and throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.

His recent projects include a Soprano Saxophone Concerto written for and premiered by Branford Marsalis and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, music for the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon, cellist Fred Raimi, and for Hesperus -- ensemble-in-residence at the Smithsonian Museum of American History.    

mihai marica

Mihai Marica, a 2008 graduate of Southern, began his training as a cellist at the age of seven at the Music High School in his native city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Now a member of Yale Cellos and a student of Yale's celebrated cello teacher Aldo Parisot, Marica won the 33rd International Music Competition in Vina del Mar in Chile, regarded as one of the most prestigious music competitions in the world. He played a Carnegie Hall debut concert in 2008 and is currently the acting principal cellist of the New Haven Symphony.

The ONE concert, sponsored by SCSU, will take place at 8 p.m. at Battell Chapel, located at the corner of College and Elm Streets, New Haven.

Since its founding in 1974, Orchestra New England has presented over 700 concerts, most at ONE's home base at Yale's Battell Chapel, with other engagements taking place in concert halls throughout New England and along the Eastern seaboard. Maestro James Sinclair has served as the music director of ONE since its founding. His versatility in delivering superb performances in a variety of styles -- from the Baroque to pop literature -- drives the remarkable success of ONE.

To order tickets for the May 2 concert, contact the Shubert Box Office at (203) 562-5666 or (888) 736-2663 or online at www.shubert.com.

For more information about ONE, visit the ONE Web site.