Rubens Trio to perform for Faculty and Friends series

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The Music Department’s Faculty and Friends Concert Series will feature the Rubens Trio at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Robinson Hall’s Belk Theater.

David Russell, the Belk Distinguished Professor of Violin, leads the trio, which includes guest artists Mihai Tetel, associate professor at the Hartt School of Music, Dance and Theatre at the University of Hartford, cello, and pianist Elizabeth Schwimmer.

The Oct. 29 program will feature four works: piano trios by the French composer Gabriel Fauré (in D minor, Op. 120) and the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (in E minor, Op. 67); Mozart’s Sonata for violin and piano in G major, K 301; and Robert Schumann’s Fantasiestücke for solo piano.

Tickets are $9 for general admission; $7 for UNC Charlotte faculty, staff, and seniors; and $6 for all students and can be purchased at the Robinson Hall Box Office.