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CONTACT:
Mary Beth Zeman, 973-720-2444
zemanm@wpunj.edu


March 2, 2007

 

 

DANIEL LEVITAN IS GUEST FOR ANNUAL "COMPOSER IN RESIDENCE DAY" AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY

Daniel Levitan will be the guest for the tenth annual “Composer In Residence Day” at William Paterson University in Wayne on Thursday, March 8.

Levitan will participate in a day of events devoted to his music.  A concert, part of the Midday Artists Series, will be held at 12:30 p.m. in Shea Center; a panel discussion with the composer will immediately follow the performance. Admission is $3.

The concert will feature a performance by DoubleStop Percussion Duo, which will present the world premiere of Levitan’s “Inventions.”  Other performers include the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble and the William Paterson University Percussion Ensemble.

Levitan has composed numerous works for percussion ensemble that are regularly performed at colleges and universities across the country and around the world.  He studied composition at Bennington College with Henry Brant, Vivian Fine, and Marta Ptazynska; and percussion privately with Phil Ford and Ray Spiegel (tabla), Frank Malabe (conga and Latin percussion), and Tom Hemphill (mallets). Mr. Levitan works as a piano technician in New York City, and writes and lectures on tuning topics for the Piano Technicians Guild.

For additional information, please call the Shea Center Box Office at 973-720-2371.

 

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