Schedule of the Event:

February 25, 2025

“Tales Unfold,” including a world premiere of a work by A.J. Perry

Heidi Lucas, horn

Paolo Gualdi, piano

In addition to extensive teaching and chamber music experience including residencies and tours throughout the United States, England, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Australia, Russia, and Panama, Dr. Lucas serves as hornist with the Sunderman Wind Quintet. She is also a founding member of Eastern Standard, a horn/tuba/piano trio. Her orchestral experience includes positions and/or subbing with the Baltimore Symphony, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic, Memphis Symphony, Aspen Festival Orchestra, Cobb Symphony Orchestra, Columbus (GA) Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Pops Orchestra, Pensacola Symphony, Gulf Coast Symphony, Meridian Symphony, Pensacola Opera Orchestra, Mobile Opera Orchestra, Mobile Symphony, Mississippi Symphony, Lancaster Philharmonic, Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Altoona Symphony, Kennett Symphony Orchestra, and Johnstown Symphony. Summer teaching/performing engagements include positions with the Charlottesville Opera Company (Virginia), Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp (Michigan), Saarburger Serenaden Music Festival (Germany), the Alfredo Saint Malo Festival (Panama), and the International Fellowship of Conductors, Composers and Collaborators (IFC3). Dr. Lucas has performed on programs at several International Horn Symposia, International Tuba and Euphonium Conferences, and the International Trombone Festival, as well as part of many Regional Horn Workshops, and Northeast Regional Tuba and Euphonium Conferences.  She has also presented at annual conferences hosted by the International Society for Music Education, Society for Music Teacher Education, and The IAFOR International Conference on Arts and Humanities. She has had several publications, including reviews in the Horn Call and articles in the Grove Dictionary of American Music.  In the summer of 2016, she was appointed “Editor of Print Materials” for the Horn Call. She served as editor for the horn edition of David Vining’s The Big Book of Sight-Reading Duets (2015). Dr. Lucas can be heard on recordings with: New York Philomusica- Haydn’s L’isola Disabitata (2008), Keystone Winds’-The Music of Fisher Tull (2015), Centaur Records’ The Voice of the Coelecanth: Music of William Bergsma (2015), Eastern Standard-Eastern Standard (2015), Eastern Standard’s Wanderlust (2018), and has commissioned and/or premiered over 50 works featuring the horn. She holds degrees from the Crane School of Music-SUNY Potsdam (B.M.), the Eastman School of Music (M.M), and the University of Georgia (D.M.A), and has served on the faculties of the University of Delaware, Gettysburg College, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern Mississippi, and the Music School of Delaware.

Tickets are available to FMU students, faculty, and staff at no charge upon showing an FMU ID. Tickets to the general public are $10, as space allows. The FMU PAC Ticket Office at 201 South Dargan Street is open Monday through Friday, 12:00pm – 5:00pm, or by calling 843-661-4444.

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February 27, 2025

ViMaDeAn Duo, violin and percussions

“Dancing on the Edge”

Founded in 2010 at the Yale School of Music, ViMaDeAn Duo has premiered music, conducted masterclasses, and worked with numerous composers and artists bringing new compositions to diverse audiences on five continents. The Duo’s performance highlights include appearances at music festivals in the United States, Brazil, China, Croatia, Russia, and France. Their recent activities involve teaching at the Music and Mindfulness Camp alongside members of the National Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as presenting a master class at the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music. The Duo has been featured in international publications, including The Strad magazine.

Tickets are available to FMU students, faculty, and staff at no charge upon showing an FMU ID. Tickets to the general public are $10, as space allows. The FMU PAC Ticket Office at 201 South Dargan Street is open Monday through Friday, 12:00pm – 5:00pm, or by calling 843-661-4444.

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February 28, 2025

Eurasia Trio and friends, featuring the monumental Piano Quintet by Brahms

Qiao Solomon, violin; Bryan Hall, violin; David Johnson, viola; Martin Gueorguiev, cello; Paolo André Gualdi, piano

Tickets are available to FMU students, faculty, and staff at no charge upon showing an FMU ID. Tickets to the general public are $10, as space allows. The FMU PAC Ticket Office at 201 South Dargan Street is open Monday through Friday, 12:00pm – 5:00pm, or by calling 843-661-4444.

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Date: February 25-28, 2025

Time: 7:30pm

Locations:
Blackbox Theatre, 201 S Dargan St, Florence, SC 29501
Gately Gallery, 142 N Dargan St, Florence, SC 29506

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