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Series will spotlight artists from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

NEW ALBANY, IN (Dec. 8, 2009) – The Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center at Indiana University Southeast is pleased to announce the continuation of the 2010 Discovery Series featuring three classical artists from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.

The season will begin on Friday, Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m., with violinist Rose Armbrust, in the Recital Hall. Armbrust began studying the viola at age two and graduated from The Juilliard School with her Bachelor of Music in 2006. She is currently pursuing her Master’s at IU where she holds the merit-based Viola Associate Instructorship.

Pianist Susan Chou, a doctoral student at IU, will perform on March 5. Chou has performed in solo and chamber recitals and with the Good Samaritan Symphony Orchestra and Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra. She also is an Associate Instructor at IU, studying with Menahem Pressler of the Beaux Art Trio.

The youngest performer of the series, violinist Danbi Um, will finish out the season on April 9. Um began playing the violin at age two and a half. At the age of 10, she was the youngest student ever admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. She is currently an Artist Diploma student at the Jacobs School of Music.

Discovery Series subscriptions include all three shows and a parking pass for $27. Single show tickets are $12 each.

To purchase tickets contact Ticketmaster at (502) 361-3100. For more information on this or other events, call the Ogle Center Ticket Office at (812) 941-2525 or visit the Web site at oglecenter.ius.edu.

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Indiana University Southeast

Contact: Erica Walsh

812-941-2414

walsh3@ius.edu

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