By Ian Proano | Echo
This weekend, the department of music, theater and dance will put on its annual White Linen Chamber Concert. Attending students will see a different side of their professors as full-time and adjunct faculty members each perform a piece of music of their choosing. They will display a wide range of virtuosity with performances that showcase vocals and instruments.
Cathy Moore, the concert and tour coordinator for the department, planned the event.
"It's an opportunity for the music faculty . . . to perform in one place together for the Taylor community and for whoever else would like to attend," Moore said.
Faculty who sign up will perform pieces that are between three and five minutes long. This is a chance for professors to display what they teach to students and show their mastery of music.
The format of the concert is different than the typical recitals Taylor students might attend.
Leon Harshenin, professor of music and one of the performers said, "It's very hard to get up and play one piece and then sit down . . . It's more challenging than actually playing a series of pieces where you do sort of mentally get in gear."
The Taylor campus and surrounding community have enjoyed the White Linen Chamber Concert for the past 15 years.
Some faculty members have made it their custom to be a regular part of the showcase. Harshenin has been in the annual concert for over a decade while Assistant Professor of Music Conor Angell has been a part of the event for the past three years.
"It's just a nice way for the community and the student body to hear their music professors doing a performance because most of the time we're interacting with our students in a teaching capacity," Angell said. "This way, they get to see us under the pressure of performance, which we're putting them under all the time."
The showcase will start at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, in the Butz Carruth Recital Hall. There is no cost for admission, and there will be a cookie and coffee reception after the showcase.
