WCSU’s Hirshfield to perform piano recital

DANBURY, CONN. — A faculty recital featuring Western Connecticut State University Professor of Music Dr. Russell Hirshfield on the university’s new Steinway Concert Grand piano will be at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014, in the Veronica Hagman Concert Hall of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Hirshfield will perform works by Frederic Chopin, Piet Swerts, Alexander Scriabin and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Also featured will be the premiere of “Sundials” by WCSU Professor of Music Dr. Kevin Jay Isaacs. In “Sundials,” his most significant solo piano work to date, Isaacs draws inspiration from the aphorisms or mottoes inscribed on garden sundials. The eight piano pieces are musical depictions that reflect the transitory nature of time.

Tickets are $20 for the public and $10 for senior citizens and non-WCSU students, plus fees. For tickets, go to www.wcsu.edu/tickets or call (203) 837-TIXX. For a complete list of similar SVPA events, visit www.wcsu.edu/svpa/events.asp.

Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York. Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England’s best small private universities.