FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Lynn Norwood

March 1, 2004 (313) 927-1493

lnorwood@marygrove.edu

Internationally Acclaimed Pianist Performs at Marygrove College

Detroit, Michigan--Marygrove College will present a dazzling evening of piano music featuring Michael Gurt on Friday, March, 19 at 7:30 p.m. The event will take place in Denk Chapman Hall at Marygrove College, 8425 W. McNichols Rd.

Professor Gurt is head of the piano department at Sewanee Summer Music Center. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Julliard School, and has performed as soloist with the Chicago Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Memphis Symphony, and the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra in Durban, South Africa. He has also made solo appearances at Orchestra Hall in Detroit, City Hall in Hong Kong, the Victorian Arts Center in Australia, and Baxter Hall in Cape Town, South Africa.

This concert is part of Marygrove’s Onstage! program, a multidisciplinary, community-focused, arts outreach effort directed to children, adolescents, adults, and teachers within the metro Detroit region, with particular emphasis on the City of Detroit. It was made possible in part with support from the Whitney Fund, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the City of Detroit Neighborhood Opportunity Fund.

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