DETROIT, March 7, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Associate Professor Geoffrey Stanton bands together with friends and colleagues to present a memorable evening of eclectic music on Friday, March 18, 2005, at 7:30 p.m. in Marygrove College's Sacred Heart Chapel. An annual event, the program features electronics and projections and the historic chapel pipe organ performing works by Stanton, Holst, Larsen and others.
Also featured will be a four-hand piano transcription with computer-controlled synthesizers, songs performed by fellow Marygrove faculty members and singers Victoria Bigelow (Brighton), Anthony McGlaun (Southfield) and Angela May (Detroit) and surprise compositions by Dr. Stanton. Stanton and his friends are all known performers in the greater Detroit area. Angelina Pashmakova and Jacqueline Csurgai-Schmitt will provide the piano accompaniment.
Geoffrey Stanton is an award-winning multi-genre composer for solo instruments and full orchestra. An active recitalist and clinician, Dr. Stanton plays organ, piano and synthesizers. He has performed in Germany and England as well as across the U.S. and has been in residence at the Tanglewood (Lenox, Massachusetts) and Aspen, Colorado, Music Festivals as well as the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
A textile art exhibit in the chapel foyer before and after the concert will feature clothing and hanging art designs by Ann Arbor artist, Kate Baker.
The "Stanton and Friends" performance is free and open to the public. A reception in the second floor foyer will follow the performance where guests can meet the artists and performers.
Marygrove College is located at 8425 W. McNichols, Detroit (Corner of Wyoming and W. McNichols). The Sacred Heart Chapel is located on the first floor of the Liberal Arts Building.
For more information, please contact Dr. Stanton at 313-927-1310 or gstanton@marygrove.edu.