Rutgers-Camden Free Afternoon Concert Series Continues this Spring

 

CAMDEN – From the city that revolutionized recorded music, continues a tradition in music appreciation with a free concert series on Wednesdays at Rutgers University—Camden.

The series, which begins at 12:15 p.m., has been providing live music in Camden, where RCA launched its phonograph among other radio and broadcast innovations, for a quarter of a century.

“For the past 25 years, the Mallery Concert Series has been a steadfast part of campus life, which not only enriches the cultural lives of students, faculty, and staff, but extends into Camden and regional communities as well,” notes Joseph Schiavo, Rutgers–Camden music program director, who began organizing the series in 2008 after its founder, Jerry Jerome, retired. “The series this spring features traditional and contemporary works performed by a variety of musicians from the metropolitan area.”

Diane Mattis of Havertown, Pa. has been a fan of the series since 1992. She estimates that she has attended more than 200 concerts at Rutgers–Camden.

“The music I heard, as well as the people I met, enriched my life in many ways,” recalls Mattis. “I still look forward with great anticipation to each series, knowing I will experience excellent performances of both vocal and instrumental music.”

This season’s Mallery Room Concert Series, named for the location in which the concerts are held,  will feature soprano Cheryl White on Feb. 10; pianist Matthew Bengtson on Feb. 17; pianist Kim Barroso with Stefan Orn Arnarson on violoncello on Feb. 24; electro acoustic music composer Mark Zaki, an assistant

professor of music at Rutgers–Camden, on March 3; pianist William Carr on March 10; guitarist John Penn, a Rutgers–Camden alumnus, with guitarist Bill Newman on March 24; soprano Rebecca Siler with pianist Benjamin C.S. Boyle on March 31; soprano Youngjoo An on April 14; and recording artist and soprano Julianne Baird, a distinguished professor of music at Rutgers–Camden, directing the Rutgers–Camden Madrigal Choir in the music of Henry Purcell on April 21.

The Mallery Room is located on the second floor of the Fine Arts Complex, which is on Third Street, between Cooper Street and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge on the Rutgers–Camden Campus.

This free concert series is presented by the Rutgers–Camden Department of Fine Arts and sponsored by the Rutgers–Camden Office of Campus Involvement.  For more information, call (856) 225-6176.  For directions to Rutgers–Camden, visit camden.rutgers.edu.

Media Contact: Cathy K. Donovan
(856) 225-6627
E-mail: catkarm@camden.rutgers.edu