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PIANIMALWHEN Saturday, January 16, 2016, 1:00-3:00 pmWHERE Hunter Museum of American Art

Join String Theory and the Hunter Museum for a special family concert

featuring PIANIMAL, a show inspired by animals integrating literature, music, art

and multimedia. This afternoon for kids begins with a concert showcasing the

music of Dvorák, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, Debussy and Saint-Saëns., followed

by an instrument petting zoo hosted by the String Theory Youth Initiative and a

hands-on project led by Hunter education staff to create your own works of art!

Regular museum admission. No advance tickets.

($15 adults; Children 3-17 FREE with paying adult; FREE to Hunter Members and

String Theory Season 7 ticket holders)

6:00 pm Musical DialoguesJoin us for an in-depth conversation between Ms. McDermott and Deanne Irvine, well-known Chattanooga musician and Advisory Board Member, about the life of an artist, personal inspiration and the Haydn masterpieces being performed at thisevening’s String Theory concert.

6:30pm Concert

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2015

ANNE-MARIE McDERMOTT, piano

Sonata in G Major, Hob.XVI:40 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Sonata in C Minor, Hob.XVI:20 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Sonata in F Major, Hob.XVI:23 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Sonata in C Major, Hob.XVI:50 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Sonata in E Flat Major, Hob.XVI:52 Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Cover art: Elliott Daingerfield (1859-1932), The Genius of the Canyon, 1913, oil on canvas, On loan from the Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA, 1989.01.039. From: Seeking the Spiritual: The Visionary Art of Elliott Daingerfield

exhibit, on view at the Hunter now through Feb. 21, 2016.

Please turn off cell phones, beepers, and other electronic devices. Rebroadcast of this concert has been made available through the generosity of WSMC 90.5 FM:

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Anne-Marie McDermott, pianoPianist Anne-Marie McDermott is a consummate artist who balances a versatile career as a soloist and collaborator. She performs over 100 concerts a year in a combination of solo re-citals, concerti and chamber music. Her rep-ertoire choices are eclectic, spanning from Bach and Haydn to Prokofiev and Scriabin to Kernis, Hartke, Tower and Wuorinen.

With over 50 concerti in her repertoire, Ms. McDermott has performed with many leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Columbus Symphony, Seattle Symphony, National Symphony, Houston Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi, Hong Kong Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, New Jersey Symphony and Baltimore Symphony among others. Ms, McDermott has toured with the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Moscow Virtuosi.

In recent seasons, Ms. McDermott performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic, North Carolina Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Huntsville Symphony, Alabama Symphony, San Diego Symphony, the Oregon Mozart Players, and the New Century Chamber Orchestra.

Recital engagements have included the 92nd Street Y, Alice Tully Hall, Town Hall, The Schubert Club, Kennedy Center, as well as universities across the country. Anne-Marie McDermott has curated and performed in a number of intense projects including: the Complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas and Chamber Music, a Three Concert Series of Shostakovich Chamber Music, as well as a recital series of Haydn and Beethoven Piano Sonatas. Most recently, she commissioned works of Charles Wuorinen and Clarice Assad which were premiered in May 2009 at Town Hall, in conjunction with Bach’s Goldberg Variations. As a soloist, Ms. McDermott has recorded the complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas, Bach English Suites and Partitas (which was named Gramophone Magazine’s Editor’s Choice), and most recently, Gershwin Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra with the Dallas Symphony and Justin Brown.

In addition to her many achievements, Anne-Marie McDermott has been named the Artistic Director of the famed Vail Valley Music Festival in Colorado, which hosts the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony in addition to presenting over 40 chamber music concerts throughout the summer. She is also Artistic Director of two new Festivals; The Ocean Reef Chamber Music Festival and The Avila Chamber Music Celebration in Curacáo.

As a chamber music performer, Anne-Marie McDermott was named an artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in 1995 and performs and tours extensively with CMS each season. She continues a long standing collaboration with the highly acclaimed violinist, Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg. As a duo, they have released a CD titled “Live” on the NSS label and plan to release the Complete Brahms Violin and Piano Sonatas in the future. Ms. McDermott is also a member of the renowned piano quartet, Opus One, with colleagues Ida Kavafian, Steven Tenenbom and Peter Wiley.

She continues to perform each season with her sisters, Maureen McDermott and Kerry McDermott in the McDermott Trio. Ms. McDermott has also released an all Schumann CD with violist, Paul Neubauer, as well as the Complete Chamber Music of Debussy with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Ms. McDermott studied at the Manhattan School of Music with Dalmo Carra, Constance Keene and John Browning. She was a winner of the Young Concert Artists auditions and was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Ms. McDermott regularly performs at Festivals across the United States including, Spoleto, Mainly Mozart, Sante Fe, La Jolla Summerfest, Mostly Mozart, Newport, Caramoor, Bravo, Chamber Music Northwest, Aspen, Music from Angelfire, and the Festival Casals in Puerto Rico, among others.

Anne-Marie McDermott has performed with the Chattanooga Symphony numerous times in the past years. We are thrilled to welcome her to String Theory in this solo concert at the Hunter Museum.

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